2/7/24, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Presented by Barbara Clark-Galupi, CFRM.

The biggest factors in successful lobbying and advocacy is your ability to effectively communicate your position, and activate and amplify your allies in support of your efforts.

Key Topics for this webinar include:

Crafting your Message: People support causes, not organizations! Learn how to express your position with expertise, authenticity and passion. We'll also discuss tailoring messages to resonate with diverse audiences.

Building Alliances: Collaboration is King. Learn how to identify and recruit partner organizations and individuals in support of your cause.

Overcoming Objections: Not everyone will agree. Learn how to identify and strategies for overcoming potential opposition.

Amplify & Sustain: Rome wasn't built in a day and achieving meaningful social change requires sustained effort over time! Learn techniques for sustaining engagement and maintaining public attention for your cause.

Barbara Clark-Galupi, CFRM is a 20-year nonprofit veteran here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Barbara is a passionate advocate for the nonprofit sector and child-centered social services in particular. As a practitioner, Barbara built successful small and mid-sized fundraising practices, launched profitable social enterprises, and developed effective branding and advocacy strategies for philanthropic impact. In 2013, Barbara launched creative!mpact, a firm dedicated to providing the strategy and services needed to drive revenue and impact for mission-driven organizations. In 2018, Barbara launched her latest venture, DFW501c.com, an online business journal focused solely on the North Texas nonprofit market. Barbara holds a degree from Sewanee: The University of the South and a Certificate in Fundraising Management from Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. She has always been an active community volunteer and advocate on behalf of social services and child-welfare related causes, having served as a volunteer with CASA of Tarrant County, Leadership ISD, Meals on Wheels, as President of the Burton Hill Elementary School PTO, and as a board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Social Enterprise Alliance and Junior League of Fort Worth. She currently serves on the board of The Parenting Center and Tarrant4Change.