NOTE: Do you live in Michigan? If you do, here are some important dates below. If you don't, use them as a sort of example to explore in your state! These dates matter! 
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Welcome to a HUGE year in Politics in Michigan! Here are some dates you should know. 

April 1, 2024 - Deadline for County Parties to submit counts for Precinct Delegates

April 16, 2024 - General Election for Special Election (2 state house seats) in Michigan

April 23, 2024, 4:00 PM - Filing Deadline to run for office

May 7, 2024 - Deadline to file for Precinct Delegate

May 7, 2024 - Election

May 12 - 18, 2024 - Police Week

End of June - Absentee ballots released for August election (aka people will start voting)

July 15-18, 2024 - Republican Convention, Milwaukee Wisconsin

August 6, 2024 - Primary Election

August 2024 - State Convention

August 19-22, 2024 - Democrat Convention, Chicago

End of September - Absentee ballots released for November election (aka people will start voting)

November 5, 2024 - General Election

I will work to keep you updated! 

Email me with questions amy@generationstrategies.com

Democrats seize any and every opportunity to elevate their message, keep themselves in the media, and generate wins for their agenda.
Republicans have not yet figured out what “Public Relations” is.

Yes, I am a Republican and this all hurts badly when your side just “doesn’t get it.”

​NOTE: For my Republican friends reading this - don’t be mad at me for saying the following. You know me. Please see the insight I’m shining a light on so that we can ALL benefit for our cause and our campaigns

Communication is just talking.

Communication is having a conversation, responding to questions, smiling, offering a speck of hope, and listening.

I was at an event on Tuesday’s Election Night (big election day in Michigan this week!) and got to hear “the conversation” from the new Republican Party Chair of Michigan, Pete Hoekstra.

What I heard from him was:

• Conversation - even from the stage
• Authenticity - both one on one and on the stage
• Humility - he shared the stage with others
• Kindness - offered kindness to those in the room who worked against him at one time or the other

He did not give a 3 hour speech, or read from a teleprompter or stand in the corner and assume “communication was happening.”

I walked away with an extra speck of hope.

We must all learn TO communicate. We must stop hiding from it.
And it’s time to stop assuming someone else is doing it.

Talk with purpose and intentionality. Communicate with joy, interest, and a heart of service and watch how things get better. It can make all the difference.
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Silence and hiding from communication is no longer an option. It’s time to lean in and start to communicate. Thank you Chairman Hoekstra for encouraging me: there is hope on the horizon.

Communication matters.

And if we ever want to win again as conservatives, as leaders, as peers - we need to embrace it.
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Lean into some of these resources to start to take yourself to the next level!

• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words
• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
• The Value of Communication: Why It Should Matter to You