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WARNING TO ALL MERCHANTS: PayPal will screw you

Recently a person purchased a download course from us and one minute later complained to PayPal that someone had “compromised” his email account – using the the same email account he used to purchase the download one minute earlier. PayPal, depsite being provided with evidence that the person had complained from the same email account … Read more

Grasstops, an excerpt from the new book Persuading Congress by Joseph Gibson

“Grasstops”

an excerpt from the new book

PERSUADING CONGRESS:
A Practical Guide to Parlaying an Understanding of Congressional Folkways and Dynamics into Successful Advocacy on Capitol Hill
by Joseph Gibson
Published by TheCapitol.Net

In his new book, Persuading Congress, Joseph Gibson says that “grassroots efforts have limited utility for most issues,” due to the difficulty of mobilizing large numbers of personal responses to members of Congress. Members respond to personal stories but are numb to mass mailings, duplicate emails, or scripted phone call campaigns.

Gibson offers an alternative strategy in this excerpt. “Grasstops” refers to getting VIPs to pitch a member of Congress for you. TheCapitol.Net has made this excerpt available for free use. More information about the book, “Persuading Congress,” and author Joseph Gibson, follows the excerpt. Thank you.

See the “Grasstops” excerpt by Joseph Gibson

“Pigs in a pen deliver lesson about freedom”

The problem is that a plain fence can be so boring. So let’s dress it up, say with a little placard over the gate. Perhaps we should inscribe fancy words on it, too. What comes to mind is an expression often attributed to a wise Frenchman named Alexis de Tocqueville, who wrote about the American … Read more

Testifying Before Congress by William LaForge

Testifying Before Congress

A Practical Guide to Preparing and Delivering Testimony before Congress and Congressional Hearings for Agencies, Associations, Corporations, Military, NGOs, and State and Local Officials

By William N. LaForge

As a practical guide to assist witnesses and their organizations in preparing and delivering Congressional testimony, this book is designed for use by anyone or any organization called upon to testify before a committee of the United States Congress, and for those who are providing assistance in preparing the testimony and the witness.

This book can serve as a guide through the unique maze of the Congressional hearings process for virtually any witness or organization, including especially federal departments and agencies, the federal judiciary, members and staff of the legislative branch itself, associations, corporations, the military service branches, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private and voluntary organizations (PVOs), public interest entities, state and local governmental officials and institutions, and individuals who are chosen to appear as a witness before Congress for any reason on any topic.

2010, 450 pages
Hardbound, $77
ISBN 10: 158733-172-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-58733-172-5

Softcover, $67
ISBN 10: 158733-163-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-58733-163-3

Available from your favorite bookseller. For more information, see TestifyingBeforeCongress.com

Glossary of Legislative Terms: “Minority, Supplemental, and Additional Views”

See Supplemental, Minority, and Additional Views (CongressionalGlossary.com) Courses Congressional Operations Briefing – Capitol Hill Workshop Drafting Federal Legislation and Amendments Writing for Government and Business: Critical Thinking and Writing Custom, On-Site Training Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments in a Nutshell, Audio Course on CD Congress, the Legislative Process, and the Fundamentals of … Read more