Introducing

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Introducing
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The New Public Policy Campaign of the
U.S. Womens Chamber of Commerce
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The Power of Influence

• The preeminent national
• womens chamber forms the
• National Womens Lobby to
• increase womens influence
• in political affairs.

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The Most Influential Voice for Women in America

• The Power of Influence campaign
• gives a unified voice to the hundreds of
  organizations representing women in America.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• The National Womens Lobby establishes an ongoing
  virtual and live system that brings together
  leaders of womens organizations from across the
  United States to discuss and create a strong,
  unified voice on key issues affecting women.  

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• Organizations small and large working together to
  understand issues, discuss strategies and
  opinions, and select issues where a unified
  stance may be created and shared.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• These viewpoints are strongly advanced through
  regular communication with political leaders and
  the community at large.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• With todays technology we reach quickly and
  deeply to the leaders and communities of women
  who are ready to work as one on broad political
  issues like small business growth, health care,
  education and opportunity.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• The U.S. Womens Chamber of Commerce is proud to
  support the growing, powerful voice of women in
  the political process by implementing the
  National Womens Lobby to capture the strength of
  womens organizations in America.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• Membership in the National Womens Lobby -- a
  division of the USWCC -- include womens
  organizations, the womens sections of mixed
  organizations, individual supporting members, and
  foundations and businesses that support building
  womens influence in political affairs and public
  policy.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• Through a new and value added USWCC Association
  Membership, the National Womens Lobby enables
  the USWCC to form partnerships with established
  organizations and build the scale required to
  raise the influence of women in the marketplace.

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Bringing Womens Groups Together Virtually

• Combining this new USWCC Association Membership
  with a revolutionary system of Internet-based
  conferencing, online polling and interaction, the
  USWCC brings the women leaders of America
  together in a process of education, issue
  selection and position advancement.

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Virtual Town Hall Makes a Big World Small

• The National Womens Lobby will use the
  revolutionary Virtual Town Hall system to advance
  only the broadest issues.
• Only broad issues earning a two-thirds majority
  vote of the members of the NWL will be advanced.

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Virtual Town Hall Makes a Big World Small

• And, member organizations of the lobby may choose
  to opt in or out of support for certain issues
  and campaigns without jeopardizing their
  membership in the NWL.
• This minimalist platform makes it possible for a
  large number of very different organizations to
  participate.

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The Power of Influence

• Influence gained through
• Quickness, ease and reach of Virtual Town Hall
• Scale
• Broad Issues
• Strength of the NWL Brand
• Strong Communication
• Consistency of message

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The Power of Influence

• Never before has a major national organization
  brought together the women leaders of America in
  such a strong and unified voice.
• The Power of Influence campaign capitalizes on
  the community-wide opportunities created by our
  new virtual world to elevate the voice of women
  to new levels.

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The Power of Influence
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The Power of Influence

• NWL Comprised of six major organs
• General Assembly
• High Council of Leaders
• Womens Economic Development Alliance
• Womens Social Policy Alliance
• Womens International Affairs Alliance
• Secretariat

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Proposal Process

• Proposals begin at committee level
• If 51 consensus is reached, the resolution moves
  forward to the High Council of Leaders (leaders
  of national womens groups)
• If 51 consensus is reached, the resolution moves
  to the full General Assembly
• If two-thirds consensus is reached by the General
  Assembly to establish adoption by the NWL

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Proposal Process

• Process is virtual, but voice/web conferencing
  and online methods are used to educate, discuss
  and refine viewpoint.
• Leaders in the process have complete access to
  the members of the assembly and may schedule
  conferences at anytime in the process.

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Advocacy of Positions

• Once a position or campaign has been affirmed,
  the NWL utilizes a number of different methods to
  aggressively communicate and advocate on behalf
  of the position and our members

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Advocacy of Positions

• The National Women's Lobby Bulletin - publishes
  the resolutions and campaigns of the NWL monthly.
  The NWL Bulletin is distributed to elected
  officials, key influencers, national and local
  media and NWL members. 
• The National Women's Lobby Agenda - the annual
  statement of the viewpoints, proposals and
  recommendations of the NWL.  The NWL Agenda is
  distributed to elected officials, key
  influencers, national and local media and NWL
  members.

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Advocacy of Positions

• The National Women's Lobby Special Reports -
  committees of the NWL may issue special reports
  to support the positions of the committee and to
  educate key influencers and elected officials of
  the needs of women.  
• The National Women's Lobby Town Hall Center Web
  Pages - the Secretariat will maintain copies of
  all publications and news of the NWL at the NWL
  we pages of the USWCC Web Portal.

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Advocacy of Positions

• Advocacy - the Secretariat and members of the
  High Council of Leaders will advocate on behalf
  of the NWL through letters, testimony, opinion
  editorials, and personal meetings with key
  influencers and elected officials and will report
  on their responses.

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The Power of Influence

• If you or your organization would like to be part
  of The National Womens Lobby and The Power of
  Influence Campaign, please call 888-41-USWCC or
  email nwl_at_uswomenschamber.com.
• To read more click here or go to
  http//www.uswomenschamber.com/nwl

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