THE SHOWALTER GROUP, INC.
ROOTS OF SUCCESS
The Resource for Grassroots and PAC Productivity
www.showaltergroup.com
December 5, 2003
Volume 5
Issue 4
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In This Issue:

Amy Showalter
Amy Showalter
Grassroots and PAC
Productivity Expert

#44

Motivating Key Contacts:

"The most common mistake in motivating Key Contacts is thinking that they are similar to the general public, and treating them that way.”

Tips
Booklet!


"Beyond Fundraisers and Fly-Ins How to Keep in Touch With Your Legislators All Year."

(see sample )



"Pitching for PAC: Using Public Speaking Secrets to Raise Awareness and Cash"

CD's Now Available

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Research-Based
Benchmarking
Tool / Workshop

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The Showalter Group's Fortune "Power 25"
Grassroots Benchmarking Inventory

(click here)

"The Innovate to Motivate curriculum speaks for itself. You all do a wonderful job of expanding beyond the PAC/grassroots boundaries into the "business skills" areas such as sales and marketing, speaking, writing and persuasion that make any PAC or grassroots effort more of a success. You just don't see those development opportunities being offered elsewhere. It makes a difference...and it gets my vote!"

Corey Kerr
Director, Government Relations
Cardinal Health



Failing Forward: How to Overcome Common PAC Management Errors and Grow Your PAC

“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.”

-Orville Wright

I read the results of a recent BIPAC (Business Industry Political Action Committee) member survey. It outlined the BIPAC member’s PAC practices and potential for growth. The survey was conducted with business-oriented PAC’s, but the lessons can serve all PAC professionals.

Read the whole article here.


Quarterly Quick Tip

Quick Tips for PAC and Grassroots Goal Setting

1. Be firm on your results, rather than the activities to get the results. I find that very successful people are firm about their intended results, and flexible on the process to achieve the results. Less successful people are firm about the process and flexible on the results.

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