Strategic planning is one of the most important tasks congressional offices can undertake ... and one of the easiest to avoid and delay once Congress is in session and your staff is dealing with demands from your many stakeholders. That's why CMF hosted a training session on how to plan strategically (in conjunction with the House Chiefs of Staff Association) before leaving for the Holidays. If you missed the December 2016 training, here are the highlights and some tips for you to start the process in your office.
Building Trust & Effectiveness in Congress
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Communicating with Congress The Internet forever changed how citizens and Congress interacts. The goal of this project is to facilitate a more meaningful democratic dialogue.
Congress 3.0 In an effort to help Congress meet the needs of today’s world, CMF and our academic partners are facilitating innovative experiments for engaging constituents with a cohort of House and Senate offices.
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This novel research project by CMF and the Society for Human Resource Management has two goals: identify the factors that motivate congressional staff and shed some light on Congress as a workplace.
Resilient Democracy Coalition The goal of this project is to facilitate deliberation among thought leaders to produce a unified, cohesive vision about the state of Congress that can then be used to make both Congress, and American democracy, more resilient.
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CMF is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit whose mission is to build trust and effectiveness in Congress. We do this by enhancing the performance of the institution, legislators and their staffs through research-based education and training, and by strengthening the bridge and understanding between Congress and the People it serves.
