Advancing Your Goals: How to Build Relationships with Our Elected Officials

AAN’s 2023 State of the Sector report, incoming Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) class assessments, and recent visits to Alabama nonprofits by our presenter, Steve Taylor, indicate that large numbers of nonprofits in Alabama do not have relationships with their federal representatives. Most of us are simply laser-focused on our work and don't see the value of engaging with federal representatives.

In this free online webinar, Steve will show nonprofit leaders how simply building a relationship with federal elected representatives can add value and advance the goals of a nonprofit and how, conversely, failing to engage representatives can undermine a nonprofit's mission. He will talk through how to initiate engagement with your representative, how to build the relationship, and how you can do this from Alabama.

While this is not an “issue advocacy” presentation, this training will be useful for nonprofits that may wish to become more effective advocates.

This is a crucial time to share this information, because:

Steve Taylor is an attorney who spent a decade working in the United States Senate for Republican Senators. He has spent the last 18 years helping nonprofits navigate Congress and the executive branch, including 15 years as the head of government relations for United Way Worldwide. He’s sharing his insights on Republicans in Congress and his experience working with nonprofits.