Challenges in Lobbying Strategies Discussion 

Challenges in Lobbying Strategies Discussion

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NR 506 DeVry Week 4 Discussion Latest

Challenges in Lobbying Strategies (graded)

Discuss the best approach for communicating with your local legislator or policymaker in your policy-priority issue. What is your rationale for this approach?

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Part A

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit (CO #2); (b) deliver a message and make recommendations (CO #2,3), and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. (CO#3)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

(CO #2) Employ strategies to affect the development, implementation, and consequences of policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels. (PO 4, 8, 10)

(CO #3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2,3,10)

(CO #4) Analyze the historical, ethical, and political contexts of health care policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10)

(CO #5) Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that influence health care and its consumers and nurses and their nursing practice. (PO2,10)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 100 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Introduce your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your plan for a legislative visit.

2. Articulate key communication strategies involved in your approach to the legislator including plan, message, and recommendations; see Worksheet 2 and again, the focus is on evidence-based communication techniques for effective healthcare policy visit to the legislator.

3. Provide an analysis of empirical evidence of effective communication strategies and techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the legislator.

4. Provide specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful visit/presentation to nursing.

5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.

6. Paper will be 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format 6thedition.

7. Five non-text book references are required as minimum.

Preparing the Paper

Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, target communication strategies that support an effective policymaking visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic references or current references (published within the past 5 years) that support your policy plan, the message, recommendations, and follow-up.

Part B

Planning Your Visit–Public Talk Video (Part B)

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit (CO #2); (b) deliver a message and make recommendations (CO #2,3), and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. (CO#3)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

(CO #2) Employ strategies to affect the development, implementation, and consequences of policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels. (PO 4, 8, 10)

(CO #3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2,3,10)

(CO #5) Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that influence health care and its consumers and nurses and their nursing practice. (PO2,10)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 75 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Articulate your policy priority message in 3 minutes or less by video.

2. Video is to be of clear image and audible sound.

Preparing the Video

Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, any video may be uploaded onto the discussion threads (smartphone or from your computer). The video is to be of yourself delivering your priority message. It is to be succinct and to the point (3 minutes or less). The video is to be of good quality; easily read.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

Challenges in Lobbying Strategies

Introduction

Lobbying is a process that involves working with elected officials to convince them to support your position or change their policy. It can be challenging to find the right strategy for lobbying, and many people struggle with making the decision that will work best for them. This article explores some ways in which you can improve your ability to lobby effectively by identifying what kind of issues matter most to you and how those issues might affect your strategy for lobbying around them.

Lobbying strategies are not the same for all state and federal issues.

Lobbying strategies are not the same for all state and federal issues. You should always be aware of the differences between these two types of lobbying, because they have different groups of people involved and often have very different laws and regulations.

The primary difference between federal and state lobbying is that the former involves issues that are handled by Congress and the President, while the latter deals with state legislatures. However, because of this distinction, both types of lobbying require different strategies to succeed.

Lobbying strategies have been under pressure from new restrictions on lobbying by nonprofits.

Lobbying strategies have been under pressure from new restrictions on lobbying by nonprofits. The recent IRS scandal and the fact that nonprofits are now required to disclose their donors has led to an increase in public awareness of how much influence these organizations wield over lawmakers and policymaking.

The IRS scandal resulted in a surge of public scrutiny toward 501(c)(3) nonprofits, which include both charitable organizations and trade associations. In response, some lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require 501(c)(3) groups to register as political entities or face penalties for failing to do so. Others have argued that any organization receiving tax-deductible donations should be subjecting itself directly or indirectly to political activity requirements similar those imposed on corporations under UCC Article 1 (§ 1-305).

Strategies for lobbying may need to be changed for different groups of people.

You may have to change the strategy for lobbying for different groups of people. For example, if you are working with a large corporation that has a lot of money, it may be easier to convince them that they need to hire an attorney. However, if you’re working with a small company and don’t have much money, then it might be more difficult for them to understand why hiring an attorney is necessary or helpful.

The same goes for family members who live in different parts of the country than your client does: They may not see how important this issue really is because they don’t live near where the affected businesses are located (and therefore don’t want change).

Finally, it’s important to consider the client’s overall goals. If they want to keep their business open and running, then they might not be willing to take a financial hit for legal fees. It may also be difficult for them to understand why it’s so important that lawyers get involved in this issue if they just want their business back up and running as soon as possible.

Local lobbying strategies have a lot of room for experimentation.

You may be surprised to learn that local lobbying strategies can be more effective than national ones.

This is because the needs, issues and concerns of a community are often different from those of an entire country or region. Local lobbyists can use this knowledge to craft tailored messages that appeal to their audience’s specific needs and interests.

Local lobbyists also have access to information about how best to approach each community in order for them to achieve their goals information that cannot be easily obtained from other sources (such as reports from national organizations). This allows them execute better strategies based on current conditions within individual communities rather than trying something new every time they need something done differently across all locations at once

Your strategy for lobbying should depend on why you are working

The first step in coming up with a lobbying strategy is to determine what you want to accomplish. What are your goals? Do you want to influence legislation or regulations, or just make sure that certain issues are being addressed by lawmakers and regulators? Are other companies competing for the same market share as yours, or do they not exist at all?

The next thing is to decide what obstacles need to be overcome before reaching your goal. For example: if there’s been no change in the law since 2008 (when Obamacare was passed), then why should companies spend money lobbying legislators when they can’t even get their voices heard by them anymore? Or if internet access has increased dramatically over the past decade but only 10% of Americans use it regularly today vs 30% in 2000 why should anyone care about improving this situation anyway?

Once we’ve figured out what problems need fixing and who needs solving them (see above), we need a way of reaching our target audience so they’ll hear our message loud enough for us all hear it too! There are several ways this could happen: through mailings sent directly from us; through ads placed on TV shows like Fox News; through newspaper articles written by journalists looking outwards instead looking inwardly at themselves.”

Conclusion

The next time you find yourself in a situation to lobby, think about how you can make your efforts count. It is important that we are aware of all the challenges in lobbying strategies and how they can be overcome.