Globalize USA date December 2010 Cleanup date October 2009 Spaceadvocacy can be described as the general ... House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. ref the idea or cause of space exploration and Space colonization settlements . It is a form of advocacy that specifically includes support for private spaceflight private space initiatives and is also a political position that favors the exploration, utilization, and Space colonization colonization of outer space . There are many different individuals and organization s dedicated to spaceadvocacy. They are usually active in educating ... Advocacy Category Spaceflight Category Spaceadvocacy ... title ref on space related subjects, lobbying governments ref http chapters.marssociety.org usa dc pdfSRC ... ref for increased funding in space related activities or supporting private space activities. They also ... visitors. They are sub divided into three categories depending on their primary work practice, advocacy, and theory. History Historians Weasel inline date March 2009 agree that space flight and especially manned space flight was not inevitable, but rather that society was convinced of the need for it by a few ... in the 1930s began to share their individual plans for a future in space to their respective governments and the public. ref http www.hobbyspace.com Active history.html Burrows HobbySpace Space ... of Space 1949 and magazine articles including the Man Will Conquer Space Soon series ... Walt Disney s Man in Space and Man and the Moon in 1955, and Mars and Beyond in 1957. List of organisations Actively involved Organizations that are directly involved in space exploration, having their own ... British Interplanetary Society 1933, United Kingdom to support and promote astronautics and space ... to the advancement of space science and exploration http astronautical.org link National Space Institute 1974 1987, America to help maintain public support for the US space program later became the National ... more details
Propose policy solutions Open up space for public argumentation. Some of the other forms of advocacy include Budget advocacy Budget advocacy is another aspect of advocacy that ensures proactive ... March 2009 Advocacy is a political science political process by an individual or a large advocacy ... principles or simply to protect an asset of interest. Advocacy can include many activities that a person ... is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on an issue which plays a significant ... 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP Action accessdate 2010 03 02 archiveurl ... 2 April 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. ref name Advocacy 2.0 cite journal last Obar first Jonathan, et al title Advocacy 2.0 An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups in the United ... id 1956352 ref Forms of advocacy There are several forms of advocacy, which each represent a different ... justice advocacy. Although it is true, the initial definition does not encompass the notions of power .... For them, advocacy represents the series of actions taken and issues highlighted to change ... to the people and promote transparency. Budget advocacy also enables citizens and social action ... and the deprived sections of the community. Bureaucratic advocacy people considered experts have more chance to succeed at presenting their issues to decision makers. They use bureaucratic advocacy to influence the agenda, however at a slower pace. Issue advocacy ads Express versus issue advocacy these two types of advocacy when grouped together usually refers to a debate in the United States ... advocacy Health advocacy Health advocacy supports and promotes patient s health care rights as well ... of care. Ideological advocacy in this approach, groups fight, sometimes during protests, to advance their ideas in the decision making circles. Interest group advocacy lobbying is the main tool ... more details
Essay like date January 2008 no footnotes date April 2010 Self advocacy refers to the civil rights movement ..., including being in charge of their own care in the medical system. The self advocacy movement is in basic ... over their living conditions or with whom they share their living space. People with intellectual ... advocacy movement seeks to reduce the isolation of people with disabilities and give them the tools and experience to take greater control over their own lives. The self advocacy movement for people ... communication challenges that are a barrier for people with intellectual disabilities. The self advocacy ... and 1970s but is in many respects still in its infancy. In North America the self advocacy .... Medical and psychiatric patient self advocacy In the medical and psychiatric areas, emphasis is placed on self advocacy or self empowerment patient empowerment . This emphasis started in the psychiatric ... a problem, they are practicing self advocacy. Patients should know their rights, and be willing ... and fully understanding what will be done in your care is an act of self advocacy. Through being one s own advocate there is patient empowerment. Self advocacy can include any action, verbal or written ... advocacy if the particular problem they are describing also connects to some aspect protected under the Patient Bill of Rights . However, self advocacy can also resolve other situations, such as differences ... in delivery of health care. Opposition to self advocacy Dixon Woods studied patient information leaflets ... of this information or knowledge. In this way the extent of the public s self advocacy ... to take greater roles in their own health care through self advocacy. Nevertheless, medicalization ... solutions for individual problems. Therefore, self advocacy may not always be entirely positive. Lupton questions whether self advocacy is always possible or even beneficial for patients. He claims ... authoritative controlling role may be important as a form of comfort. Ideas on self advocacy ... more details
Orphan date January 2012 Networked Advocacy or net centric advocacy refers to a specific type of advocacy . While networked advocacy has existed for centuries, it has become significantly more efficacious ... action . The study of networked advocacy draws on interdisciplinary sources, including communication theory , political science , and sociology . Theories of networked advocacy have been ... and support collective action s and advocacy as well as the networks that such actions and advocacy create. History and scope of Advocacy Networks Examples of formal transnational advocacy networks ... Sikkink. Activists Beyond Borders Advocacy Networks in International Politicals. Cornell University Press, 1998,p. 10. ref While advocacy networks as a whole have been able to grow in size in recent ... advocacy, by its nature, is more likely to be conducted and to be identified in a transnational ... networks of activists to be networked advocacy. A transnational character makes it easier to spot networked advocacy, but an international context is not a prerequisite. Two examples of advocacy networks ... on U.S. policy, defying the assertion that networked advocacy can only operate in a transnational context. Elements of Networked Advocacy Imagined communities Benedict Anderson Benedict Anderson s 1983 .... Such imagined communities have had a major impact on the nature of networked advocacy. The development ... advocacy come in terms of both the scope of what organizations and individuals can accomplish .... Collective action is made easier through networked advocacy because the search and information costs ... collective action and transnational advocacy networks. ref name autogenerated13 Keck, Margaret and Kathryn Sikkink. Activists Beyond Borders Advocacy Networks in International Politics . Cornell ... action theory that creates a framework for how an advocacy movement travels from one country to another ... and Sikkink, the goal of transnational advocacy is to lower these barriers, or decrease transaction ... more details
File Diagram Policy Advocacy Evaluation vs Policy Analysis Evaluation Created by Grant Ennis in December 2011.png thumb alt Diagram Policy Advocacy Evaluation vs Policy Analysis Evaluation Created by Grant Ennis in December 2011.png Advocacy Evaluation . Advocacy evaluation , also called public policy advocacy design, monitoring, and evaluation, Program evaluation evaluates the progress or outcomes of advocacy , such as changes in public policy . This is different from policy analysis , which generally ... programs or direct services have been successful. Advocacy strives to influence a program or policy ... of that influence. Advocacy evaluators seek to understand the extent to which advocacy efforts have ... does not, and what works better in order to achieve advocacy goals and improve future efforts. Goals of advocacy dependent variables In order to evaluate something, one must know the goals of the program activity, in this case advocacy efforts. Policy advocacy evaluation focuses on the contribution towards achieving policy, and not on the results of that policy. Policy advocacy evaluators look at these dependent ... to the adopted legislation Adoption Implementation Developed capacity of advocacy actor or network of actors to conduct advocacy efforts Ultimate Goals Policy change itself in the desired direction ... practice, is the goal of most policy advocacy efforts. Policy Advocacy works to move a policy through the policy cycle . Distinct challenges of advocacy evaluation Contribution vs. attribution Since multiple ... the degree of success. Long term nature of advocacy Since many advocacy goals are long term ... to monitor progress. Complexity and theories of change logic models and theories of change for advocacy ..., and evaluation all the more challenging. Typology of policy advocacy Direct Advocacy Directly trying ... or government officials, or advocacy groups use lobbying. Indirect Advocacy Indirectly influencing policymakers ... Advocacy Program evaluation Policy analysis Source documents Advocacy evaluation http www.hfrp.org ... more details
Marketing Customer advocacy is a specialized form of customer service in which companies focus on what is best for the customer. It is a change in a company s culture that is supported by customer focused customer service and marketing techniques. Customer advocacy business model A customer advocacy policy encompasses all aspects of customer contact, including products, services, sales and complaints. Some examples of a customer advocacy approach are suggesting a product even if the profit margin is less for the company, setting service call appointments based on the customer s, not the company s preferred hours, or recommending a competitor s product because it better meets the customer s needs. Role of the customer advocate Customer advocates are facilitators between customers and the company. They are trained in cross functional roles and empowered to provide customers with assistance in all areas of the business. The role of the customer advocate is three fold To be the main contact for the customer in handling a question or problem and keeping the customer updated with timely and frequent updates as to the progress of resolving the issue. To facilitate a resolution by bringing together the appropriate department heads. To implement a procedure that ensures the problem does not occur again or recommends products or services to better meet customers needs. Measuring customer advocacy Customer advocacy can be integrated into a company s strategic goals and measured through customer satisfaction, retention, and profitability. References Refbegin http www.customercentricity.biz PDFs Customer Advocacy.pdf Customer Advocacy, March 2006 http citeseerx.ist.psu.edu viewdoc download jsessionid 9486DE619F81D725D62FA1C8325FB2E4?doi 10.1.1.138.5175&rep rep1&type pdf Building trust and relationships through customer advocacy, 2005 refend Category Business models Category Loyalty marketing Category Types of marketing Category Strategic management ... more details
Multiple issues orphan November 2007 unreferenced July 2009 Motorcycling advocacy colloquially bikers rights in the US generally refers to the belief in legal rights of motorcyclists, either as citizens or as motorists, or as motorcyclists per se , and to the efforts made to promote or defend those rights. There have been a number of grass roots efforts to advocate for these rights throughout the USA. Advocacy is carried out by individuals and organizations. One issue often in dispute is mandatory Motorcycle helmet helmet laws. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, part of the United States Department of Transportation Department of Transportation has been the main US Federal Government agency active in the debate over motorcycle rights for such things as off road riding, vehicle requirements and of course helmets. Helmet laws Empty section date December 2009 Advocacy groups ABATE American Motorcyclist Association Bikers Rights Online Helmet Law Defense League HLDL . References Reflist External links dmoz Society Subcultures Bikers Bikers Rights Bikers rights http www.bikersrights.com Bikers Rights Online DEFAULTSORT Motorcycling Advocacy Category Motorcycle associations Category Motorcycle regulation advocacy ... more details
Orphan date July 2009 The Advocacy Index is a telephone based customer survey technique ref http www.sourcewire.com releases rel display.php?relid 23988 SourceWire ref developed by VIRTUATel Ltd to measure the loyalty of a company s customers, using a 3 point scale and was based upon the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology, created by Fred Reichheld . ref http harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu b02 en common item detail.jhtml?id R0312C&referral 2340 Frederick F. Reichheld December 2003 . The One Number You Need to Grow . Harvard Business Review. ref The 3 point survey scale was developed as the traditional NPS survey scale of 0 to 10 was not always appropriate to be used during a telephone survey, as it is more difficult to understand aurally rather than visually, on a web or email survey . In addition, telephones do not have a 10 on the keypad, so IVR systems would need to wait for a possible ... was an Advocate, Neutral or a Non Advocate. The Advocacy Index uses the survey question would you recommend us... to create a simple score showing Advocacy Index and has established itself as a key performance ... research. The value of the Advocacy question in customer a survey is confirmed in research by Dr Paul Marsden of LSE in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005. ref http www2.lse.ac.uk ERD pressAndInformationOffice ... Upton, The Listening Company, in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005 ref This in turn ... the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology. The research found that both word of mouth advocacy as measured ... ref Companies enjoying higher levels of word of mouth advocacy higher net promoter scores , such as HSBC ... 2003 04. Companies suffering from low levels of word of mouth advocacy and high levels of negative word of mouth, grew slower than their competitors. A 7 per cent increase in word of mouth advocacy ... cent increase in word of mouth advocacy equated to 8.82m extra sales. A 1 per cent reduction in negative ...? the answer provides a measure of word of mouth advocacy that may be useful not only in predicting ... more details
The Office of Advocacy is part of the Small Business Administration in the U.S. Federal Government . ref citation url http books.google.co.uk books?id SoC cnghwkoC&pg PA220 title Cutting Red Tape From Red Tape to Smart Tape publisher OECD year 2003 ref It aids business and has its head nominated by the president of the United States president and appointed by the U.S. Senate . The current head of the agency, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, is Winslow Sargeant , who was a recess appointment by Barack Obama . ref citation url http www.whitehouse.gov the press office 2010 08 19 president obama announces recess appointments key administration posts title President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts publisher White House date August 19, 2010 accessdate August 30, 2010 ref References Reflist External links http www.sba.gov advo Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration Category Small Business Administration ... more details
Advocate and Patient Advocacy have a broad range of usage and may be applied to various subcategories of individual advocates and organizations providing various levels of advocacy. A Healthcare ... be an individual or an organization. Patient Advocacy organizations are often non profit and focus ... engage in the Patient Advocacy function of clinical support, liaising with patient and provider. There are also ... for the patient s care. Patient Advocacy is a burgeoning field in the early stages of legislative definition and there is currently no accredited certification curriculum specifically for advocacy. While ... of successful treatment. Generally, a Patient Advocacy contract with a Release of Medical Information ... advocates across the United States and Canada Houston Patient Advocacy ref http www.houstonpatientadvocacy.com Houston Patient Advocacy ref RN Patient Advocates ref http www.patientadvocates.com RN ... Nurses ref My Nurse First ref http www.mynursefirst.com My Nurse First ref Liberty Advocacy Group ref ... services and access to health advocacy services to individuals who are navigating healthcare services ... Patient Advocacy service to assist you when needed at The Karis Group ref http www.thekarisgroup.com Services Patient Advocacy index.html The Karis Group ref Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates ref ... Health Advocate ref Patient Advocacy Certification and Licensing As of early 2012, dozens of universities and organizations offer educational opportunities for those wishing to provide patient advocacy ... for the profession. Patient Advocacy Groups There are organizations, generally non profit, that focus ... Advocates and referred to as Health Advocacy organizations. In this form, the Patient Advocate ... good of society. This includes SEC advocacy encouraging investors to continue supporting such progressive .... Some health benefit or employee assistance plans include Patient Advocacy services offered by third party Patient Advocacy companies. Depending on the scope of services included, members or employees ... more details
journalism Advocacy journalism is a genre of journalism that intentionally and transparently adopts a non ... themselves as objective or neutral. Traditionally, advocacy and criticism are restricted to editorial ... s internal structure. News reports are intended to be objective and unbiased. In contrast, advocacy ... of facts and opinions presented. Some advocacy journalists reject that the traditional ideal of objectivity ... of transparent points of view, or that advocacy journalism serves a similar role to muckraker s or whistleblower s. Examples Advocacy journalism is practiced by a broad range of mainstream ... Stone there are also advocacy journals , or alternative publications , which are marketed to target ... Knoxville Voice Eleftherotypia . Perspectives from advocacy journalists One writer ... bound by them. If we are ever to create meaningful change, advocacy journalism will be the single most ... how to be successful advocacy journalists. For many, this will require a different way of identifying and pursuing goals. ref Advocacy Journalism, The Least You Can Do, and The No Confidence Movement ... commentary and advice to advocacy journalists, which seeks to establish a common view of what journalistic standards the genre should follow. ref Advocacy journalism by Sue Careless. The Interim, May 2000. http www.theinterim.com 2000 may 10advocacy.html Rules and advice for advocacy journalists .... It describes itself as inheriting the tradition of advocacy journalism from Freedom s Journal ... aanp freedom Muckrakers are often claimed as the professional ancestors of modern advocacy ... further2 Objectivity journalism and Objectivity philosophy Advocacy journalists may reject ... and self awareness that better serves media consumers. Advocacy journalists often assume that their audiences ... audience. Many advocacy journalists claim that they can reject objectivity while holding ... reporting In some instances, advocacy journalism is the same as investigative journalism and Muckraker ... more details
Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children s rights which may be abridged or child abuse abused in a number of areas. Rights Main Children s rights movement Also see Children s rights Rights can be divided into two categories negative rights to be free from and positive rights to . Children s negative rights are violated when some dangerous or harmful action is taken directly against them. What child advocates do One type of children s advocate typically represents or gives voice to an individual or group whose concerns and interests are not being heard. A child advocate will try to prevent children from being harmed and may try to obtain justice for those who have already been injured in some way. A child advocate may also seek to ensure that children have access to positive influences or services which will benefit ... or the police. Another form of child advocacy happens at the policy level and aims at changing ... of New Wave Electronic Advocacy Techniques by Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations. Cortes, M. & Rafter ... on behalf of children. In Wales the Welsh Assembly Government has set up the National Advocacy http ... to young people are provided with dignity and fairness. Child Advocacy Centers Primary sources date January 2008 globalize USA date December 2010 Child Advocacy Centers are neutral, safe locations ... and their family members. Voices for America s Children is a national advocacy organization with more ... and resources to address sexual abuse but also many other advocacy needs for children and families ... with the disclosure and subsequent investigation of abuse. Child Advocacy Centers are accredited by the http nca online.org National Children s Alliance . Child Advocacy organizations at the policy ... Farm Children s Ombudsman Children s rights References references DEFAULTSORT Child Advocacy Category ... more details
Policy advocacy is defined as active, covert, or inadvertent support of a particular policy or class of policies. ref Lackey 2007 ref Whether it is proper for scientists and other technical experts to act as advocates for their personal policy preferences is contentious. In the scientific community, much of the controversy around policy advocacy involves precisely defining the proper role of science and scientists in the political process. ref Shannon 1996 ref Some scientists choose to act as policy advocates, while others regard such a dichotomous role as inappropriate. ref Lackey 2011 ref Providing technical and scientific information to inform policy deliberations in an objective and relevant way is recognized as a difficult problem in many scientific and technical professions. ref Rykiel 2001 ref The challenge and conflicts have been studied for those working as stock analysts in brokerage firms, ref Boni 2001 ref for medical experts testifying in malpractice trials, ref Caldwell 2005 ref for funding officers at international development agencies, ref B n 2005 ref and for intelligence analysts within governmental national security agencies. ref Armstrong 2002 ref The job of providing accurate, relevant, and policy neutral information is especially challenging if highly controversial policy issues such as climate change that have a significant scientific component. ref Pielke 2004 ref The use of normative science by scientists is a common method used to subtly advocate for preferred policy choices. ref Lackey 2007 ref See also Scientific Method Advocacy Evaluation Notes ... of Haematology. 129 730 733. http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 15952998 Lackey 2007 . Policy advocacy ... the Debate about Advocacy. Conservation Biology. http onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi 10.1111 j.1523 ... SOVSAP 5D2.0.CO 3B2 Shannon 1996 . Science Advocacy is Inevitable Deal with It. Society of American ... Advocacy groups Category Activism by method ... more details
Advert date August 2010 Image APheader2.jpg thumb 300px right The Advocacy Project logo The Advocacy Project AP is a nonprofit organization that seeks to strengthen community based human rights advocacy groups. AP was established in June 1998 to report to human rights advocates from the Rome conference that established the International Criminal Court . AP continued on a project by project basis until it acquired nonprofit status in July 2001. As of 2008, AP s Peace Fellows work with 21 different organizations throughout the world. ref cite news url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com baltsun access 376684201.html?dids 376684201 376684201&FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&type current&date Jul 26 2C 2003&author Linell Smith&pub The Sun&desc Rug project gives women a connection&pqatl google title Rug project gives women a connection last Smith first Linell date July 26, 2003 work The Baltimore Sun pages 1.D accessdate 14 January 2010 location Baltimore, Md. ref ref cite news url http www.wired.com culture lifestyle news 2003 07 59557 title Bloggers Opening Western Eyes last Dean first Katie date July 11, 2003 ... community based advocacy groups who work for social justice and human rights at the community ... page about Advocacy Project blockquote Services AP offers partner organizations a choice of services aimed at strengthening their advocacy. For a complete list of AP s partner organizations ... based advocacy. Over the summer of 2007, AP sent 31 fellows to partner organizations all over ... travel costs. http advocacynet.org blogs Advocacy Project blockquote Dissemination AP offers its partner ... models of community based advocacy and report on community campaigns, are sent out to more than 6,000 ... advocacy groups that work at the community level. As of 2007, AP worked with more than 30 community based advocacy groups worldwide. These groups are located in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America ... The Advocacy Project website http www.change.org nonprofit page nonprofit home 54285 Change.org ... more details
references should be replaced date March 2012 Health advocacy encompasses direct service ... care is also one of the overreaching goals of health advocacy, in addition to safer medical ... A. French, & Melissa B. Gilkey Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality. ref Patient representatives ... or depending on immediate context. Rapidly growing areas of health advocacy include advocates in clinical ... or in larger companies. History A separate and identifiable field of health advocacy grew out of the patient ... from an advocacy organization, the National Welfare Rights Organization NWRO . ref cite encyclopedia ... id ref Patient advocacy, as a hospital based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement patient .... It was not surprising, then, that patient advocacy, like patient care, focused on the hospital stay, while health advocacy took a more critical perspective of a health care system in which ... location Chicago publisher Aldine id ref The field of health advocacy also has deeper roots in the voluntary ... in other disciplines and then applied it to health. Health advocacy also has 20th century roots ... to cancer and lupus in the neighborhood. That put us on a wonder, said one resident, and now their advocacy ... justice are often the focus of advocacy for low income and minority urban residents, and like West Harlem Environmental Action WE ACT , their advocacy for environmental justice encompasses health ... their messages out. Recently disease specific advocacy and environmental health advocacy have come ... cancer advocacy groups in particular, argue that prevention is the cure , when it comes to untested exposures that could be carcinogenic. See Rachel s News for combined environmental and health advocacy ... a new model of advocacy that allowed patients to access the services directly thereby ... and education. The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly ... not agree. Ruth Ravich a founder of the pioneering patient advocacy program at Mt. Sinai Hospital ... more details
italictitle Infobox journal title Argumentation and Advocacy cover File Argumentation and Advocacy cover.gif 200px editor Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch discipline Argumentation theory formernames Journal of the American Forensic Association abbreviation publisher American Forensic Association country United States frequency Quarterly history 1964 present openaccess license impact impact year website http www.americanforensics.org AA aa info.html link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 18603907 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1051 1431 ISSN2 0002 8533 eISSN boxwidth Argumentation and Advocacy is a quarterly Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published by the American Forensic Association , edited by Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch. ref name editor http www.americanforensics.org node 59 Editors and editorial board page. ref Aims and scope The journal s focus is on moving the study of argumentation forward, including articles which are theoretical and critical in the broad subject areas of argumentation theory , Argumentative dialogue public argument , critical and cultural perspectives, and forensic science forensics and pedagogy . The journal includes reviews of pertinent books. ref name editorial http www.americanforensics.org publications and research argumentation editorial policy and submission guidelin Editorial policy and submission guidelines ref It includes the arts and sciences of civil debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion. It covers studies of rules of inference, logic, and procedural rules in both artificial and real world settings. This includes debate and negotiation , which are concerned with reaching mutually acceptable conclusions. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in ref name electronic indexing http www.americanforensics.org node 56 Electronic Indexing for Argumentation and Advocacy . ref ProQuest International Academic Research Library, Humanities Infonautics Information Services Communication ... more details
About political and social advocacy and lobbying groups other interest groups Interest group disambiguation Advocacy groups also pressure groups , lobby groups and some interest groups and special interest groups use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and or policy they have played ... archivedate 19 February 2009 DASHBot deadurl no ref Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. ref name Advocacy 2.0 cite journal last Obar first Jonathan, et al title Advocacy 2.0 An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups ...?abstract id 1956352 ref Overview See also advocacy lobbying An advocacy group is a group or an organization ... event or threat. In some cases initiatives initially championed by advocacy groups later become institutionalized ... Advocacy groups exist in a wide variety of genres based upon their most pronounced activities. Anti ... between lobbying and advocacy. ref cite web url http www.npaction.org article articleview 76 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP Action accessdate 2010 03 02 archiveurl ... or target demographic. This is often accompanied by one of the above types of advocacy groups ... advocacy groups. Types Organizations can be categorized along the lines of the three elements ... title History accessdate 19 April 2011 ref The advocacy organization does not interact directly with employers ... abuse, promote fair business practices, and enforce consumer rights. How Advocacy Groups Exert Influence In most liberal democracies, advocacy groups tend to use the bureaucracy as the main channel ... and in turn, the decision making process of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence through ... and recycling. The judicial branch of government can also be used by advocacy groups to exert influence ... groups can exert influence in the judicial branch of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence ... which lobbied for the rights of workers. Advocacy groups also exert influence through channels that are separate ... more details
Cycling advocacy consists of activities that provide greater safety, comfort, and convenience for cyclists by advocating for and establishing better cycling infrastructure e.g. establishing bike lanes and Segregated cycle facilities separate bike paths , improving road quality on bike routes, establishing more and better bicycle parking etc. by providing Bicycle law legal protections for cyclists by including cycling interests in new legislation by educating cyclists and motorists by increasing public and political support for bicycling and by communicating the health, environmental and social benefits of cycling for both individuals and communities. ref cite web url http www.sfbike.org ?strategicplan title SFBC Strategic Plan 2008 2012 publisher San Francisco Bicycle Coalition accessdate 2011 05 06 ref There are many organizations worldwide whose primary mission is to advocate for these goals. Most are non profit organizations supported by donations, membership dues, and volunteers. ref cite web url http www.massbike.org get involved join title Join MassBike publisher Massachusetts Bicycle Coalitioni accessdate 2011 05 06 ref ref cite web url http www.massbike.org get involved volunteer title Volunteer Intern MassBike publisher Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition accessdate 2011 05 06 ref Cycling advocacy around the world Europe Bicycle embassies In Europe, Bicycle embassies have been ... , bicycle promotion and cycling advocacy techniques to other national, state and municipal ... facto part of the city Department of Transportation or other government agency. List of cycling advocacy ... Colville Andersen John Forester cyclist John Forester Major cycle advocacy groups include http ... Cycling Embassy of Great Britain Bicycle Victoria See list of United States bicycle advocacy organizations ... program Bicycle law Bicycle advocacy groups, movements and regional examples Critical Mass Time ... advocacy in the developing world World Bicycle Relief Similar urban design concepts New Pedestrianism ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Original Advocacy is a type of Speech public address speech event practiced in California High School Speech Association or CHSSA event, in which the speaker writes a persuasive speech and delivers it in competition. It is often referred to as OA , and is the Californian High School version of persuasive speeches. The speaker has ten minutes to present a problem, its significance, and a legislative solution to fix the stated problem. The problem is not a general one, such as apathy, but is a more specific one that can be legislated and solved, such as medical malpractice or statutory rape. The speaker should also include some discussion of how the proposed solution will actually solve the problem. However, the legislature included should be plausible and sensible. While the speeches used to be mostly serious in nature, the trend has now changed such that speeches contain more humorous material and even some acting. However, the winning speeches generally stick to the traditional, more analytical way of speaking. One theme that hasn t changed is that speeches generally have very specific topics ranging from domestic issues to international issues. Generally, the speeches are inspiring and informative. These speeches should have statistics , numbers, and Mathematical proof proof typically consisting of real stories found in the news to support the various claims made by the speaker, though many speeches nowadays replace many statistics with jokes. Judges can evaluate this speech on any criteria, but usually the style of delivery measured by the fluidity of the speech as well as the hand gesture s, eye contact , memorization, posture, and tone and content the proof offered to prove the claims of problems serve as fair and impartial indicators. Category Debating Speech and debate stub ... more details
suicide Advocacy of suicide has occurred in many culture s and subculture s. Confucianism holds that one should give up one s life , if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren Confucianism ren and yi Confucianism yi . ref citation url http arts.hkbu.edu.hk pclo e5.pdf author Lo, Ping cheung title Confucian Ethic of Death with Dignity and Its Contemporary Relevance date 1999 publisher Society of Christian Ethics ref The Japanese military during World War II encouraged and glorified kamikaze attacks, and Japanese society as a whole has been described as suicide tolerant see Suicide in Japan . Ozzy Osbourne was accused of advocating suicide in his song, Suicide Solution . William Francis Melchert Dinkel , 47 years old in May 2010, from Faribault, Minnesota , a licensed nurse from 1991 until February 2009, stands accused of encouraging people to commit suicide while he watched voyeuristically on a webcam . ref name nytimes1 cite news last Davey first Monica url http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 14 us 14suicide.html title Online Talk, Suicides and a Thorny Court Case publisher The New York Times date May 13, 2010 accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name theglobeandmail1 cite news author url http www.theglobeandmail.com news national article973900.ece title Nurse may be linked to multiple suicides, tracker says publisher The Globe and Mail date accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name thestar3 cite news url http www.thestar.com news gta article 631689 title Nurse urged 5 to commit suicide, U.S. police say publisher The Toronto Star date May 9, 2009 accessdate June 26, 2010 first Robyn last Doolittle ref ref name timesonline1 http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk crime article7107061.ece William Melchert Dinkel charged with encouraging suicides , The Sunday Times ref He allegedly told these contemplating suicide what methods worked ... in 2005 and another person in Canada in 2008. ref name nytimes1 Internet Advocacy of suicide has ... more details
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The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition is a lobbying and advocacy organization in the United States dedicated to protecting the civil rights of transgender and Gender variance gender variant people. Its reports and spokespersons are widely cited in the media on transgender issues. NTAC was founded in 1999, by a group of experienced transgender lobbyist s, who discovered after lobbying the United States Congress in May 1999 that other organizations that were ostensibly supportive of rights for transgender people had been lobbying against the interests of the transgender community. This was documented in a report, circulated within the transgender community, called the transflakes report. Citation needed date February 2010 NTAC was founded as a 501 c 4 political lobbying organization in Virginia in 2000. NTAC hosted its first lobbying event in 2001 ref http www.idsnews.com news story.aspx?id 17159&search stone§ion search Coalition for transgendered stages first public lobbying event ref , and has organized lobbying events in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009. NTAC keeps detailed description and statistics of what is said to its lobbyists, for future reference by activist s. Philosophically, NTAC differs from other transgender advocacy organizations in that its board is a working board of experienced lobbyists and activists, has no paid employee s, has no paid office space, has not taken any money from any other organization, and remains independent and transparent in its activities, goals, and work. The board has undergone many changes of personnel over the years, as board members have had a high turnover rate. This has been balanced by the activists who joined the board who grew in knowledge and stature during their board terms. However, from its beginning, each lobbying ... Transgender Trans man Trans woman Category Civil liberties advocacy groups in the United States Category LGBT political advocacy groups in the United States Category Transgender organizations Category ... more details
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The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance is a non profit organization dedicated to building broad public support for the development and deployment of an effective missile defense system for the United States. Founded in 2002, by Riki Ellison , the 501 c non profit participates in the advocacy and educational analysis of United States Government missile defense strategies and technologies. The M.D.A.A. promotes technology and or strategy capable of destroying missile warheads launched against the United States. ref http www.mda.mil mdalink html mdalink.html http www.mda.mil mdalink html mdalink.html ref Based just outside Washington D.C., the M.D.A.A. has over 9000 active members. Founder Riki Ellison , founder and president of the M.D.A.A., received a degree from the University of Southern California , including a certificate in defense and strategic studies, and has two decades of experience in missile defense advocacy, consultancy, and expertise. Ellison played nine seasons in the National Football League NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Raiders . After winning two Rose Bowl Game Rose Bowls and a NCAA Division I A national football championship national championship at USC, Ellison was selected in the 1983 NFL Draft by the 49ers, with whom he won three Super Bowl championships. Activities The M.D.A.A. reports all relevant open source information pertaining to missile defense strategies, technologies, and tests. The M.D.A.A. also actively advocates effective missile defense strategies to members of the United States Government . The non profit periodically conducts general surveys and public information inquiries. About missile defense Missile defense systems track and destroy airborne ballistic missiles . Early detection technology confirms an airborne missile ... ref Missile defense technology may be placed on ground, sea, air and space and is frequently ... Defense Advocacy Alliance 84063621651?ref search&sid 159501198.1733986547..1 Facebook Page Category ... more details
pp vandalism small yes pp move indef About the general framework of distance and direction the space beyond Earth s atmosphere Outer space all other uses Space disambiguation Space is the boundless, three .... ref http www.britannica.com eb article 9068962 space Britannica Online Encyclopedia Space ref Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimension s, although modern physics physicists ... and with different underlying structures. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental ... framework . Debates concerning the nature, essence and the mode of existence of space date back ... the Greeks called khora i.e. space , or in the Physics of Aristotle Book IV, Delta in the definition of topos i.e. place , or even in the later geometrical conception of place as space qua extension ... mechanics . In Isaac Newton s view, space was absolute in the sense that it existed permanently and independently of whether there were any matter in the space. ref French and Ebison, Classical Mechanics, p. 1 ref Other natural philosopher s, notably Gottfried Leibniz , thought instead that space was a collection ... ian Immanuel Kant said neither space nor time can be empirically perceived, they are elements of a systematic framework that humans use to structure all experiences. Kant referred to space in his ... to examine non Euclidean geometries , in which space can be said to be curved , rather than flat . According to Albert Einstein s theory of general relativity , space around gravitational field s deviates from Euclidean space. ref Carnap, R. An introduction to the Philosophy of Science ref Experimental tests of general relativity have confirmed that non Euclidean space provides a better model for the shape of space. Philosophy of space Leibniz and Newton Image Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.jpg Gottfried Leibniz right thumb 150px In the seventeenth century, the philosophy of space and time emerged ... theories of what space is. Rather than being an entity that independently exists over and above ... more details
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