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Crazy days! Between Scott Pruitt seeing the door, and Brett Kavanaugh and concerns about his climate jurisprudence entering the national conversation, there’s a lot to follow. Take some time to unplug from it all as you take the Lab’s annual member survey. And apropos of that, we thought this week we’d also share best practices on how  your  organization can survey your members. (First off, feel free to use and modify this basic template member survey* developed by the Lab. You’re welcome!)

We are in election season, and on Tuesday the Lab convened a Peer Learning Exchange to share the latest tips and best practices to optimize Get Out the Vote (GOTV) programs. Watch the recording* and read the highlights below (or go retro with our 2016 GOTV webinar* and alert*).
Two key takeaways: 1) Most GOTV programs leave votes on the table by not fully implementing established best practices; 2) the single best GOTV return on investment in most cases comes from a simple ‘social pressure’ mailer (see below).

Members of the Climate Advocacy Lab, along with experts from the Analyst Institute, held a (strictly C3!) conversation on GOTV best practices and GOTV learnings from members of the Lab community. 
Key takeaways:
1) Most GOTV programs leave votes on the table by not fully implementing established best practices
2) the single best GOTV return on investment in most cases comes from a simple ‘social pressure’ mailer (see below).

Presenter slide decks:
• Karuna Koppula, Analyst Institute (slide deck here)
• Brandyn Keating, United Citizen Power (slide deck here)
• Emily Kreiger & Lennon Bronsema, Washington Environmental Council (slide deck here)
• Marcus Starr, Conservation MN (PDFs found here)