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Six Stops to Success
Putting your Transportation Message in Service

The Center for Transportation Excellence and the National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates presents a free, six-part webinar series that will provide advocates and transportation organizations with the necessary tools to take a transportation ballot measure from an idea to a success at the ballot box.

 

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! You must register for each webinar separately. Please use the links to the left of each session description. All webinars begin at 1:00pm ET.

 

1

November 13, 2009

Election Trends:
Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future

 

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Take a look at key trends from recent elections. Learn how communities are using ballot measures to improve their transportation systems.

Moderator: Jason Jordan, Director, CFTE
Speakers:
Jeff Boothe, Partner, Holland & Knight; Chair, New Starts Working Group, Washington, DC;
Cliff Henke, Senior Analyst, BRT & Streetcars, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Arcadia, CA

 
 

4

January 15, 2010     

Getting Started on a Ballot Measure Campaign

 

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Hear from experts on the best strategies for building a winning campaign plan that will keep you moving forward. Learn by example through case studies covering past campaigns from Seattle to Charlotte.

Moderator: Art Guzzetti, Vice President of Policy, APTA
Speakers:
Alan Wulkan, Co-Founder/Managing Partner of InfraConsult, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ
Joni Earl, CEO of Sound Transit, Seattle, WA

 
 

2

February 19, 2010

Building a Winning Coalition

 

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Veterans of transit advocacy will detail how they have built broad coalitions representing diverse interests. Success starts with strong grassroots.

Moderator: Kylah Hynes, Program Manager, NAPTA
Speakers:

Tom Shrout, Executive Director of Citizens for Modern Transit, St. Louis, MO
Raymond Christman, Executive Director, Livable Communities Coalition, Atlanta, GA
Glenn Gadbois, Alliance for Public Transportation, Austin TX

 
 

5

March 19, 2010

Making Your Message Matter

 

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Connect with media and communication experts to gather insights and perspectives that can transform your public relations and media efforts.

Moderator: Rosemary Sheridan,VP Marketing and Communications, APTA
Speakers:
Jared Boigon, Partner, TBWB Strategies, San Francisco, CA


 
 

3

April 23, 2010

Social Media: Friending, Tweeting & Blogging Your Way to Success

 

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The use of new technology in a campaign is rapidly moving from a novelty to a necessity. Learn how best to incorporate these tools.

 
 

6

May 14, 2010

Silencing the Naysayers

 

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Learn some of the more persistent criticisms and then arm your campaign with tactics and facts to beat back at the critics.