Guide to State Legislative Lobbying, Revised Edition

by Robert L. Guyer

Book Overview

Filled with more step-by-step guidance and "how-to-do-it" skills and strategies, the 3rd edition of the Guide adds new material on how to win a state legislative campaign. Additions include: Effective... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096772421X
• ISBN13: 9780967724218
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Engineering THE LAW, inc.
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Essential Read for Lobbyist

Robert Guyer hit the nail on the head with this book. "The Guide to State Legislative Lobbying" is a wonderfully insightful examination of the lobbying process. The book goes well beyond the academic exercise of understanding the process of lobbying but provides actual useful tools in how to navigate the legislative machine and get results! The book is a must read for all who are involved in the lobbying process both for seasoned professionals and novices alike. The book provides strategies on how to ensure that you are engaged in creating effective change through lobbying for your constituents.

Essential Information

Consider this Legislative Lobbying 101. Robert Guyer's Guide to State Legislative Lobbying is as practical and informative a guide to the fundamentals of successful legislative lobbying as you are likely to find. And it's packed into cogent, readable chapters. The straightforward, accessible narrative carefully describes the major legislative procedures, political tactics and strategic choices confronting any modern lobbyist or advocacy group attempting to achieve visibility and influence in state legislative policymaking. The candid discussion constitutes a practical education in the legislative process especially useful to policy advocates new to legislative decisionmaking, but there's plenty of helpful information for anyone who wants to understand how policy is actually made in legislative chambers. In addition to thoughtful tactical advice, the book is especially valuable in leading the reader through the labyrinth of the formal legislative process which can easily intimidate and confound the uninitiated. The book is a keeper.

Talking to Lawmakers

The Guide shows that speaking to lawmakers is about 10 percent of what it takes to win their votes. It reveals, and shows readers how to do, the other 90 percent of activities that are 'behind the scenes' but make all the difference between winning in the legislature and just talking to lawmakers.

The Ultimate Lobbying Handbook

The Guide to State Legislative Lobbying is a MUST HAVE handbook on the world of lobbying. No other guide exist today that has so much in depth information on the correct form of lobbying state and local government. Your chances of success will greatly increase if you read this book before you lobby a legislative body. If your organization or cause does one thing in it's lobbying plan - READING THIS BOOK SHOULD BE ITEM #1! Bob Guyer is a master lobbyist and great instructor. His experiance is very valuable. Information is the lobbyist best friend - get it, you will be glad you did.

Guyer's on the money

A seasoned pol once said that "Getting the vote is 10 percent access and 90 percent heat."Frankly, what Bob Guyer's guidebook doesn't teach is what it can't teach - building personal connections with legislators to gain access. For everything else, Bob has written a complete and carefully thoughtout guide to preparing and successfully steering legislation. In other words, bringing the "heat."He doesn't offer all the answers, since the nuances of each bill and state legislature prohibit a cookie-cutter approach. Instead, Guyer asks, and gets you to ask, the right questions to guide your bill writing, lobbying team organization and strategic plan.His many years of experience are condensed into a book that reveals the secrets of the temple.