The five rules for successful advocacy

Advocating is one our community’s most important jobs. So, land trusts need to be just as good at building relationships with our elected officials as we are at building relationships with major donors and landowners. Here’s some simple rules to keep in mind.

Join us for Land Trust Alliance Advocacy Days! We invite the staff, board members and volunteers of Alliance member land trusts to participate in our annual advocacy event to make a significant difference in land conservation.

You may know what race you are, but how would you prove it if someone disagreed with you? The fact is, race is a social and political construct that has evolved in fascinating and often confusing ways over the centuries.

Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust was awarded accreditation in 2009. We are very proud of this accomplishment! We believe achieving accreditation assures both our easement and financial donors of our integrity, professionalism and capacity to successfully execute our mission.

You’ve joined the board of a land trust — wonderful! What’s next? In this webinar, you’ll take a look under the hood to learn what land trusts do, how they do it and how you fit in.

We want to make our webinars a positive experience for all participants. If you have particular access needs (for example visual impairment, dyslexia, deafness, etc.) please contact Mary Burke at mburke@lta.org so we can work together to create the best experience that we can for you.

Channels like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram definitely offer unique potential to engage more people with policy. Social media also offers more channels for communicating with our elected officials. Here are some ideas and tips to explore when utilizing social media for advocacy.

"Hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and droughts pose greater hazards to our communities and economy with each passing year, and are becoming more frequent, more severe, and more costly. By investing in protective natural systems, we can reduce risks before disasters strike our communities.

If you’re a typical nonprofit, you probably collect a significant amount of sensitive information from your users. In this age of data-driven marketing, it’s more important than ever to position yourself as a safe and trusted organization.

Are you looking to connect with new landowners and those who own land neighboring your fee properties, but don't know where to start? If you want to reduce stewardship and trespass issues, find new projects on adjacent land or start off on the right foot with landowners, this webinar is for you.