BIPAC / P2 State Deployment Partner Conference Shares Best Practices in Grassroots Issue and Political Advocacy
21% Increase in Employer-to-Employee Messages Delivered Between 2010 and 2014 Midterms
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The largest gathering of state and local grassroots political business leaders from across the country was held at the Hotel Coronado in San Diego from December 8 – 9. The goal of the BIPAC / P2 Deployment Partner Strategic Planning Meeting was to share best practices in issue, political, and election advocacy from the 2013-2014 election cycle to make the business community more effective advocates at communicating company, association, and state/local issue priorities to employees and to elected officials.
"The Prosperity Project, or P2 as we call it, reaches 22 million private sector employees across all 50 states," said BIPAC Senior Vice President of Field Operations Joe Savarise. "P2 does not tell people how to vote but we help the business community communicate with employees, associates, members, and consumers. Through the tried-and-true practice of employers educating and motivating their workforce about politics and issues, in a non-partisan way, the P2 network drives true grassroots advocacy participation at a local, state, and national level," said Savarise.
Speakers and presenters of the conference included:
- Ruben Barrales, President/CEO, GROW Elect
- Francy Bennett, Communications Director, ProsperityAlaska.org
- The Hon. Marty Block, California State Senate District 39
- Greg Blosé II, Grassroots Development and Engagement Mgr., Florida Chamber
- Neal Bram, President, BEHUM Inc.
- The Hon. Greg Casey, President and CEO, BIPAC
- Ryan Dunn, Vice President of Business & Govt. Relations, Virginia Chamber
- Brian Elson, V.P. Govt. Relations, Rolls-Royce/P2 Steering Committee Chairman
- Justin Gargiulo, CEO & Founder, VoterTrove
- Michael Gifford, President, Associated General Contractors of Colorado
- Rachael Heisler, Director of Coalitions, Campaign to Fix the Debt
- Emilie Hersh, CEO, InterKnowlogy
- Bryan Merica, Founder and Partner, idmloco
- Steven Olikara, President and Co-Founder, Millennial Action Project
- Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO, Job Creators Network/Information Station
- Molly Parnell, Finance Director, California Republican Party
- Andrew Proctor, Director of Advocacy, Illinois Chamber
- Kevin Riggs, Senior Vice President, Randall Communications
- Bryan Saftler, Creative Technologist & Sr. Product Mgr., Microsoft/Bing Elections Team
- Joe Savarise, Senior Vice President, BIPAC
- Darry Sragow, Partner, Dentons LLP/former Democrat campaign strategist
- Karen Suhaka, Founder and Catalyst, LegiNation Inc./BillTrack50
- Richard Temple, Executive Vice President, McNally Temple Associates
- Martin R. "Marty" Wilson, Vice President of Public Affairs, CalChamber
- Grace Yoo, Executive Director, Korean American Coalition
- T.J. Zane, Chairman, San Diego Prosperity Institute
P2's online tools delivered 238 million political, policy, and election messages to private sector employees in the 2013-2014 cycle. That is a national increase of 21% from the 2009-2010 midterm cycle when 197 million messages were delivered.
In specific states of increased activity by the business community, the P2 employer-to-employee advocacy metrics were more substantial, including:
- Arkansas
2,059,481 page views 2013-14 (increased from 1,051,989 page views 2009-10) - Florida
18,314,050 page views 2013-14 (increased from 1,614,104 page views 2009-10) - Illinois
13,756,650 page views 2013-14 (increased from 1,987,945 page views 2009-10) - Iowa
3,193,277 page views 2013-14 (increased from 1,406,102 page views 2019-10) - Kentucky
3,193,886 page views 2013-14 (increased from 638,834 page views 2009-10) - Ohio
9,150,498 page views 2013-14 (increased from 6,669,443 page views 2009-10) - Virginia
7,612,448 page views 2013-14 (increased from 1,073,035 page views 2009-10)
Over 70 regional and state business organization deployment partners participate in the P2 network of 7,316 companies and associations. The annual conference creates a forum for collaboration and sharing lessons learned between peers in different states on educating, activating, and motivating potential citizen-business advocates in making their voices heard.
About BIPAC
Since 1963, BIPAC has guided business through the political process. Today, BIPAC functions as the engine behind America's largest grassroots business network ensuring when business votes, business wins. Learn more at: http://www.bipac.org
Contact: Brian Walsh
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