PAD 664: Nonprofit Advocacy and Government Relations

(Offered online via the SUNY Learning Network)

This course is designed to prepare current and future nonprofit leaders with the skills and knowledge to pursue effective relationships with government and to influence public policy decision-making on behalf of mission-related goals. It stresses advocacy, lobbying, and voter education as key strategies for educating policymakers, the media and the public.

This course is offered via the SUNY Learning Network (SLN), the State University of New York's wholly asynchronous web-based learning environment. It will next be offered in the spring 2006 semester. Note that all course materials for this class are accessible only through SLN. However, the syllabus below will give you a good idea of the workload and topics covered in the class.

Syllabus - Spring 2005. PDF format.

Nonprofit Links Collection of resources for the management of nonprofit organizations.

Memoranda Guidelines for writing effective memos.