March 2009 Advocacy by an individual or by an advocacy group normally aims to influence public policy .... Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media ... briefs . Lobbying often by lobby groups is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made ... http www.npaction.org article articleview 76 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP Action accessdate 2010 03 02 ref Forms of advocacy There are several forms of advocacy ... popular forms is social justice advocacy. Although it is true, the initial definition does not encompass ... by social justice advocates. For them, advocacy represents the series of actions taken and issues ... forms of advocacy include Budget advocacy Budget advocacy is another aspect of advocacy that ensures ... more accountable to the people and promote transparency. Budget advocacy also enables citizens ... in general and the deprived sections of the community. Bureaucratic advocacy people considered ... advocacy to influence the agenda, however at a slower pace. Health advocacy Health advocacy Health advocacy supports and promotes patient s health care rights as well as enhance community health and policy initiatives that focus on the availability, safety and quality of care. Ideological advocacy ... making circles. Interest group advocacy lobbying is the main tool used by interests groups doing mass advocacy. It is a form of action that does not always succeed at influencing political decision makers as it requires resources and organisation to be effective. Legislative advocacy legislative advocacy is the reliance on the state or federal legislative process as part of a strategy to create change. Loue, Lloyd and O Shea, 2003 Mass advocacy is any type of action taken by large groups petitions, demonstrations, etc. Media advocacy is the strategic use of the mass media as a resource to advance ... Public Insurance campaigns illustrate how media advocacy was used to fight alcohol and tobacco ... more details
Refimprove date May 2010 journalism Advocacy journalism is a genre of journalism that intentionally and transparently adopts a biased viewpoint, usually for some social or political purpose. Because it is intended to be factual, it is distinguished from propaganda . It is also distinct from instances of media bias and failures of objectivity journalism objectivity in media outlets, which attempt to be or which present themselves as objective or neutral. Citation needed date February 2010 Traditionally, advocacy and criticism are restricted to editorial and Op Ed op ed pages, which are clearly distinguished in the publication and in the organization s internal structure. News reports are intended to be objective and unbiased. In contrast, advocacy journalists have an opinion about the story ... date February 2010 Some advocacy journalists Who date May 2010 reject that the traditional ideal ... of media outlets with a variety of transparent points of view, or that advocacy journalism serves ... Media Coalition seeks to organize for increased resources for local communities and for media advocacy ...?storyId 4229607 Cornel West The Uses of Advocacy Journalism The Tavis Smiley Show , 15 December 2004. Commentator Cornel West and NPR s Tavis Smiley discuss the notion of advocacy journalism in America ... T. Holhut. ref http www.brasscheck.com seldes history.html ref Criticism of advocacy journalism Moore, Charles W. http www.cbcwatch.ca ?q node view 271 Critical scan reveals that advocacy journalism ... Canadian press for engaging in advocacy journalism on behalf of liberal causes. Campbell, Dennis ..., 2003 Criticizes advocacy journalism of all political stripes as opinion disguised as news and propagandizing . Identifies advocacy journalism as a post Watergate phenomenon. References Reflist Spoken Wikipedia en advocacyjournalism.ogg 2010 03 12 DEFAULTSORT Advocacy Journalism Category Journalism genres Category Public relations es Advocacy journalism pt Advocacia jornal stica ... more details
Marketing Customer advocacy is a specialized form of customer service in which companies focus on what is best for the customer. It is a change in a company s culture that is supported by customer focused customer service and marketing techniques. Customer advocacy business model A customer advocacy policy encompasses all aspects of customer contact, including products, services, sales and complaints. Some examples of a customer advocacy approach are suggesting a product even if the profit margin is less for the company, setting service call appointments based on the customer s, not the company s preferred hours, or recommending a competitor s product because it better meets the customer s needs. Role of the customer advocate Customer advocates are facilitators between customers and the company. They are trained in cross functional roles and empowered to provide customers with assistance in all areas of the business. The role of the customer advocate is three fold To be the main contact for the customer in handling a question or problem and keeping the customer updated with timely and frequent updates as to the progress of resolving the issue. To facilitate a resolution by bringing together the appropriate department heads. To implement a procedure that ensures the problem does not occur again or recommends products or services to better meet customers needs. Measuring customer advocacy Customer advocacy can be integrated into a company s strategic goals and measured through customer satisfaction, retention, and profitability. References Refbegin http www.customercentricity.biz PDFs Customer Advocacy.pdf Customer Advocacy, March 2006 http www.theomcgroup.com omcpapers Building 20trust 20and 20relationships 20through 20customer 20advocacy.pdf Building trust and relationships through customer advocacy, 2005 refend Category Business models Category Loyalty marketing Category Types of marketing Category Strategic management ... more details
Orphan date July 2009 The Advocacy Index is a telephone based customer survey technique ref http www.sourcewire.com releases rel display.php?relid 23988 SourceWire ref developed by VIRTUATel Ltd to measure the loyalty of a company s customers, using a 3 point scale and was based upon the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology, created by Fred Reichheld . ref http harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu b02 en common item detail.jhtml?id R0312C&referral 2340 Frederick F. Reichheld December 2003 . The One Number You Need to Grow . Harvard Business Review. ref The 3 point survey scale was developed as the traditional NPS survey scale of 0 to 10 was not always appropriate to be used during a telephone survey, as it is more difficult to understand aurally rather than visually, on a web or email survey . In addition, telephones do not have a 10 on the keypad, so IVR systems would need to wait for a possible ... was an Advocate, Neutral or a Non Advocate. The Advocacy Index uses the survey question would you recommend us... to create a simple score showing Advocacy Index and has established itself as a key performance ... research. The value of the Advocacy question in customer a survey is confirmed in research by Dr Paul Marsden of LSE in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005 ref http www2.lse.ac.uk ERD pressAndInformationOffice ... Upton, The Listening Company, in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005 ref . This in turn ... the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology. The research found that both word of mouth advocacy as measured ... ref Companies enjoying higher levels of word of mouth advocacy higher net promoter scores ... 2003 04. Companies suffering from low levels of word of mouth advocacy and high levels of negative word of mouth, grew slower than their competitors. A 7 per cent increase in word of mouth advocacy ... cent increase in word of mouth advocacy equated to 8.82m extra sales. A 1 per cent reduction in negative ...? the answer provides a measure of word of mouth advocacy that may be useful not only in predicting ... more details
The Office of Advocacy is part of the Small Business Administration in the U.S. Federal Government . ref citation url http books.google.co.uk books?id SoC cnghwkoC&pg PA220 title Cutting Red Tape From Red Tape to Smart Tape publisher OECD year 2003 ref It aids business and has its head nominated by the president of the United States president and appointed by the U.S. Senate . The current head of the agency, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, is Winslow Sargeant , who was a recess appointment by Barack Obama . ref citation url http www.whitehouse.gov the press office 2010 08 19 president obama announces recess appointments key administration posts title President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts publisher White House date August 19, 2010 accessdate August 30, 2010 ref References Reflist External links http www.sba.gov advo Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration Category Small Business Administration ... more details
Multiple issues orphan November 2007 unreferenced July 2009 Motorcycling advocacy colloquially bikers rights in the US generally refers to the belief in legal rights of motorcyclists, either as citizens or as motorists, or as motorcyclists per se , and to the efforts made to promote or defend those rights. There have been a number of grass roots efforts to advocate for these rights throughout the USA. Advocacy is carried out by individuals and organizations. One issue often in dispute is mandatory Motorcycle helmet helmet laws. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, part of the United States Department of Transportation Department of Transportation has been the main US Federal Government agency active in the debate over motorcycle rights for such things as off road riding, vehicle requirements and of course helmets. Helmet laws Empty section date December 2009 Advocacy groups ABATE American Motorcyclist Association Bikers Rights Online Helmet Law Defense League HLDL . References Reflist External links dmoz Society Subcultures Bikers Bikers Rights Bikers rights http www.bikersrights.com Bikers Rights Online DEFAULTSORT Motorcycling Advocacy Category Motorcycle associations ... more details
Advocate and Patient Advocacy have a broad range of usage and may be applied to various subcategories of individual advocates and organizations providing various levels of advocacy. A Healthcare ... be an individual or an organization. Patient Advocacy organizations are often non profit and focus ... engage in the Patient Advocacy function of clinical support, liaising with patient and provider. There are also ... for the patient s care. Patient Advocacy is a burgeoning field in the early stages of legislative definition and there is currently no accredited certification curriculum specifically for advocacy. While ... of successful treatment. Generally, a Patient Advocacy contract with a Release of Medical Information .... However, there are individuals, organizations and agencies that offer individual patient advocacy ... at Houston Patient Advocacy ref http www.houstonpatientadvocacy.com Houston Patient Advocacy ... plan provider or employer to provide access to a third party Patient Advocacy service to assist you when needed at The Karis Group ref http www.thekarisgroup.com Services Patient Advocacy index.html ... Proponent ref http www.healthproponent.com Health Proponent ref Patient Advocacy Groups There are organizations ... distinguished from Patient Advocates and referred to as Health Advocacy organizations ... for Provider and Patient for the greater good of society. This includes SEC advocacy encouraging ... include Patient Advocacy services offered by third party Patient Advocacy companies. Depending on the scope ... advocacy refers to advocacy at every level for all patients and families letter writing to media and government ... that receive money from Medicaid. Patient Advocacy Within the Health Care Community Some hospitals ... advocacy Patient advocacy is fundamental to nursing . The American Nurses Association ANA includes advocacy in its definition of nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health ... of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations ... more details
Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children s rights which may be abridged or child abuse abused in a number of areas. Rights Main Children s rights movement Also see Children s rights Rights can be divided into two categories negative rights to be free from and positive rights to . Children s negative rights are violated when some dangerous or harmful action is taken directly against them. What child advocates do One type of children s advocate typically represents or gives voice to an individual or group whose concerns and interests are not being heard. A child advocate will try to prevent children from being harmed and may try to obtain justice for those who have already been injured in some way. A child advocate may also seek to ensure that children have access to positive influences or services which will benefit their lives such as education , childcare and proper parenting . Malnutrition is another ... or the police. Another form of child advocacy happens at the policy level and aims at changing ... of New Wave Electronic Advocacy Techniques by Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations. Cortes, M. & Rafter ... on behalf of children. In Wales the Welsh Assembly Government has set up the National Advocacy ... assigned to young people are provided with dignity and fairness. Child Advocacy Centers Primary sources date January 2008 globalize USA date December 2010 Child Advocacy Centers are neutral, safe locations ... and their family members. Voices for America s Children is a national advocacy organization ... trauma associated with the disclosure and subsequent investigation of abuse. Child Advocacy Centers are accredited by the http nca online.org National Children s Alliance . Child Advocacy organizations ... Child Advocacy Category Child related organizations ... more details
Essay like date January 2008 no footnotes date April 2010 Self advocacy refers to the civil rights movement ..., including being in charge of their own care in the medical system. The self advocacy movement is in basic ... advocacy movement seeks to reduce the isolation of people with disabilities and give them the tools and experience to take greater control over their own lives. The self advocacy movement for people ... communication challenges that are a barrier for people with intellectual disabilities. The self advocacy ... and 1970s but is in many respects still in its infancy. In North America the self advocacy .... Medical and psychiatric patient self advocacy In the medical and psychiatric areas, emphasis is placed on self advocacy or self empowerment patient empowerment . This emphasis started in the psychiatric ... a problem, they are practicing self advocacy. Patients should know their rights, and be willing ... and fully understanding what will be done in your care is an act of self advocacy. Through being one s own advocate there is patient empowerment. Self advocacy can include any action, verbal or written ... advocacy if the particular problem they are describing also connects to some aspect protected under the Patient Bill of Rights . However, self advocacy can also resolve other situations, such as differences ... in delivery of health care. Opposition to self advocacy Dixon Woods studied patient information leaflets ... of this information or knowledge. In this way the extent of the public s self advocacy ... to take greater roles in their own health care through self advocacy. Nevertheless, medicalization ... solutions for individual problems. Therefore, self advocacy may not always be entirely positive. Lupton questions whether self advocacy is always possible or even beneficial for patients. He claims ... authoritative controlling role may be important as a form of comfort. Ideas on self advocacy ... levels of self advocacy. To question the doctor s expert knowledge, can undermine the trust ... more details
Advert date August 2010 Image APheader2.jpg thumb 300px right The Advocacy Project logo The Advocacy Project AP is a nonprofit organization that seeks to strengthen community based human rights advocacy groups. AP was established in June 1998 to report to human rights advocates from the Rome conference that established the International Criminal Court . AP continued on a project by project basis until it acquired nonprofit status in July 2001. As of 2008, AP s Peace Fellows work with 21 different organizations throughout the world. ref cite news url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com baltsun access 376684201.html?dids 376684201 376684201&FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&type current&date Jul 26 2C 2003&author Linell Smith&pub The Sun&desc Rug project gives women a connection&pqatl google title Rug project gives women a connection last Smith first Linell date July 26, 2003 work The Baltimore Sun pages 1.D accessdate 14 January 2010 location Baltimore, Md. ref ref cite news url http www.wired.com culture lifestyle news 2003 07 59557 title Bloggers Opening Western Eyes last Dean first Katie date July 11, 2003 ... community based advocacy groups who work for social justice and human rights at the community ... page about Advocacy Project blockquote Services AP offers partner organizations a choice of services aimed at strengthening their advocacy. For a complete list of AP s partner organizations ... based advocacy. Over the summer of 2007, AP sent 31 fellows to partner organizations all over ... travel costs. http advocacynet.org blogs Advocacy Project blockquote Dissemination AP offers its partner ... models of community based advocacy and report on community campaigns, are sent out to more than 6,000 ... advocacy groups that work at the community level. As of 2007, AP worked with more than 30 community based advocacy groups worldwide. These groups are located in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America ... The Advocacy Project website http www.change.org nonprofit page nonprofit home 54285 Change.org ... more details
Health advocacy encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote ... context. Rapidly growing areas of health advocacy include advocates in clinical research settings .... History A separate and identifiable field of health advocacy grew out of the patient rights movement ... of much social action. The initial inspiration for a patient bill of rights came from an advocacy organization ... 1997 title Beginnings Count location New York publisher Oxford University Press id ref Patient advocacy ..., then, that patient advocacy, like patient care, focused on the hospital stay, while health advocacy took a more critical perspective of a health care system in which power was concentrated ... Aldine id ref The field of health advocacy also has deeper roots in the voluntary organization ... and then applied it to health. Health advocacy also has 20th century roots in community organizing .... That put us on a wonder, said one resident, and now their advocacy includes toxic ... the focus of advocacy for low income and minority urban residents, and like West Harlem Environmental Action WE ACT , their advocacy for environmental justice encompasses health concerns. In developing .... Recently disease specific advocacy and environmental health advocacy have come together, most noticeably in the adoption by advocates of the precautionary principle . Some breast cancer advocacy groups ... be carcinogenic. See Rachel s News for combined environmental and health advocacy information . In the early ... of advocacy that allowed patients to access the services directly thereby resolving the issues ... Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly hospital based patient advocates, without the autonomy ... patient advocacy program at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, and some of her colleagues ... independent of the hospital industry . The resulting master s program in Health Advocacy at Sarah ... url http www.uflib.ufl.edu spec pkyonge Rogers.htm ref noted in his introductory essay to a volume on Advocacy ... more details
italictitle Infobox journal title Argumentation and Advocacy cover File Argumentation and Advocacy cover.gif 200px editor Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch discipline Argumentation theory formernames Journal of the American Forensic Association abbreviation publisher American Forensic Association country United States frequency Quarterly history 1964 present openaccess license impact impact year website http www.americanforensics.org AA aa info.html link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 18603907 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1051 1431 ISSN2 0002 8533 eISSN boxwidth Argumentation and Advocacy is a quarterly Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published by the American Forensic Association , edited by Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch. ref name editor http www.americanforensics.org node 59 Editors and editorial board page. ref Aims and scope The journal s focus is on moving the study of argumentation forward, including articles which are theoretical and critical in the broad subject areas of argumentation theory , Argumentative dialogue public argument , critical and cultural perspectives, and forensic science forensics and pedagogy . The journal includes reviews of pertinent books. ref name editorial http www.americanforensics.org publications and research argumentation editorial policy and submission guidelin Editorial policy and submission guidelines ref It includes the arts and sciences of civil debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion. It covers studies of rules of inference, logic, and procedural rules in both artificial and real world settings. This includes debate and negotiation , which are concerned with reaching mutually acceptable conclusions. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in ref name electronic indexing http www.americanforensics.org node 56 Electronic Indexing for Argumentation and Advocacy . ref ProQuest International Academic Research Library, Humanities Infonautics Information Services Communication ... more details
of government Engage institutions of governance to empower the marginalized through advocacy and capacity building. ref Public Advocacy in the Indian Context, National Center for Advocacy Studies, India ...?CatId 70 ref Budget advocacy is the term used to describe the increased participation , analysis ... . Thus, Budget advocacy is an approach used for ensuring effective participation of citizens ... and advocacy has been accepted as the emerging role of Civil Society Organizations CSOs for promoting ... friendly budget. The budget advocacy is based on principles like Transparency social transparency ... are focused in the citizen. Budget advocacy supports in maintaining transparency behavior transparency ... growth and development in the process, progress and performance . The budget advocacy supports ... Budget crisis Budget surplus Budget theory Deficit Strategic misrepresentation Advocacy multicol ... Dr. Sriparna Guha & Samrat Goswami DEFAULTSORT Budget Advocacy Category Advocacy groups Category Activism ... more details
Cycling advocacy consists of activities that defend the rights of cyclists to use the public right of way roads for travel, to improve the conditions for cycling, and to make cycling more popular. There are many organizations whose primary mission is to advocate for these goals. They are supported by donations, membership dues, and volunteers. References Unreferenced date March 2009 See also Bicycle Ambassador Bicycle law Critical Mass Community bicycle program List of United States bicycle advocacy organizations Pedaling to Freedom Time 27s Up External links http peoplepoweredmovement.org The Alliance for Biking and Walking http www.biketempe.org Tempe Bicycle Action Group, Tempe, AZ http www.bikesbelong.org Bikes Belong http CommunityCycles.org links.html A complete list of bicycle cooperatives and co ops in North America http www.bikeleague.org League of American Bicyclists http www.imba.com International Mountain Biking Association http www.la bike.org Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition http www.vabike.org Virginia Bicycling Federation http times up.org Time s Up Environmental Organization Category Cycling ... more details
About political and social advocacy and lobbying groups other interest groups Interest group disambiguation Advocacy groups also pressure groups , lobby groups and some interest groups and special interest groups use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and or policy they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems. Groups vary considerably in size, influence and motive some have wide ranging long term social purposes, others are focused and are a response to an immediate issue or concern. Motives for action may be based on a shared political , faith , Morality moral or Commerce commercial position. Groups use varied methods to try to achieve their aims including lobbying , media campaigns, publicity stunts, polls, research and policy briefings. Some groups are supported by powerful business or political interests ... location London first George last Monbiot date 2009 02 16 ref Overview See also advocacy lobbying An advocacy group is group or an organisation which tries to influence the government but does not hold ... in response to a single event or threat. In some cases initiatives initially championed by advocacy ... s and Trade union s. Activities Advocacy groups exist in a wide variety of genres based upon ... Service makes a clear distinction between lobbying and advocacy. ref cite web url http www.npaction.org article articleview 76 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP ... demographic. This is often accompanied by one of the above types of advocacy groups filing an Amicus ... advocacy groups. Influential advocacy groups See also social movement There are many significant advocacy ... Corruption and illegal activity In some instances Advocacy groups are convicted of illegal activity ... advocacy groups, sometimes with very different resources available to them Pro choice Pro choice movement ... DEFAULTSORT Advocacy Group Category Advocacy groups Category Political terms Category Lobbying Category ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Original Advocacy is a type of Speech public address speech event practiced in California High School Speech Association or CHSSA event, in which the speaker writes a persuasive speech and delivers it in competition. It is often referred to as OA , and is the Californian High School version of persuasive speeches. The speaker has ten minutes to present a problem, its significance, and a legislative solution to fix the stated problem. The problem is not a general one, such as apathy, but is a more specific one that can be legislated and solved, such as medical malpractice or statutory rape. The speaker should also include some discussion of how the proposed solution will actually solve the problem. However, the legislature included should be plausible and sensible. The speeches are serious in nature and generally have very specific topics ranging from domestic issues to international issues. Generally, the speeches are inspiring and informative. These speeches should have statistics , numbers, and Mathematical proof proof typically consisting of real stories found in the news to support the various claims made by the speaker. Judges can evaluate this speech on any criteria, but usually the style of delivery measured by the fluidity of the speech as well as the hand gesture s, eye contact , memorization, posture, and tone and content the proof offered to prove the claims of problems serve as fair and impartial indicators. Category Debating Speech and debate stub ... more details
Globalize USA date December 2010 Cleanup date October 2009 Space advocacy can be described as the general position supporting, pleading or arguing for ref Dictionary.com Unabridged v 1.1 Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. ref the idea or cause of space exploration and settlements. It is a form of advocacy that specifically includes support for private spaceflight private space initiatives and is also a political position that favors the Space exploration exploration , utilization, and Space colonization colonization of outer space . There are many different individuals and organization s dedicated to space advocacy. They are usually active in educating the public ref http www2.jpl.nasa.gov ambassador The Solar System Ambassadors Program Bot generated title ref on space related subjects, lobbying governments ref http chapters.marssociety.org usa dc pdfSRC MarsSociTest2003.pdf ref ref http www.prnewswire.com cgi bin stories.pl?ACCT 104&STORY www story 06 28 2007 0004617647&EDATE Technical Societies Call for Increase to NASA Budget Bot generated title ref for increased funding in space related activities or supporting private space activities. They also recruit members, fund projects, and provide information for their membership and interested visitors. They are sub divided into three categories depending on their primary work practice, advocacy, and theory. History Historians Weasel inline date March 2009 agree that space flight and especially manned space flight was not inevitable, but rather that society was convinced of the need for it by a few revolutionaries , primarily members of the Russian, ref http www.astronautix.com astros korolev.htm Korolev Bot generated title ref American, British, and German ref http history.msfc.nasa.gov .... http www.marshome.org link References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Space Advocacy Category Spaceflight Category Space advocacy ... more details
suicide Advocacy of suicide has occurred in many culture s and subculture s. Confucianism holds that one should give up one s life , if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren Confucianism ren and yi Confucianism yi . ref citation url http arts.hkbu.edu.hk pclo e5.pdf author Lo, Ping cheung title Confucian Ethic of Death with Dignity and Its Contemporary Relevance date 1999 publisher Society of Christian Ethics ref The Japanese military during World War II encouraged and glorified kamikaze attacks, and Japanese society as a whole has been described as suicide tolerant see Suicide in Japan . Ozzy Osbourne was accused of advocating suicide in his song, Suicide Solution . William Francis Melchert Dinkel , 47 years old in May 2010, from Faribault, Minnesota , a licensed nurse from 1991 until February 2009, stands accused of encouraging people to commit suicide while he watched voyeuristically on a webcam . ref name nytimes1 cite news last Davey first Monica url http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 14 us 14suicide.html title Online Talk, Suicides and a Thorny Court Case publisher The New York Times date May 13, 2010 accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name theglobeandmail1 cite news author url http www.theglobeandmail.com news national article973900.ece title Nurse may be linked to multiple suicides, tracker says publisher The Globe and Mail date accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name thestar3 cite news url http www.thestar.com news gta article 631689 title Nurse urged 5 to commit suicide, U.S. police say publisher The Toronto Star date May 9, 2009 accessdate June 26, 2010 first Robyn last Doolittle ref ref name timesonline1 http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk crime article7107061.ece William Melchert Dinkel charged with encouraging suicides , The Sunday Times ref He allegedly told these contemplating suicide what methods worked ... in 2005 and another person in Canada in 2008. ref name nytimes1 Internet Advocacy of suicide has ... more details
Image EcumenicalAdvocacyAlliance.png frame Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance EAA is an international network of over http www.e alliance.ch ParticipantInformation.jsp 90 churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on global trade and on HIV and AIDS . Working with these groups, EAA strives to better inform policies and practices of governments, international instritutions, corporations, and local communities. External links http www.e alliance.ch Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance site Category International organizations Category International trade Category HIV AIDS organizations Category Christian organizations Category Organisations based in Switzerland ... more details
Child Advocacy 360 CA 360 is a non profit organization non profit news network, dedicated to fighting child abuse and neglect, and promoting child advocacyadvocacy for children, especially those in, or aging out of foster care . CA360 delivers content through e newsletters and its website. Mission From its website http www.childadvocacy360.com ChildAdvocacy360.com blockquote A key dimension of our advocacy mission is to bring a much larger citizen army of active advocates to the fight to stop child abuse and neglect, and to improve the lives of poor and forgotten children everywhere. blockquote History Created May 4, 2007 by Hershel Sarbin , a senior publisher and a consultant in the magazine and communications industries. Child Advocacy 360 is expected to merge with http www.connectforkids.org Connect For Kids , a non profit organization, in late 2007. See also Child Advocacy Child Welfare Children s rights movement External links http www.childadvocacy360.com Child Advocacy 360 Organization website http www.cwla.org articles default.htm Children s Voice articles Child Welfare League of America http www.childrensrights.org Children s Rights Category Children s rights organizations ... more details
Infobox journal title American Journal of Trial Advocacy cover File American Journal of Trial Advocacy Seal2.tif discipline Jurisprudence editor Felicia M. Lee abbreviation Am. J. Trial Advocacy website http cumberland.samford.edu trialjournal publisher Cumberland School of Law country history 1977 present frequency Triannually openaccess link1 http cumberland.samford.edu ajta article link1 name Online access ISSN 0160 0281 eISSN JSTOR OCLC 03486243 LCCN 78640932 CODEN The American Journal of Trial Advocacy is a law review edited and published entirely by students at Cumberland School of Law . It covers all aspects of Trial law trial advocacy and was established in 1977 by Dean education Dean Donald E. Corely. The journal publishes Trial Techniques , how to discussions of proven trial tactics that include supporting case law and other research. ref name one cite web url http cumberland.samford.edu trialjournal title About the Journal & 124 Cumberland School of Law Birmingham, AL format work American Journal of Trial Advocacy accessdate 2010 12 30 ref Publication The journal publishes articles addressing proven tactics and techniques at the lawsuit pre trial , Trial law trial , and appeal appellate level. Student written notes, comments, and recent developments focus on new developments in the law that most directly affect trial practice and procedure. The circulation of the journal reaches all fifty states as well as eight foreign countries. ref name one Editor The current editor in chief is Felicia M. Lee. ref name two cite web url http cumberland.samford.edu ajta masthead title Masthead & 124 Cumberland School of Law Birmingham, AL format work American Journal of Trial Advocacy accessdate 2010 12 30 ref Membership Journal members are selected from a highly competitive candidates program. Students ranked at the top one third of their class and select winners of writing and advocacy competitions are offered an opportunity to attempt to write on to the journal. ref name ... more details
POV date June 2010 Open source advocacy is the practice of attempting to increase the awareness and improve the perception of open source software . In some cases, this may be in opposition to proprietary software . Leading open source advocate s include Brian Behlendorf , Tim O Reilly , Eric Raymond , Linus Torvalds , Mitch Kapor and Paul Vixie . Others that advocate the related free software movement include Richard Stallman , Alan Cox , Jimmy Wales and Eben Moglen . Bruce Perens is a prominent figure who works to promote both terms. There are even broadcast and pod cast radio shows whose sole subject is open source advocacy. Gutsy geeks and Open Source radio show are but two examples. See also Technical evangelist External links http www.opensource.org advocacy faq.php OSI open source advocacy reading index dmoz Computers Open Source Advocacy http news.com.com 2061 10807 3 5852586.html Oracle names Open Source Evangelist http www.crn.com showArticle.jhtml?articleID 18822092 Open Source Evangelist Will Work For Free Software, But Not For Free http www.trolltech.com developer scottcollins.html TrollTech Open Source Evangelist Scott Collins Category Free software culture and documents comp stub ... more details
Public Interest Advocacy Centre PIAC is a non profit public interest law firm in Canada , with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. It serves to provide legal and research assistance to help consumer interests and public services. The organization has been around since 1976 and is headed by former Ottawa regional city councillor Michael Janigan . ref http www.piac.ca The Public Interest Advocacy Centre PIAC.ca Bot generated title ref It represents consumer and advocacy groups in legal and regulatory proceedings, including telecommunications proceedings before the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission , utility pricing proceedings before the Ontario Energy Board , as well as airline regulation issues. Public Interest Advocacy Centre is part of a coalition against controversial proposed copyright legislation in Canada known as Bill C 61 . ref http www.cbc.ca technology story 2008 06 12 tech copyright.html Copyright law could result in police state Critics. CBC News, 2008 06 12 ref It is similar to the PIRG s or Public Interest Research Groups in the USA. References Reflist External links http www.piac.ca Public Interest Advocacy Centre Canada law stub Category Regulatory law Category Public interest law Category Telecommunications law Category Telecommunications regulation Category Canadian law Category Law firms of Canada Category Law firms established in 1976 ... more details
orphan date December 2007 Citizen Advocacy organisations Citizen Advocacy programs programmes seek to cause ... Standards for Citizen Advocacy Program Evaluation 1988 ref , in 1980 and Learning From Citizen Advocacy Programs ref name LFCAP Learning from Citizen Advocacy Programs including a revised short form of CAPE , John O Brien 1987 , Georgia Advocacy Office Inc. ref in 1987. The theoretical foundation of Citizen Advocacy is found in Citizen Advocacy and protective services for the impaired and handicapped ref name CA text Wolfensberger, W. & Zauha, H. 1973 . Citizen Advocacy and protective services ... Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership & Change Agentry. ref Citizen Advocacy ... of the work of a Citizen Advocacy organisation is the belief that how well an individual or group ... needs or autistic people or asylum seekers . Citizen Advocacy organisations seek to cause benefit ... in Independent Advocacy organisations and groups, Advocacy 2000 project, Edinburgh Scotland, 2002, p52 ... has been seen to belong to. Simplified illustrative example A Citizen Advocacy organisation connects ... themselves as friends. While they sometimes seek support from the Citizen Advocacy organisation ... improves. Stories of actual Citizen Advocacy relationships have been written about in many contexts. One set of such stories is found in One person at a time Citizen Advocacy for people with disabilities ref Hildebrand, A. J. 2004 . One person at a time. Citizen Advocacy for people with disabilities ... nature of the relationships that a Citizen Advocacy organisation is able to create. One of the key challenges for a Citizen Advocacy organisation is that this relies on the art of being able ... to receive technical training as a pre condition to the advocacy engagement, by Mitchel Peters, from Inroads, the newsletter of Citizen Advocacy Eastern Suburbs in Perth, Australia http www.uow.edu.au ... There are several key sources of misunderstanding and confusion complicating the work of Citizen Advocacy ... more details
Operating system advocacy is the practice of attempting to increase the awareness and improve the perception ... or device drivers to the platform. Operating system advocacy can vary widely in tone and form ... their spare time to advocacy of their operating system of choice many have a deep and abiding interest ... operating system. Operating system advocacy can be compared to advocacy in other fields, particularly browser wars browser and editor war s, but also advocacy of programming language s and video game console s. Usenet and other advocacy forums Due to the often emotional nature of advocacy debate and its sometimes narrow appeal to the wider user population, forums for discussion of advocacy ... has a group reserved solely for advocacy the Guide to the Windows newsgroups exhorts Usenet posters ... archive archivedate 2005 10 24 ref Operating system advocacy discussions, on Usenet and elsewhere ... with operating system advocacy have led some to create guidelines explaining what they consider to be positive advocacy, such as the Linux Advocacy Guidelines ref http linuxgazette.net issue14 advocate.html Linux Gazette, issue 14 ref and the Guidelines for Effective OS 2 Advocacy . ref http www.os2bbs.com file d text PSM951.HTM Guidelines for Effective OS 2 Advocacy Bot generated title ref Advocacy ... for advocacy discussion. Advocacy related materials and links are provided on the FreeBSD ... organizations involved in Linux advocacy, including companies directly involved in the development of distributions as well as purely advocacy based groups, such as SEUL . Promotion takes ... its platform through innovative techniques in traditional media. This also covers advocacy ... Like FreeBSD, the NetBSD Foundation hosts a mailing list especially for advocacy. This mailing ... are http mail index.netbsd.org netbsd advocacy here ref They also provide some official advocacy material, such as posters and flyers and an official powered by logo ref name fn 2 The advocacy page is http ... more details
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