The NAR REALTOR® Party Grassroots team is conducting this survey of state associations to help gauge the needs and overall demand for NAR-supported advocacy services heading into 2018.  The survey will be distributed to AE’s, Government Affairs and Communications Directors across all state associations.

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* 1. What advocacy platform(s) do you use for member activation and advocacy?

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* 2. Based on the past 3 years, what is the average number of legislative call for actions (CFA) your association has done per year?

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* 3. Tell us more about your state legislative process. Check all that apply.

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* 4. Looking forward to 2018, how many CFAs do you estimate your association will do?

  0 1 2 3 4 or more Unsure
Quarter 1 (January to March 2018)
Quarter 2 (April to June 2018)
Quarter 3 (July to September 2018)
Quarter 4 (October to December 2018)

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* 5. What legislative issues do you anticipate doing a call for action on? Check all that apply.

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* 6. When your association launches a CFA, what communications elements are typically used throughout the campaign to encourage your members to take action?

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* 7. What is the average length of time you typically have to prepare for a CFA?

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* 8. How much association staff time is devoted to preparing the CFA (including content production, launch and reporting)?

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* 9. In 2018, NAR will launch a new advocacy initiative called Advocacy Everywhere to expand our influence on public policy at the local, state and federal level and to increase REALTOR® and Consumer participation in calls for action.  This new program will include technology changes, including a new online advocacy platform to manage our calls for action.  The program will also provide a team of advocacy experts to help you manage and promote all your advocacy efforts.

As part of this new Advocacy Everywhere program, NAR will be switching the online advocacy platform (also known as the REALTOR Party HUB) from the Blackbaud/Convio/Luminate interface to VoterVoice.  Do you have experience with VoterVoice?

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* 10. If you have experience with VoterVoice, please respond.

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* 11. Also as part of Advocacy Everywhere, NAR will be offering free consulting services to state and local associations to help your team use online advocacy tools strategically and enhance your grassroots lobbying efforts. There are several options for state associations to best utilize these services. Which of the following best describes how your association would use these services in 2018?

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* 12. Advocacy Everywhere will also offer services beyond email to promote your CFA through additional communications channels to encourage your members to take action.  Which channels would you be interested in exploring?

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* 13. The professional services team will have resources available to produce content for your alerts.  Content includes but is not limited to drafting emails for member outreach, letters to the lawmaker, social media posts, etc.  Which of the following best describes how you might use this content:

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* 14. Please tell us your association’s name.

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* 15. Additional Comments

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