In the premiere of Policy Wins, host Patrick Kalie sits down with Sean Kennedy, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at the National Restaurant Association, to unpack one of the most significant grassroots victories of the past year: defeating a Massachusetts ballot measure to eliminate the tip credit. Sean walks us through how his team activated servers and restaurant operators across the state, coordinated a unified message, and achieved a 64–36% victory — all in one of the most progressive states in the country.
Your Advocates Are Your Army — Grassroots Strategy for Lean Teams
A one-person public affairs team with five hundred engaged advocates isn’t a small team. It’s a force multiplier. In the final episode of the Small Team, Big Impact series, Tommy Zei brings in fresh research from the Beekeeper Group — a study of over one thousand constituents — to show why lean teams are sitting […]
