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iLobby Mission We help voters figure out their stories so that they can change laws because your present policy decisions shape your political and economic future. We want to empower you to change laws so that you can improve your community, influence your country and impact the world. This podcast is about how to change a law using iLobby. It is based on the book How to Change a Law. http://amzn.to/1XyrWu6 You can learn how to vote, argue, debate, pledge and share a campaign at the iLobby free video proving ground. http://bit.ly/28MQ0qW -- Transcript (Partial) -- There are three ways of getting what you want in almost every area of life. You can petition, you can protest or you can persuade. Can it really be that simple? Sure. Take a look. 3 Ways 1. Petition 2. Protest 3. Persuade Petition Ask nicely. To get what you want you have to ask for it. Most of us know what we don't want and have a vague idea of what we do want. But we never really ask. Or we are afraid to. Why? Because when we ask we often fear our request will be denied and we'll be disappointed. Sometimes you're afraid to ask for something on your own. You need help. So you get people's agreement, their signatures and you hope that if you have more support the likelihood is that you will be granted this thing you are asking for. Petitioners are on the positive side of the ledger. You ask what for what you want, you hope you can get it, and when you ask you learn that if you have more people to help you, it will increase your chances of success. There is also a subtle threat that if you are rejected you will tell more people about what you're asking for and whether or not you receive it and often politicians and corporations will cave-in to mass petitions and grant the request, sometimes grudgingly. Protest Demand aggressively. The negative side of asking is demanding. A negative request is a protest. You immediately take a confrontational point of view. You don't ask. You tell. You don't request. You demand. Protestors create demonstrations and boycotts. They are very public about what they were doing. They gain followers. They have short slogans. They sometimes break things and that is their way of acting out and yelling in order to get what they want. Protesters become quite emotional and active.