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Custom On-Site Training

Capitol Hill Day / National Advocacy Day
"Washington Legislative and Advocacy Day" Training for Corporations, Associations and Nonprofits
Make the most of member visits to Washington

When your members, staff, grassroots advocates or constituents visit Washington or meet with their elected representatives, their meetings will be far more productive if they have training in how Congress works and know what are current best-practices for effective advocacy on Capitol Hill. Make meetings more effective and worthwhile by offering non-partisan legislative day training.

Topics may include:

An overview of how Congress works
An overview of current Congressional leadership
Tools and techniques for communicating with Congressional staff
How a bill becomes a law
How Congress is organized
Who your members will meet
The status of your organization’s issues
Effective advocacy

Previous clients have included corporations, national and international nonprofits, unions, coalitions, state and national associations, and state and local government agencies. Our training sessions are commonly interwoven with our clients' sessions.

The next time your advocates visit Washington, provide the knowledge they need to make their meetings worthwhile.

Also see

Persuading Congress
By Joseph Gibson

Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill
by Bradford Fitch

Congressional Directory

Pocket Constitution

What some Corporations, Associations and Nonprofits call their Capitol Hill Day
Washington Lobbying Day Capitol Hill Days Day on the Hill Washington Conference Capitol Hill Caucus Capitol Hill Summit Capitol Connection National Legislative Conference Lobby Day	Washington Fly-In Legislative Days Legislative Training Legislative Conference Annual Legislative Conference National Summit Legislative Summit Government Affairs Institute Government Affairs Program Grassroots Congressional Briefing	Washington Advocacy Day Legislative Fly-In Legislative Day Meet and Greet National Advocacy Day Washington Legislative Day Annual IMPACT Meeting Congressional Institute Advocacy Day Congressional Briefing

If you are an organization sponsoring a Capitol Hill Day and you want free color copies of a Capitol Hill map for your attendees, please contact us.

Our Capitol Hill Day programs can be tailored from 90 minutes to five days in length.

Audio Course on CD - How to Organize a Capitol Hill Day

Knowing the in's and out's of organizing a Capitol Hill Day for your volunteers is essential to its success. Whether you are starting in DC or Omaha, this audio course shows you how to organize an effective Capitol Hill Day. Learn how to maximize this day by combining training of volunteers with visits to congressional delegations.

For more information about this Capitol Learning Audio Course, click here.

Custom Training Information
Possible sessions include	Understanding the Basics of Congressional Budgeting Congressional Leadership and the Current Political Environment Introduction to the Federal Budget and How it Affects You The Dynamics of Congress and Capitol Hill The Path of Legislation Politics and Leadership in the Current Congress Communicating Effectively with Capitol Hill You Organization's Issues in the Current Congress Networking and Forming Coalitions How to Work with The Media Congressional Leadership and the Current Political Environment How Congress is Organized and Who Your Members Will Meet Overview of How Congress Works The Status of Your Association's Issues Overview of Current Congressional Leadership How a Bill Becomes a Law Understanding the Basics of Congressional Budgeting Soliciting Money and Invigorating Your PAC All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.
Sample Agendas	Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF. 2.5 hour Grassroots Advocacy program incorporated into "legislative day" training for national association 3-hour program "Communicating Effectively on the New Capitol Hill" for national association 1.5 day program with Congressional Dynamics and Grassroots Advocacy training for national association 90-minute regulatory process training as part of "legislative day" training for national association See our Sample Agendas page for more.
Audience Level	Our legislative day training can be designed to accommodate all levels of expertise and Hill familiarity.
Audience Size	This program is effective for between 20 and 1000 attendees. Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public Strategies for Working With Congressional Staff course.
Previous Clients	Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Faculty	Our faculty for our legislative day training are all Hill veterans.
Rave Reviews	See what some of the attendees at our custom programs say about our custom training.
Course Materials	Materials can include Training Editions of the Congressional Deskbook and Persuading Congress, our Congressional Directory, Pocket Constitution, and the Congressional Operations Poster. Course materials used depend on content and length of final program design.
Length and Location	Our legislative day programs can be tailored from 90 minutes to 5 days in length This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States.
Internal Marketing	To help you publicize and market a custom program to your organization's audience, we can provide printed materials and language for your own internal promotion and publicity.
Fee	The fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.
What is included in the fee?	TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives. The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose. Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.
FAQs	See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
Payment	Payment methods we accept for custom training include checks, and EFT/ACH.
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Related Custom Training	Grassroots Advocacy How to Work With the Media Starting and Building a PAC: PAC Workshop Strategies for Working With Congress and Congressional Staff Tracking and Monitoring Legislation
Related Resources	Capitol Learning Audio Courses ^TM Congressional Operations Working with Congress and Congressional Staff Congress by the Numbers Congressional Deskbook Congressional Directory Congressional Leadership and Committees (listing) Congressional Operations Poster Essential Washington and Hill Web Sites Federal Budget Links and Research Tools Glossary of Congressional and Legislative Terms Legislative Drafter's Deskbook Lobbying and Advocacy Links Persuading Congress Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials Testifying Before Congress The Federal Budget Process, Government Series
Need more information?	Phone: 703-739-3790 Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net Complete our online custom program information request.
Non-Partisan	TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan firm, and the opinions of its faculty, authors, clients and the owners and operators of its vendors are their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net.

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Last updated: September 02, 2010