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Generally, the video provides information in 3 parts
- Kentucky Public Library Legislative Day (my emphasis), including the steps to contact your legislator
- Find out who represents you
- Buddy up
- Make that call!
- When you arrive at the capitol (e.g., badges are required to access legislators' offices)
- D.I.Y. advice
- Dress comfortable
- Bring ID ("They check everybody!" Need to walk through metal detector.)
- Wear yellow clothing
- F.U.N. advice
- Find us first (specific room in the capitol)
- Understand the issues
- Never accept excuses
- How nonattendees can participate
- Postcards (pre-printed)
- 1-800 message line ("You're gonna talk to a live person, a friendly person, I promise you."
- Email through state website
The general format uses 5 "talking heads" with lots of quick-cut editing.
At 7:02, more time that most people would care to invest in a video explanation. (Note: Kentucky attendees set up their own appointments.)
Kentucky Public Library Association Legislative Day (2012)
A couple of familiar faces from the 2012 video, but mostly new faces are allowed to speak -- at length. The chop/chop/chop editing style has been abandoned and soothing acoustic guitar music is played in the background. It's a big improvement over the 2010 effort. Starting around the 3:30 mark, the speaker provides encouragement to those who have never attended.
Watching this video, you'll get a sense of the effectiveness of attendees wearing a particular color -- yellow, in this case. Even the ugly tie works for me!
Related advocacy stuff
California Library Association. This video explains the general advocacy resources provided by the organization. Not a promo for legislative day, but I thought the approach was instructive.
The Florida Library Association has a Friends of Florida Libraries Honor Roll Fundraising Campaign to support -- or enhance? it's not clear -- legislative advocacy activities.
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