The following are examples of tools and toolkits created by various organizations in order to direct their advocacy efforts:
- SAA advocacy and awareness resources and toolkits
- The Regional Archival Associations Consortium has developed an Advocacy Protocol that regional organizations may use to request advocacy assistance from RAAC
- American Library Association (ALA) Advocacy University (a comprehensive clearinghouse of advocacy tools, training, and resources for advocating within and beyond your institution)
- SAA resource on advocating within your institution
- Example advocacy letters from SAA:
- Archives in Canada (Letter to Honourable James Moore
- Georgia Archives Closing (Letter to Governor Nathan Deal)
- Cost calculators:
- SAA Intellectual Property Working Group’s Advice and Advocacy
- AVPreserve Cost of Inaction Calculator
- DLF Assessment Working Group Library Digitization Cost Calculator
- American Library Association ilovelibraries “What’s Your Library Worth?” Cost Calculator
- Example elevator speeches:
- Lobbying 101 (includes “10 Essential Steps for Effective Lobbying”), from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Leadership Forum
- Lobbying 1-2-3, Effective Letter-writing, research for tailoring your presentation, and other tips for motivating elected federal officials are included in the Action Center of the historic preservation lobby group, Preservation Action.
- Free/Open Source Software for Libraries (FOSS4LIB) Costs for Open Source Software Tool
- Business Archives Section (BAS) of SAA Advocating Business Archives Toolkit
- Preservation Leadership Forum of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Advocacy Resource Center (lobbying, tax credits, advocacy blog)
- Preservation Fundamentals (advocacy, law, economics)
- Preservation Issues (inclusion, reurbanism, sustainability, historic sites, real estate).
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Advocacy Toolkit, undated
- National Council on Aging (NCOA) Advocacy Toolkit, undated
- Society for Public Health Education, “Advocacy 101: The Future of Public Health and Health Education,” February 8, 2012
- American Public Health Association, “APHA Health Reform Advocacy Toolkit: Public Health ACTion Campaign,” 2009
- Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, “Smart and Ethical Principles and Practices for Public Interest Lobbying,” January 2008
- United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund, “MDG-F Advocacy and Communication Strategy,” 2008
- National Association for the Education of Young Children, “Advocacy Toolkit,” 2004
- American Association of School Librarians Crisis Toolkit, undated
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