2. Grow Your Network: Put yourself in situations to create relationships with individuals in the industry and your community, including elected officials. You can do this by attending local chamber of commerce events, attending KADA functions and joining community organizations. 3. Engage Regularly: It’s important to regularly make contact with your network of legislators. You can achieve this by reaching out by phone or text, interacting on social media, hosting events or inviting them to visit your dealership. KADA can help you locate contact information for your elected officials. 4. Tell Your Story: When talking to legislators, you want them to remember you and your story. Personalizing the relationship and showing them how legislative and policy decisions affect your dealership, employees and community helps keep your story in the front of their minds when confronting issues in Frankfort. Kentucky dealers have been instrumental in shaping policy for decades. And its relationship with lawmakers is in the best shape it has ever been. To keep this momentum going, dealer engagement in the political process is pivotal and will ensure continuing decades of success. Start a conversation, attend a legislative event or contact the association about getting involved. WWW.KYADA.COM 21
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