Daily Archives: November 23, 2008

Conference Wrap-up

The remainder of the Sunday sessions have been useful advocacy workshops, including the Elevator Arguments workshop that David Guard and I conducted, and some lunch networking groups (I helped facilitate one on education). I was too busy being actively involved … Continue reading

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SSDP Conference, part 7

Eric Sterling (Criminal Justice Policy Foundation) started off the Sunday Advocacy Skills Training Day with a motivating talk to get students excited about being advocates. A few of the points: Write succinctly Be entertaining Don’t be too self-critical Work as … Continue reading

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SSDP Conference, part 6

Party! We had a great benefit party last night at Rob Kampia’s house in DC. Tons of people – lots of fun. Sorry, no pictures or descriptions here. …you’ll just have to imagine it.

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