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Custom Training

Capitol Hill Day / Government Affairs Institute / National Advocacy Day
"Washington Legislative and Advocacy Day" Training for Associations and Nonprofits

Make the most of member visits to Washington

When your members, staff, grassroots advocates or constituents visit Washington or meet with their elected representatives, their meetings will be far more productive if they have training in how Congress works and know what are current best-practices for effective advocacy on Capitol Hill. Make meetings more effective and worthwhile by offering legislative day training.

Previous topics have included:

  • An overview of how Congress works
  • An overview of current Congressional leadership
  • Tools and techniques for communicating with Congressional staff
  • How a bill becomes a law
  • How Congress is organized
  • Who your members will meet
  • The status of your organization's issues
  • Effective advocacy

Previous clients have included national and international nonprofits, unions, coalitions, state and national associations, and state and local government agencies. Our training sessions are commonly interwoven with our clients' sessions.

The next time your advocates visit Washington, provide the knowledge they need to make their meetings worthwhile.
 

The Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill and our Pocket Constitution are included as part of the program materials in our custom National Advocacy Day / Capitol Hill Day programs.

If you would like to see a FREE copy of our Pocket Guide and you are responsible for organizing your organization's Capitol Hill Day, please complete this online request or contact us for details: 202-678-1600, ext. 112.
Request a FREE Copy of our Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill



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Materials can include:

Persuading Congress: A Practical Guide to Parlaying an Understanding of Congressional Folkways and Dynamics into Successful Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Persuading Congress
By Joseph Gibson

Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill

by Bradford Fitch
 

Pocket Constitution
Pocket Constitution


What some Corporations, Associations and Nonprofits call their Capitol Hill Day

  • Washington Lobbying Day
  • Capitol Hill Days
  • Day on the Hill
  • Hill Day
  • Washington Conference
  • Capitol Hill Caucus
  • Capitol Hill Summit
  • Capitol Connection
  • Hill Blitz
  • Capitol Hill Blitz
  • National Legislative Conference
  • Congressional Leadership Conference
  • Washington Fly-In
  • Legislative Days
  • Legislative Training
  • Legislative Conference
  • Annual Legislative Conference
  • National Summit
  • Legislative Summit
  • Government Affairs Institute
  • Government Affairs Program
  • Grassroots Congressional Briefing
  • Capitol Hill Briefing
  • Leadership Conference
  • Washington Advocacy Day
  • Legislative Fly-In
  • Legislative Day
  • Meet and Greet
  • National Advocacy Day
  • Washington Legislative Day
  • Annual IMPACT Meeting
  • Congressional Institute
  • National Advocacy Day
  • Advocacy Day
  • Congressional Briefing
  • Lobby Day
  • Annual Congressional Leadership Conference
  • If you are an organization sponsoring a Capitol Hill Day and you want free color copies of a Capitol Hill map for your attendees, please contact us.
     
  • See this list of allowed and prohibited items when visiting the Capitol.

Our Capitol Hill Day programs can be tailored from 90 minutes to five days in length.

  Audio Course on CD - How to Organize a Capitol Hill Day

Knowing the in's and out's of organizing a Capitol Hill Day for your volunteers is essential to its success. Whether you are starting in DC or Omaha, this audio course shows you how to organize an effective Capitol Hill Day. Learn how to maximize this day by combining training of volunteers with visits to congressional delegations.

For more information about this Capitol Learning Audio Course, click here.


  Custom Training Information

Possible sessions include
  • Understanding the Basics of Congressional Budgeting

  • Congressional Leadership and the Current Political Environment

  • Introduction to the Federal Budget and How it Affects You

  • The Dynamics of Congress and Capitol Hill

  • The Path of Legislation

  • Politics and Leadership in the Current Congress

  • Communicating Effectively with Capitol Hill

  • You Organization's Issues in the Current Congress

  • Networking and Forming Coalitions

  • How to Work with The Media

  • Congressional Leadership and the Current Political Environment

  • How Congress is Organized and Who Your Members Will Meet

  • Overview of How Congress Works

  • The Status of Your Association's Issues

  • Overview of Current Congressional Leadership

  • How a Bill Becomes a Law

  • Understanding the Basics of Congressional Budgeting

  • Soliciting Money and Invigorating Your PAC


All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.

Sample Agendas

Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF.

  • 2.5 hour Grassroots Advocacy program incorporated into "legislative day" training for national association

  • 3-hour program "Communicating Effectively on the New Capitol Hill" for national association

  • 1.5 day program with Congressional Dynamics and Grassroots Advocacy training for national association

  • 90-minute regulatory process training as part of "legislative day" training for national association

See our Sample Agendas page for more.

Audience LevelOur legislative day training can be designed to accommodate all levels of expertise and Hill familiarity.
Audience SizeThis program is effective for between 20 and 1000 attendees.

 

Previous ClientsOur selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Course MaterialsMaterials can include Training Editions of the Congressional Deskbook and Persuading Congress, our Congressional Directory, Pocket Constitution, and the Congressional Operations Poster. Course materials used depend on content and length of final program design.
Length and Location

Our legislative day programs can be tailored from 90 minutes to 5 days in length

This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States online.

FeeThe fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.  

Request More Information About this Custom Training Program

What is included in the fee?TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives. 

The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose.

Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. 

We can also provide meeting space, online venue, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.

FAQsSee FAQs About Our Custom Training.
PaymentPayment methods we accept for custom training include checks, and EFT/ACH.
Related Custom Training
  • Grassroots Advocacy

  • How to Work With the Media

  • Strategies for Working With Congress and Congressional Staff

  • Tracking and Monitoring Legislation

About UsTheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation.  We are registered with CCR / SAM. See our Capability Statement and our About Us page for more details.

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  • The Federal Budget Process, Government Series

Need more information?
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  • Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net

  • Complete our online custom program information request.

    Request More Information About this Custom Training Program

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Custom Training, On-Site and Online


All custom training from TheCapitol.Net is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.



Public Course

If you don't have enough staff for a custom, on-site training program, you can still train your staff using our Pocket Guide to Advocacy on Capitol Hill and audio courses.

 

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Faculty

Our faculty for our legislative day training are all Hill veterans.

 

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To help you publicize and market a custom program to your organization's audience, we can provide printed materials and language for your own internal promotion and publicity.

 

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