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Three Keys to Successful Advocacy: How to Move, Touch and Inspire Anyone at Anytime

Three Keys to Successful Advocacy: How to Move, Touch and Inspire Anyone at Anytime

We are pleased that Adriane Berg, an expert communicator and an Emmy award-winning TV host and podcaster, will join us today. Adriane is communications consultant to many major companies and a member of the NGO Committee on Ageing-NY, Subcommittee on Communications. Erica Dhar, Director, Global Alliances, International Affairs, AARP, will be the respondent, applying Adriane’s presentation to our advocacy work at the NGO CoA.

Be prepared for a lively session on effective advocacy messaging followed by an eye-opening speed coaching session with your fellow attendees.

Programme:

  1. Welcome & Chair’s Update Cynthia Stuen, Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing/NY
  2. Moderator Frances Zainoeddin, Vice Chair, Program Subcommittee Chair
  3. Speaker: Adriane Berg, CEO Generation Bold
  4. Respondent: Erica Dhar, Director, Global Alliances, International Affairs, AARP
  5. Questions and Comments
  6. Closing Remarks

Attendees will discover:

  • How to create a compelling elevator pitch
  • How to appeal to multiple audiences at meetings and events
  • How to create and deliver a compelling call to action
  • How to tell your advocacy story using the unique “U curve” technique

Join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81697309330

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Geneva, please visit ageingcommitteegeneva.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Vienna, please visit ngoageingvie.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com.

Three Keys to Successful Advocacy: How to Move, Touch and Inspire Anyone at Anytime

Three Keys to Successful Advocacy: How to Move, Touch and Inspire Anyone at Anytime

We are pleased that Adriane Berg, an expert communicator and an Emmy award-winning TV host and podcaster, will join us today. Adriane is communications consultant to many major companies and a member of the NGO Committee on Ageing-NY, Subcommittee on Communications. Erica Dhar, Director, Global Alliances, International Affairs, AARP, will be the respondent, applying Adriane’s presentation to our advocacy work at the NGO CoA.

Be prepared for a lively session on effective advocacy messaging followed by an eye-opening speed coaching session with your fellow attendees.

Programme:

  1. Welcome & Chair’s Update Cynthia Stuen, Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing/NY
  2. Moderator Frances Zainoeddin, Vice Chair, Program Subcommittee Chair
  3. Speaker: Adriane Berg, CEO Generation Bold
  4. Respondent: Erica Dhar, Director, Global Alliances, International Affairs, AARP
  5. Questions and Comments
  6. Closing Remarks

Attendees will discover:

  • How to create a compelling elevator pitch
  • How to appeal to multiple audiences at meetings and events
  • How to create and deliver a compelling call to action
  • How to tell your advocacy story using the unique “U curve” technique

Join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81697309330

_____________________________________________________________________________________

CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Geneva, please visit ageingcommitteegeneva.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing/Vienna, please visit ngoageingvie.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, please email the vice chair at susanneseperson@gmail.com.

[deadline] Call for submissions to CoNGO consultation on resolution 1996/31

Attention dear NGO partners:

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will hold consultations with organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC to discuss questions of interest to the Committee or to the organizations relating to the relationship between the NGOs and the United Nations in line with paragraph 61 (a) of ECOSOC resolution 1996/31. The consultations will take the form of written submissions and an interactive hearing which will be held in New York on 9 December 2022 from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

As part of the consultation process, all NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to submit their contributions and views on four key questions in the Concept Note ahead of the hearing via these instructions.

Instructions for submission of of Written Inputs:

  • Use the name of your organization as the document’s name.
  • The written submission should address the four questions outlined in the Concept Note.
  • Your submission to each question should not exceed 500 words.
  • To submit your written inputs, Log in to your NGO profile and under the “Correspondence tab” click on “New Message.” Attach the document to the email, and use “2022 Consultations with NGOs in consultative status-Written Submissions” as the email title/subject, and “Event/Meeting” as the category.
  • Please note that we are not able to accept other formats such as PDF,  jpeg, etc.
  • Press “send.” Please note that your submission is final; you will not be able to edit your statement submission or send multiple versions.
  • Kindly ensure that your written submission is finalized prior to sending the document.

Instructions on registering for participation at the Interactive Hearing will be made available in the coming weeks.

Your contribution is important! We appreciate your participation and commitment to NGO access at the UN.

[deadline] Call for submissions to CoNGO consultation on resolution 1996/31

Attention dear NGO partners:

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will hold consultations with organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC to discuss questions of interest to the Committee or to the organizations relating to the relationship between the NGOs and the United Nations in line with paragraph 61 (a) of ECOSOC resolution 1996/31. The consultations will take the form of written submissions and an interactive hearing which will be held in New York on 9 December 2022 from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

As part of the consultation process, all NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to submit their contributions and views on four key questions in the Concept Note ahead of the hearing via these instructions.

Instructions for submission of of Written Inputs:

  • Use the name of your organization as the document’s name.
  • The written submission should address the four questions outlined in the Concept Note.
  • Your submission to each question should not exceed 500 words.
  • To submit your written inputs, Log in to your NGO profile and under the “Correspondence tab” click on “New Message.” Attach the document to the email, and use “2022 Consultations with NGOs in consultative status-Written Submissions” as the email title/subject, and “Event/Meeting” as the category.
  • Please note that we are not able to accept other formats such as PDF,  jpeg, etc.
  • Press “send.” Please note that your submission is final; you will not be able to edit your statement submission or send multiple versions.
  • Kindly ensure that your written submission is finalized prior to sending the document.

Instructions on registering for participation at the Interactive Hearing will be made available in the coming weeks.

Your contribution is important! We appreciate your participation and commitment to NGO access at the UN.