Right after the Municipal Elections - two online discussions on working with elected officials:

HC Link's Policy Development Webinar #3: Working with Elected Officials - Tools and techniques
Tuesday, 28 October 2014 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
http://bit.ly/1nqsult

It's the day after Ontario's municipal elections.....and time to build/strengthen relationships with your elected officials! In this webinar, we'll explore a variety of tools that you can use to determine how officials in your community stand on the issues you are addressing, and techniques that you can use to tell your story. Join HC Link's Andrea Bodkin and Gillian Kranias as well as guest presenters Nicole Niedra-Biordi and Krista Long.

REGISTER at http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2014-10-28-policy-development-series-part-3-working-with-elected-officials-registration-13490744179

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HealthPromoChat on Twitter - Post Municipal Elections "It's October 28: Now What?" 3pm EDT
(view online at http://en.healthnexus.ca/sites/en.healthnexus.ca/files/resources/hpchat_elected_off.pdf )

The day after Ontario's municipal elections, join us for a #healthpromochat on how to effectively work with and engage elected officials. We'll discuss tools and approaches for identifying officials stands on the issues we work on, how we can put our positions forward and build effective relationships. Our moderators are Kyley Anderson and Andrea Bodkin of HC Link.

Some questions we'll be exploring:

Q1 How do you determine elected officials' positions on the issues you are working on?
Q2 What methods/tools do you use to build relationships & communicate with elected officials?
Q3 What are good strategies for getting healthy policies on the political radar?
Q4 If you were to give advice on working with elected officials, what advice would you give?


Instructions for those wanting to join:
If you'd like to watch the discussion you can do so without an account by following this link:
https://twitter.com/#healthpromochat

In order to contribute to the discussion, you need to have a Twitter account.
For an overview of what Twitter is, we recommend viewing this video: http://vimeo.com/757146 .
For more information on how to join and participate in Twitter chats, you can view this guide from techsoup.org.
http://npsocialmedia101.wikispaces.com/Twitter+Chat+How+to

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