NAMISmarts for Advocacy

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with mental health condition, friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is designed as a series of three 1-2 hour workshops or modules or as a single full-day training that develop the following skills:

• Telling a compelling story that is inspiring and makes an “ask” in 90 seconds
• Writing an effective email, making an elevator speech and making an impactful phone call

• Orchestrating a successful meeting with an elected official