Sunday, November 23, 2008

Conference Wrap-up The remainder of the Sunday sessions have been useful advocacy workshops, including the Elevator Arguments workshop that David Guard and I conducted, and some lunch networking groups (I helped facilitate one on education). I was too busy being actively involved to do much live-blogging today. For those in my workshop who stopped by to get a copy of the information, you can download the Elevator Arguments page (pdf). All in all, a great SSDP conference. Lots of dedicated and enthusiastic students working to make a difference. Go to it, folks! Update: We made it back safe, despite dealing with about 8 hours of non-stop rain from Maryland to Indiana. 3:21:07 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

SSDP Conference, part 7 Eric Sterling (Criminal Justice Policy Foundation) started off the Sunday Advocacy Skills Training Day with a motivating talk to get students excited about being advocates. A few of the points: Write succinctly Be entertaining Don't be too self-critical Work as chapters to evaluate what you do Share with others (passion, praise, respect) Be persistent (bring it back up to the top of the in-box) Ask for help Talk to people who disagree with you He says he had 11 points, so obviously I missed a few. 9:54:15 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

SSDP Conference, part 6 Party! We had a great benefit party last night at Rob Kampia's house in DC. Tons of people - lots of fun. Sorry, no pictures or descriptions here. ...you'll just have to imagine it. 9:23:10 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []