WWC Builds Seminars that:

• Are customized for your organization.

• Are based in reality and give practical information for working with Congress.

• Encourage participation and teach how to work effectively with Congress.

Working With Congress provides organizations with multiple topic areas from which to create half-day, full-day or multi-day seminars. To the right, please find these topic areas. By clicking on an individual topic, you will be given a brief description for each segment.

Once you have identified your areas of interest, WWC will work with you to construct a seminar that addresses the legislative needs of your organization within the context of the topics selected.

Half-day and full-day agendas illustrating how our custom seminars can be organized are shown below.

Sample Half-Day Seminar
Presented by
Working With Congress

8:00am: Introductions and Orientation

8:15am: Understanding Policy, Personalities and Politics on Capitol Hill

9:30am: Break

9:45am: Communicating Effectively with Members and Staff

11:00am: Break

11:15am: Knowing the Differences between the House and the Senate

12:15pm: Wrap-Up and Lessons Learned

12:30pm: End

Sample Full-Day Seminar
Presented by
Working With Congress

8:00am: Introductions and Orientation

8:15am: Understanding Policy, Personalities and Politics on Capitol Hill

9:30am: Break

9:45am: Navigating the Committee System

10:45am: Break

11:00am: Interactive Exercise: The Minnesota Beef Processing Case Study

12:30pm: Lunch

1:30pm: How an Idea Becomes a Law

2:30pm: Break

2:45pm: Building Legislative Coalitions

3:45pm: Break

4:00pm: Interactive Discussion on the Legislative Goals of the Organization and Brainstorming Session on Next Steps

5:15pm: Wrap-Up and Lessons Learned

5:30pm: End