I have a few criteria in mind, not set in stone, that helps judge and choose or eliminate — intelligence, public spiritedness, diversity, competence
of written advocacy, etc — and a couple of positional issues such as on ABS.
Cromwell J. and Fish J. put on a solid display
of written advocacy in today's Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Cornell.
One client notes: «Their brief in the appellate court was probably the single most powerful piece
of written advocacy I have seen in my career.»
Not exact matches
«In 2016, renewables received about 100 times more in federal subsidies than nuclear plants,» Michael Shellenberger, founder
of the Berkeley, California - based, pro-nuclear
advocacy group Environmental Progress,
wrote in an email to Grist.
«Since last week's approval, we have heard both support from the community, and concerns about how the pricing and reimbursement details will affect individual patients and caregivers, such as how it effects coverage
of other Duchenne products, such as EXONDYS 51,»
wrote Aronin in a blog post for a Duchenne patient
advocacy site.
«This technological innovation must be allowed to develop, be rolled out and tested in real environments without material interference or overburdening regulations, especially at the initial stages
of its adoption,» Llew Claasen, executive director
of the Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit
advocacy group,
wrote in a Nov. 30 letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
«For too long, Wall Street banks and the financial industry
wrote their own rules while no one was looking out for small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member
of the Main Street Alliance, a national
advocacy organization, in a statement.
It's not too much
of an exaggeration to say the 2012 budget was inspired by, and might as well have been
written by, Ethical Oil, the oil - patch
advocacy group inspired by an Ezra Levant book, and by Vivian Krause, a British Columbia blogger who spins tales
of foreign meddling in Canada's mineral wealth.
When announcing the creation
of his political
advocacy group, Zuckerberg
wrote a Washington Post op - ed, saying that technology leaders must band together to «advocate a bipartisan policy agenda to build the knowledge economy the United States needs to ensure more jobs, innovation and investment.»
These are a few
of the places I escaped to get productive, while
writing The Most Powerful Brand on Earth, which helps organizations design and operate Employee
Advocacy programs, across industries: Max's Wine Dive — downtown The Amli on 2nd — Downtown Abel's — Lake Austin Mozart's — Lake Austin Hula Hut — Lake Austin -LSB-...]
Ruth Burr
of SEO Moz recently shared tips for getting Google Author to work when you have multiple people
writing on one web site — such as multiple employees blogging for brand
advocacy.
«We can not overemphasize how essential stock - based compensation is to a startup's ability to recruit and retain talent,» they
wrote in a missive, organized by one
of their Washington, D.C. - focused
advocacy groups, called Engine.
These are a few
of the places I escaped to get productive, while
writing The Most Powerful Brand on Earth, which helps organizations design and operate Employee
Advocacy programs, across industries:
This is a pure
advocacy article
written by someone in a PR shop defending the allocation
of taxpayer money to a hedge fund that doesn't need the money.
Release International is an
advocacy movement on behalf
of the persecuted church, formerly known as Christian Mission to the Communist World which is part
of the International Christian Association, a global alliance
of fifty ministries working among the persecuted church These organisations will often urge readers to
write to their MP or the appropriate ambassador to register concern at the way human rights are being flouted.
It was not 1776 or 1787 - 89 but the period that followed which led Jon Butler to see Americans Awash in a Sea
of Faith, Nathan Hatch to
write of The Democratization
of American Religion, me to
write of the Protestant experience as an
advocacy of a Righteous Empire, Robert Handy to describe A Christian America and Mark A. Noll, Nathan 0.
We can understand Russell's later cautious
advocacy of an explicitly metaphysical position as in part resulting from a consistent and continued commitment to, and application
of, this method
of logical construction, together with a dispassionate exploration
of its full implications, rather than
writing off this later phase as entirely distinct and grossly inconsistent with the earlier phases
of Russell's career.
This may look like working within the community as a partner, it may look like supporting active work, it may look like participating in a big life - changing way, foster care
advocacy, it may look like
writing to our government, employment, opportunity, friendship, or perhaps protesting or participating, it may look like advocating for these changes and opportunities at the highest levels
of government.
Unfortunately, his repeated discussions
of his own history and conversion begin to feel like a sort
of personal
advocacy, as though his chief hope in
writing is to gain his freedom.
You recently
wrote about how you feel like after being outspoken about
advocacy of some
of these big issues that are happening in the country, you felt like there were some people, even your own fans, that turned on you.
Especially insightful is her comment that anything
written on the subject will trigger, axiomatically, cries
of insensitivity, or worse, pure racism, from the racial
advocacy groups.
The Communion
of Churches in Indonesia (CCI) is ready to cooperate for the enhancement
of the work at the national level (communication:
written and electronic media, formation
of present and future leaders, dialog and «Tagung», research and development, evangelisation, human rights issues and
advocacy, urban - industrial mission, etc.).
In the recent book, Taking Flight: Reclaiming the Female Half
of God's Image through
Advocacy and Renewal, contributor Linda Mader
writes that
«Pastor Brunson's arrest can be seen as the latest incident in a litany
of repressive actions targeting Turkey's indigenous and expatriate Christian communities at a time
of increasing repression and intolerance,» the organization's Turkey
advocacy officer
wrote.
«It's lovely to know a jar
of the salty black stuff is sponsoring the
advocacy of robbing women
of all
of their marital property rights,» Mr Christensen
wrote.
After five years
of watching bad science, defensiveness from both sides, and extremist
advocacy rather than balance, I've
written an article which is an appeal for nuance on the issue
of low carbohydrate diets.
In her
writing, public speaking and
advocacy work, Siegel has been a vocal supporter
of improved federal school nutrition standards, curbing junk food sales on school campuses and otherwise improving children's school food environments.
Advocacy Tip # 3: Danielle Whittaker
wrote to us about her plan
of action.
Use one
of our Cloth Diapering
Advocacy Postcards and
write your name and contact information on the back.
She
writes about breastfeeding at Lactation Narration, and she is particularly interested in extended breastfeeding, tandem nursing, pumping at work, nursing in public, the science
of lactation, and breastfeeding
advocacy.
Brehm
writes for an Insurance Law Blog as well as an Eating Disorder Law Blog (rated as one
of Top 25 Eating Disorder Blogs
of 2012) focusing her
writing on insurance
advocacy, insurance coverage, body image, eating disorder recovery, and weight stigma.
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In March, when I first
wrote about how the biotech rider — called the Monsanto Protection Act by its vocal opponents — undercut the constitutional concept
of separation
of powers, it seemed hardly anyone (other than the usual
advocacy groups) was paying attention.
I
wrote letters and got the attention
of the patient
advocacy department, but their investigation results basically said «we couldn't be liable just in case something was actually wrong with your baby, so we treated her like there was, as is standard operating procedure.»
It's
written from a business point
of view, but many
of the observations would apply to
advocacy sites as well.
Ailea Sneller over at Frogloop has
written up a nice summary
of the presentation on cell phones and
advocacy that Katrin Verclass gave at Alan Rosenblatt's most recent Internet Advocacy Rou
advocacy that Katrin Verclass gave at Alan Rosenblatt's most recent Internet
Advocacy Rou
Advocacy Roundtable.
Mike Connery
of The Opportunity Agenda
writes in to talk about an excellent use
of mapping and data by an
advocacy campaign he's involved in:
Those
of us in the online
advocacy community often talk about using this tool and that tool to help mold opinions or win votes, but what I
wrote after last year's mid-term election still stands: the most important effect
of the Internet on politics comes from the unfathomable volume
of information now available and the speed with which it can spread.
Completing the email activism trifecta
of the last couple
of days, Julia Rosen
writes in with a brutal critique
of a recent series
of advocacy / fundraising messages sent to the old Phil Angelides list, which his campaign built while being crushed by Ah - nold in California this past Fall.
It's no coincidence that the handful
of stories that covered electronic
advocacy more broadly were the ones most picked up by other blogs — they didn't just follow what was being
written elsewhere.
In any case, most online
advocacy vendors find that fewer than 10 %
of list members will take the time to edit or add to a pre-written message, and you'll probably see response rates plummet when you start asking for real
writing.
Well, the underwear campaign got exposure today in the form
of Cindy Skrzycki
write - up in the Post's The Regulator column as the featured example
of the use
of online video as an
advocacy tool, so in that sense it's definitely made a splash.
Looking back at the last month or so
of posts, I realized that the usual mix
of pieces on
advocacy, elections and (occasionally) digital political culture had swung almost entirely over to election coverage, and that too often I was basically chasing the story rather than trying to
write something original.
Australian Priscilla Brice - Weller has
written up another cool use
of maps for
advocacy purposes, in this case to encourage the transition from incandescent light bulbs to compact flourescents (which are much more energy - efficient).
Okay, maybe not tawdry, but certainly cheap:
writing for Laura Quinn at Idealware, Alan Rosenblatt (newly
of the Center for American Progress) has put together an excellent overview
of low - cost online
advocacy tools.
Zoe Smith, Head
of Advocacy at Open Doors,
writes for us about their campaign to bring hope to the Middle East and how we can get involved.
The trouble with «Big Email,» the kind
of online
advocacy Move.On pioneered, is that even as the Internet makes it easier for us to «find each other,» it makes it harder for us to «bind with each other,»
writes Sifry, in «common focus.»
A coalition
of good - government,
advocacy, labor and labor - aligned groups are urging U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer to enact fillibuster reform in the chamber,
writing in a letter sent today that the delay tactic has hurt the legislative process in Washington and blocked federal judges from taking their seats.
The latest executive actions have bolstered Cuomo's support among engaged liberal
advocacy groups, ranging from LGBT organizations thrilled with his plan to
write regulations to protect transgender New Yorkers to labor groups who have pushed him for years to take action on the minimum wage through the previously little - known power
of the Department
of Labor wage board.
The supporters
wrote that as a result
of Knapp's «staunch defense
of voter rights and
advocacy for Democratic ideals, she has been targeted time and again by the powerful Republican machine here in Dutchess County.»