Fireside - Legislative Assistant
A Legislative Assistant (LA) logs, organized, and manages mail that the office receives. This guide covers batching mail for response, creating form letters, customizing responses, tagging issue and affiliation codes for reporting, and message targeting.
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Fireside - Communications Director (Newsletter)
Communications Directors craft the Member's press/constituent outreach strategy. This guide covers using Fireside's newsletter and hosting telephone town halls to connect with your constituents and media outlets.
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Fireside - Communications Director (Web)
Communications Directors craft the Member's press and constituent outreach strategy and messaging. This guide covers using Fireside website, adding content, and web statistics.
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Fireside - Chief of Staff
Chiefs of Staff ensure that staff follow the Member's vision while serving the district. This guide covers how to find assigned items in Fireside and stats to keep track of your office's progress.
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Fireside - Staff Assistant
Staff Assistants manage the reception area, greet guests, log phone calls and messages, and handle requests. This guide covers using Fireside to complete all of these tasks efficiently.
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Fireside - Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director
Legislative Assistants and Directors craft the Member's legislative strategy and messaging. This guide covers using Fireside mailroom and reporting.
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Fireside - Caseworker
Caseworkers play a critical role in fulfilling the office's constituent services responsibilities. This guide covers how to use Fireside in district offices to best serve your constituents.
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Fireside - District Director
District Director supervise Constituent Service Representatives in their casework, oversee constituent outreach, and manage district events for the Representative. This guide covers monitoring casework progress and managing constituent and local official demographic data.
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Fireside - Interns
Interns manage the reception area, greet guests, assist caseworkers, log phone calls, and manage constituent requests. This guide covers how to use Fireside to accomplish these tasks.
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The State of Infrastructure
Where's the policy to get America's roads, railways, bridges, and tunnels up to 2019 standards?
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Global Tracking 101: Confidently Monitor Global Trends in a Time of Crisis
Learn how other FiscalNote clients prepare for, act upon, and document their work on a global scale.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Training
Recently Completed
2021 U.S. States Outlook—Healthcare, Budgets, and COVID-19 Relief
Hear what industry experts have to say about the legislative challenges and opportunities at the state level next year, and the importance of having a modern government relations strategy in place.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Will Big Tech See a Policy Reckoning in 2021?
Watch our webinar on the current state of public policy for the tech industry, and how influential Congress, the Biden-Harris Administration, and the states will be in its evolution.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
At the Races Episode Three - The Home Stretch with Nathan Gonzales
With just over two weeks to go before the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election comes to a close, how has the battleground changed? What will be the mandate for the winners? Find out in our webinar!
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Homeownership in America: Panel Discussion
Join a conversation with CQ Roll Call’s Jim Saksa, Representative Steve Stivers (R-OH), and a panel of policy experts.
Webinar Recording
CQ Roll Call
Community Event
Discover, Track, and Act: State & Local Monitoring Best Practices
Learn how to use the The Ultimate Tech Stack of Curate, FiscalNote, and VoterVoice to help you Discover, Track, and Act on State and Local Policy
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Understanding your CQ Platform: Legislative Tracking
One of CQ Federal’s most important assets, beyond our proprietary news content, is the sources available to you for researching legislation.
CQ Federal
Webinar Recording
Training
Predicting Policy & Identifying Trends in Legislation
Discover what legislative trends to watch for in 2021, how those trends could influence what happens for the rest of the year, and the tools you can use to stay on top of it all.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Today’s Questions About Tomorrow’s Force
Join General McChrystal (ret.) and Defense journalist John M. Donnelly, for a national security webinar discussing pressing issues including what the Defense Department looks like today and will look like in the years ahead.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Executive Institute
Preparing for Elections - Researching Legislators in FiscalNote
In this session, we discussed strategies and best practices for finding effective and ideal partners when researching Legislators in FiscalNote. Watch the entire presentation or review the materials below.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Training
Revitalizing the Restaurant Industry: 2021 and Beyond
Join a conversation with FiscalNote's Chris Lu, Representative Darin LaHood (R-IL), and a panel of policy experts.
CQ Federal
Webinar Recording
CQ Roll Call
The Ultimate Guide for Virtual Meetings with Lawmakers
In this webinar, we discussed a high level overview of Digital Hill Days (also known as digital lobby days, fly ins, advocacy days, advocacy summits, etc), and more.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
The 7 Keys To Monitoring and Influencing Federal and State Regulations
Learn how to implement the "7 Keys" and create the ultimate tech stack to help you Track, Monitor, and Influence Federal and State Regulations
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Recently Completed
Webinar Presentation: Storybanking: Humanizing Your Advocacy Efforts
Learn how to launch your storybanking program, including how to communicate to advocates, build a storybanking repository, and the best ways to leverage stories to advance your issues
VoterVoice
Webinar Presentation
Training
How To Build Relationships With New (and Existing) Lawmakers
During this webinar, we discussed Grasstops vs. Grassroots advocacy, how to identify Grasstops candidates, best practices for launching a Grasstops program, and relationship building strategies with new (and existing) members.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Sharing Your Wins: How To Communicate Post-Session
Learn how to communicate post-session, how to speak in advocate-friendly terms, and specific tactics to help you add value to your advocates and prove your worth.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Hosting Lawmakers: Building Relationships In Person
Learn how to host lawmakers and/or their staff; In-person visits offer organizations the ability to humanize their issues and continue building relationships with elected officials; they are also an opportunity to increase exposure as a major player in local, state, and/or federal politics.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Webinar Presentation: Sharing Your Wins: How To Communicate Post-Session
Learn how to communicate post-session, how to speak in advocate-friendly terms, and specific tactics to help you add value to your advocates and prove your worth.
VoterVoice
Webinar Presentation
Training
Creating Your Advocacy Baseline: Your Campaign Benchmark (Presentation)
Presentation from 13 Months of Advocacy in 2021. Your campaign benchmark is a standard, used as a point of reference that measures your performance compared to previous campaigns and/or similar organizations.
VoterVoice
Webinar Presentation
Training
VoterVoice Platform Refresh (Presentation)
With the overhaul to the menu and styles of the administrator site, we aim to do more than just put a fresh face on VoterVoice--we’ve worked to make the site easier to use, more accessible, and more actionable.
VoterVoice
Webinar Presentation
Training
Storybanking: Humanizing Your Advocacy Efforts
Learn how to launch your storybanking program, including how to communicate to advocates, build a storybanking repository, and the best ways to leverage stories to advance your issues
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Why Now’s the Best Time for Advocacy
Whether it’s growing your list, establishing key relationships, building important stakeholder networks, or getting in front of state and federal lawmakers, join VoterVoice for a look at the key elements you can use to strengthen your advocacy efforts during the summer slowdown.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Webinar Presentation: Understanding Hot Docs: A Deep Dive into CQ's Trove of Documents
This is the slide deck used in the CQ Webinar on Hot Docs; learn how to find unique government documents like CBO Cost Estimates, draft bill text, Congressional press releases and more!
CQ Federal
Webinar Presentation
Training
Global Policy Trends—Around the World in 60 Minutes
Join our exports for a discussion on the global economy’s shifting demographics, insurgent political parties, trade and climate crises’, and a whole host of other international issues.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
VoterVoice: Platform Refresh (Webinar 1)
With the overhaul to the menu and styles of the administrator site, we aim to do more than just put a fresh face on VoterVoice--we’ve worked to make the site easier to use, more accessible, and more actionable.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Cybersecurity—The Next Global Crisis
In-house experts from Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote’s data science team, and industry leaders discuss one of the biggest risk factors facing governments, businesses, and society at large: the ever-increasing hacks to electronic data.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Roles: The 4 Fundamental User Roles
System Administrator, User, Read-Only Users, and Make-Your-Own
0 hr 4 min
FiscalNote
Account Settings
Video (Single)
Basic
Overview
Administrative
User Roles
Webinar Presentation: Best Practices for Small Government Relations Teams
Learn how to work more efficiently as a small team; make your future self love you with the perfect tech stack for Tracking, Researching, Influencing, and Measuring.
CQ Federal
FiscalNote
Knowlegis
Webinar Presentation
Training
Issues Management - E-Book
This E-Book walks through using Issues to respond to, and strategize against, public policy actions and reputational issues.
FiscalNote
Issues Management
E-Book
Overview
Getting Started
Issues
Track The Budget
Classify Data with Labels (1-pager)
Tracking sub-topics, cross-Issue themes, clients, teams, and more with Labels
FiscalNote
Issues Management
1-Pager
Basic
Best Practice
Labels
Using Bill Pages - Best Practices (1-pager)
Setting positions & priorities, creating custom bill descriptions, tracking response activity, and more
FiscalNote
Bills
Policy Tracking
1-Pager
Basic
Best Practice
Committees, Subcommittees & Caucuses (E-Book)
How to find, organize and leverage the critical information you need.
FiscalNote
E-Book
Recently Updated
Basic
Deep Dive
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
Creating Your Own Floor Video Clips
This 1-pager shows you how to create clips from Floor Video, but remember, this is only available to Hill Staffers!
CQ Federal
Floor Video
1-Pager
Advanced
How-To
Documents & Analysis
Webinar E-Book: Understanding Hot Docs: A Deep Dive into CQ's Trove of Documents
This is the E-Book from the recent webinar where you can learn how to find unique government documents like CBO Cost Estimates, draft bill text, Congressional press releases and more!
CQ Federal
Hot Docs
E-Book
Advanced
Overview
Documents & Analysis
Comprehensive Overview: House Action Reports
Comprehensive overview of CQ's House Action Reports, what they include, how to find them and how to use them.
CQ Federal
House Action Reports
E-Book
Basic
Overview
Documents & Analysis
Webinar E-Book: Top 5 Alerts All Policy Professional Need to Know
This is the complimentary E-Book paired with the "Top 5 Alerts All Policy Professional Need to Know" webinar in June, 2021. It breaks down where and how to create all five recommended alerts.
CQ Federal
Alerts
E-Book
Basic
Best Practice
How-To
Full Platform
Committee Information: What's Included?
Overview of navigating committee pages, what information is included, and where to find it.
0 hr 3 min
FiscalNote
Video (Single)
Recently Updated
Basic
Overview
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
Using Bill Pages - Best Practices
Setting positions & priorities, creating custom bill descriptions, tracking response activity, and more
0 hr 3 min
FiscalNote
Bills
Policy Tracking
Video (Single)
Basic
Best Practice
Four Steps To Getting Started with VoterVoice
VoterVoice helps advocacy-driven organizations execute campaigns, engage supporters, and measure their impact, while ensuring that their message is heard by those with the power to enact change.
VoterVoice
All Features
1-Pager
How-To
Full Platform
Getting Started
Transitioning from StateTrack to FiscalNote: Features & Functionality
A guide to successfully transition from StateTrack to FiscalNote, with all the tips, tools, and resources you need to navigate the platform with ease.
FiscalNote
All Features
Policy Tracking
E-Book
Recently Updated
Overview
Getting Started
Best Practices for Tracking Policy At All Levels
Learn how to use the The Ultimate Tech Stack of FiscalNote, CQ Federal, and Curate to help you Uncover, Track, Monitor, and Report on Federal, State, and Local Policy!
CQ Federal
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Training
Best Practices for Small Government Relations Teams
Learn how to work more efficiently as a small team; make your future self love you with the perfect tech stack for Tracking, Researching, Influencing, and Measuring.
CQ Federal
FiscalNote
Knowlegis
Webinar Recording
Training
Taking Control of Your Data with Labels
Using Theme, Market, Team, & Lobbying strategies to make your data work for you
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Training
Taking Control of Your Data with Labels (Presentation)
Document, track and report out on the nuances of your work, such as cross-Issue themes or regional impact, with Labels.
FiscalNote
Webinar Presentation
Training
Webinar Presentation: Best Practices for Tracking Policy At All Levels
Learn how to use the The Ultimate Tech Stack of FiscalNote, CQ Federal, and Curate to help you Uncover, Track, Monitor, and Report on Federal, State, and Local Policy
CQ Federal
FiscalNote
Webinar Presentation
Training
Webinar Presentation: Discover, Track, and Act: State & Local Monitoring Best Practices
Learn how to use the The Ultimate Tech Stack of Curate, FiscalNote, and VoterVoice to help you Discover, Track, and Act on State and Local Policy
FiscalNote
Webinar Presentation
Community Event
Roles: The 4 Fundamental User Roles (1-Pager)
System Administrator, User, Read-Only Users, and Make-Your-Own
FiscalNote
Account Settings
All Features
1-Pager
Advanced
Overview
Administrative
User Roles
Stakeholder Management Series - Overview
Introduction to mapping your stakeholders, tracking engagements, & reporting out on your progress
0 hr 1 min
FiscalNote
Legislators
Contacts
Video (Single)
Basic
Overview
Stakeholder Management
Committees, Sub-Committees & Caucuses - Overview
Brief overview of why committees are important, and what the committees, sub-committees and caucuses video series will cover
0 hr 2 min
FiscalNote
Video (Single)
Recently Updated
Basic
Overview
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
VoterVoice: Platform Refresh (Webinar 2)
With the overhaul to the menu and styles of the administrator site, we aim to do more than just put a fresh face on VoterVoice--we’ve worked to make the site easier to use, more accessible, and more actionable.
VoterVoice
Webinar Recording
Training
Back to the Hill as Usual – Brace Yourself for the Next 100 Days
Tune into our recorded webinar, where we cover what legislative priorities can be accomplished in the next 100 days, what your organization should be on the lookout for, and what public policy agenda items and campaign promises might fall by the wayside in Congress.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Key Regulatory Changes Emerging Markets Will Face in 2022 & How to Navigate Them
Hear emerging market experts in fields such as cannabis, autonomous vehicles, the gig economy, and cybersecurity & data privacy discuss the regulatory challenges they’ve encountered and how to manage them, plus their predictions for the coming year.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
The EU and the Future of Trade
A discussion on current & future EU trade policy, the Green Deal, trade with China, and more.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Return to the (Hybrid, Resident or Remote) Office
Our panel of industry experts walkthrough what government relations, advocacy leaders, and public affairs professionals can expect as new operating procedures are rolled out across Capitol Hill, statehouses, and local government.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
How Nonprofits, Associations and Corporations are Coping During COVID-19
Discover pandemic funding resources, including information on the Payment Protection Program.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
At the Races Episode One - Which Election Races Will Decide the Majority?
The House and Senate races are tightening, but who will win control? More importantly, what will it mean for your organization? Find out by tuning into this first episode in our three-part webinar series.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
New Congress, New Problems
Learn what policy issues new (and returning) members may bring to the table next year, and how you can get right to work with the administration & the new Congress.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Digital Advocacy Best Practices – Lessons from a Year of Virtual Advocacy
Join us in our recorded webinar, where we discuss the lessons we’ve learned from a year of exclusive digital advocacy and how to adjust your strategy for a potential blended model going forward.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
At the Races Episode Two - After the 2020 Elections, What to Expect in 2021
All eyes are on Election Day, but what’s in store for policy and politics in 2021? Find out in episode two of our three-part elections series!
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
State of Global Government Relations 2021 Outlook
covers how executives, their departments, and global government relations teams can anticipate, understand, and manage the state of global government relations in 2021.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Second Half Check In - Where Does Congress Go From Here?
The new normal means policies and economic impact that could shake the country for years to come. To help you understand what the road ahead may look like, our newsroom experts provide their analysis.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Webinar Presentation: The 7 Keys To Monitoring and Influencing Federal and State Regulations
Learn how to implement the "7 Keys" and create the ultimate tech stack to help you Track, Monitor, and Influence Federal and State Regulations
FiscalNote
Webinar Presentation
Community Event
Recently Completed
Looking at Trade and Economic Opportunities in Asia
Watch our recorded webinar to learn about recent economic and security developments involving the United States and Asia, including trade, business opportunities, and U.S.-China relationships and its impact on other countries.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
DEI and the Future of Public & Government Affairs
Learn tangible, concrete, and actionable initiatives that government relations, grassroots advocacy, and public affairs professionals can take to address diversity, equity, and inclusion disparities and make their voices heard.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
At the Races - What we've learned from the primaries
In this recorded webinar, watch CQ Roll Call's campaign team discuss what the 2020 primaries told us about where voters stand, and what it will mean for November.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
The One Stop, Government Relations Shop
Learn tips & tricks from our industry experts on how to stay organized and work smarter, not harder, to achieve your goals.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
2021 Business Policy Outlook
A discussion on what you and your organization can expect in 2021 from the business perspective, the economic outlook, and policy trends going forward.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
State of the States - Reopening, Budgets, and the Prognosis for the Rest of the Year
Join our panel of state and local lawmakers for an analysis of what's likely to happen at the state legislatures and local level of government for the next six months, in light of the pandemic.
FiscalNote
Webinar Recording
Community Event
Classify Data with Labels
Tracking sub-topics, cross-Issue themes, clients, teams, and more with Labels
0 hr 2 min
FiscalNote
Issues Management
Video (Single)
Basic
Overview
Labels
Getting Started - 4 Things To Do Now
Learn how to search for data, store it, use alerts, and map your stakeholders
FiscalNote
All Features
1-Pager
Overview
Full Platform
Getting Started
Getting Started with Knowlegis - New Onboarding
Overview of steps and process that a new client should take to get access to the system, create roles and users, and working in the system.
Knowlegis
All Features
E-Book
Overview
Getting Started
Stakeholder Management
Working with Legislators - E-Book
Comprehensive guide to researching, organizing, & documenting your work with Legislators in FiscalNote
FiscalNote
Legislators
E-Book
Basic
Best Practice
Stakeholder Management
Unleashing FiscalNote with Issues Management (1-pager)
What using Issues unlocks in FiscalNote: Data Classification, Reporting, & Stakeholder Mapping
FiscalNote
Issues Management
1-Pager
Overview
Getting Started
Issues
Finding Committees, Sub-Committees & Caucuses
Overview of using the Search menu and Search results to find the committee, sub-committee and caucus information you need.
0 hr 3 min
FiscalNote
Video (Single)
Recently Updated
Basic
How-To
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
Preparing for Changes in Your Legislator Network -The 3 I's
How to respond to changes in your legislator network (Identify, Investigate, Implement)
FiscalNote
Legislators
1-Pager
Basic
Best Practice
Stakeholder Management
Committees, Sub-Committees & Caucuses
A video series covering how to find committees, sub-committees and caucuses, what data is available, and how to use the information to your advantage
FiscalNote
Video (Series)
Recently Updated
Basic
Overview
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
The Priority Report (1-pager)
How to create a legislative report showing bills by priority: High, Medium, Low, or any combination of the three.
FiscalNote
Reports
1-Pager
Basic
How-To
General Reporting
FiscalNote Legislators - Video Series
Researching, investigating, organizing, and collaborating on your work with key Legislators
FiscalNote
Legislators
Video (Series)
Basic
Deep Dive
Stakeholder Management
Tackling the Federal Budget
How to leverage the FiscalNote Suite to strategically prepare for, monitor, influence, and take action on the Federal Budget
VoterVoice
FiscalNote
Knowlegis
CQ Budget
E-Book
CQ
Advanced
Best Practice
Track The Budget
Introduction to Legislators in FiscalNote
An overview of leveraging legislator pages to track engagement, collaborate, and monitor vote alignment
0 hr 2 min
FiscalNote
Legislators
Video (Single)
Basic
Overview
Stakeholder Management
Finding Key Committees, Sub-Committees & Caucuses
How-To Steps to find the committees, sub-committees & caucuses that matter to you
FiscalNote
1-Pager
Recently Updated
How-To
Getting Started
Stakeholder Management
Committees & Caucuses
VoterVoice Refresh
Welcome to a new and refreshed VoterVoice. A new style, with updated fonts and colors. An easier to use menu. New ‘tab’ navigation options within pages. And A new ‘My Account’ panel that includes all Settings and Help links, as well as quick links to FiscalNote, CQ, and EUIT
0 hr 5 min
VoterVoice
All Features
Video (Single)
Basic
Overview
Full Platform
Taking Control of Your Data with Labels
Document, track and report out on the nuances of your work, such as cross-Issue themes or regional impact, with Labels.
FiscalNote
Issues Management
E-Book
Advanced
Deep Dive
Labels
The Position Report (1-pager)
How to create a legislative report showing bills you support, oppose, are monitoring, or any combination of the three.
FiscalNote
Reports
1-Pager
Basic
How-To
General Reporting
The Playbook: Government Affairs for Small Teams (E-Book)
When navigating socio-political events as a small team, efficiency is key. Follow tips provided in this playbook to keep your team operating at maximum efficiency.
FiscalNote
All Features
Combination
Recently Updated
Advanced
Deep Dive
Full Platform
Stakeholder Management - Video Series
Map your stakeholders, track engagements with them, respond to policy & report out on your progress
FiscalNote
All Features
Video (Series)
Basic
Deep Dive
Stakeholder Management