Lobby Meeting Toolkit 🧰

Complete Guide: This guide provides step-by-step instructions, best practices, conversation tips, and engagement strategies to ensure that your lobbying efforts help build relationships and grow the climate movement in an effective and inclusive way.

Meeting checklist

Participant
Organizer/Lead

5-8 weeks prior

📋 indicates appointment setter actions

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📁 Materials for your meeting

PDF

Sample Meeting Plan

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BRIDGE Common Ground Blueprint Worksheet

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PDF

Primary and Secondary Ask Sheets

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Appointment Setting Log

Only accessible to appointment setters

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Meeting Roles

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Primary and Secondary Asks

For the best lobby day experience, it is recommended that all participants review the Primary and Secondary Ask resources below and attend the relevant lobby day trainings.

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Senate	House
Primary: Permitting Reform — negotiate a comprehensive bill now Secondary: Fix Our Forests Act Secondary: Adequate funding for the Forest Service through the appropriations process	Primary: Permitting Reform — negotiate a comprehensive bill now Secondary: Adequate funding for the Forest Service through the appropriations process

Resources for planning lobby meetings

Permitting Reform Toolkit

Primary Ask

Open Toolkit

Fix Our Forests Toolkit

Secondary Ask · Senate only

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Forest Service Funding Action

Secondary Ask

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🎓 Preparing to Lobby

Visit the Preparing for Lobby Day page for more important details regarding recommended training, the lobby meeting appointment setting process and team creation, and how to plan and best prepare for lobby day.

Summer Lobby Day Trainings

Lobbying with Impact: How to Prepare and Show Up Strong for Your Congressional Meetings

Thursday, June 11

Watch

Summer Conference & Lobby Day Q&A

Thursday, June 18

RSVP

Climate Advocate Lobby Training

Thursday, July 2

RSVP

Lobby Day Training #1

Thursday, July 16

Watch

Lobby Day Training #2 and Q&A

Tuesday, July 21 • 1:00PM ET

RSVP

Required Training

Climate Advocate Training is required for all first time lobbying participants. Climate Advocate Training will also be available as a conference session.

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