September's expert media training, “What Comes After November 4th?,” will consider the political and organizational consequences of either new administration for groups working on foreign policy issues and help groups develop a “To Do” list for influencing the immediate post-election period and through the first two quarters of 2009.
Take our quick Post-election Planning Quiz below and if you answer NO to any or many of the questions, join us on Sept 18 to make sure your organization is taking advantage of every opportunity to be influential with the new administration. Communications expert, Holly Minch will take groups through post-election foreign policy scenario planning and provide concrete tips and tools for starting now to influence the next administration on foreign policy issues.
Take our Quiz, register and read more about this month's featured trainer below:
- Is your organization ready to go with two distinct post-election media strategies?
- Has your group developed a First Hundred Days Calendar of media and policy hooks?
- Do you have a communications plan for influencing the priorities of a new cabinet?
- Are you ready with a media strategy that reflects likely shifts in Committee chairmanships?
- Does your organization have a fundraising letter ready to send framing post-election expectations for your donors and members?
REGISTER TODAY!
This 60 minute online training will take place Thursday, September 18, 2008: 2pm (EDT) | 1pm (CDT) | 12noon (MDT) | 11am (PDT).
- Registration is open to all qualifying groups.
- Single session registration costs $55.00.
- Community Membership with ReThink Media includes priority registration in 4 sessions in our expert media skills series and is an annual fee of $100.00.
Community Membership also includes access to ReThink Media's online media and communications resources including press page and blog development tools and an extensive media, messaging and public opinion resource library. - Already a Member of ReThink - use this Member Only Registration Form.
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Not Yet Joined ReThink - use this Open Registration Form.
- Space is limited to 30. REGISTER TODAY!
Featured Trainer
September's featured trainer is Holly 
Minch. For more than a decade, Holly has traveled nationwide and across the globe helping foundations and nonprofit organizations hone their message to be heard.
Holly’s experience includes her work as Vice President of Spitfire Strategies, where she created communications programs for grantees of the nation’s largest foundations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Holly was Executive Director of the Communications Leadership Institute, which helps nonprofits use high-impact communications to achieve social change.
Before that, Holly was Director of the SPIN Project, assisting grassroots groups with strategic communications resources. She launched the successful SPIN Academy, and created much of the SPIN Project's training curriculum and online tools.
Holly also served as press secretary for the Sierra Club, alternately doing battle with and cozying up to the Washington, D.C. press corps. She was a key contact for the national media, and created national, regional and local media campaigns.
Holly was named by PR News as a “Young PR Star” recognized as a PR leader and creative practitioner in the industry. She was Editor of Loud and Clear in an Election Year: Amplifying the Voices of Community Advocates, created to help nonprofits convey their messages in the election environment.