Whether you are at the grocery store or talking to a group, do you wish you could quickly and powerfully talk about the health care crisis and how we can move forward? How do you talk about health vs. health care vs. insurance? How do you get your message across clearly and quickly?

At this event we will learn to talk about health care reform and the work of the Archimedes Movement.

• Making presentations to groups both large and small
• How to talk about Archimedes and health reform
• How can you appeal to your audiences' values, hearts and minds?
• How do you find common ground on the most controversial issues?
• How can you make your policy solutions relevant to lukewarm audiences and spark interest among your busiest members?

To attend this training workshop, you need to register. Registration is free to all Archimedes Movement members. Non-members can pay the $30 fee at the workshop. Membership in the Archimedes Movement starts at only $35 per year ($15 for students), so become a member today.

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This will be an intensive half-day hands-on training session with experts in communication. You'll learn to apply road-tested communications tactics and techniques in your day to day communications:

• Hone your story-telling skills.
• Give emotional power to your policy solutions.
• Develop techniques for building credibility as you communicate with diverse audiences.

Your workshop leaders

Courtney Dillard, Ph.D
Courtney Dillard is a visiting professor in the Rhetoric & Media Studies Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She received her Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas - Austin and her MA from The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. For over a decade, Courtney's research has focused on persuasion and social change. In the last several years, she has turned her attention to political persuasion and equipping progressive policy advocates with effective communications tools. She is the author of The Progressive's Pocketbook of Persuasion which explores 10 key tools used by effective communicators in the political realm and beyond.

Joe Zaerr, Ph.D.
Joe Zaerr is a retired Oregon State University professor and a member of the Archimedes Movement Community Leadership Council.

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To attend this training workshop, you need to register. Registration is free to all Archimedes Movement members. Non-members can pay the $30 fee at the workshop. Membership in the Archimedes Movement starts at only $35 per year ($15 for students), so become a member today.

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