Legislative Process/Lobbying 101 Seminar January 28, 2011

Covers the fundamentals of legislative advocacy including a review of all important relevant resource materials as well as:

- Lobbyist registration & disclosure requirements
- Lobbying ethics
- "How a bill becomes a law"/ basics of the legislative process (including the "civics book" version as well as additional insights regarding exceptions illustrating how it "really works").
- Legislative rules, exceptions and waivers
- Legislative committees: Their role, how they function and how to work with them (including the respective roles of committee & minority staff).
- Legislative Counsel Bureau & how to access it
- Glossaries of key legislative terms & common references to types and categories of bills
- Review of a "resource packet" of key legislative publications, documents and materials: What they contain, which ones are the most important and how to use them.
- How to read a bill
- Dos and don'ts of testifying
- Rules for effective advocacy
- Attributes of a successful lobbyist
- Advice from senior legislative staff
- How to choose the right author for your sponsored bill
- The lobbyist/client relationship and respective roles

Lobbying 101 is not just for new or prospective lobbyists. Attendees fall into the following categories:
1) Prospective lobbyists
2) New & relatively inexperienced lobbyists
3) Veteran lobbyists.
4) Lobbyist Employers who want to learn more about the process so that they can more usefully interact with and give direction to their lobbyists. This group includes boards, legislative committees and general membership of organizations which employ lobbyists.
5) Personnel who support lobbyists, including administrative, secretarial, and communications staff.
6) Interested citizens who want to become better informed about how the legislature functions.

Official Website: http://capitolseminars.net