{"id":4624,"date":"2019-04-22T14:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/?page_id=4624"},"modified":"2019-04-22T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:31:40","slug":"fpc-resources-3-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/member-consumer\/fpc\/fpc-resources\/spit-technique","title":{"rendered":"The SPIT Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to your Hill meetings, be prepared to tell a personal story. Explain through a short anecdote or story how the policy issue impacts you directly.\u00a0 Officials recognize the time it takes to personalize a message and will focus their efforts on those communications. One way to develop your story is to use the &#8220;SPIT Technique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SPIT is an acronym as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>S = Specific:<\/strong>\u00a0 Be as specific as possible about what the Congressperson can do.\u00a0 For example, \u201cwe would like you to cosponsor a bill\u201d is better than \u201cour practice provides valuable services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>P = Personal:<\/strong>\u00a0 Messages that are based on compelling stories have more of an impact. As noted above, think about why this matters to you, as well as specific people you have served.\u00a0 How did you help them? The overall community? This really helps you focus on the benefits you provide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I = Informative:<\/strong>\u00a0 In addition to that personal story, you\u2019ll want to have some valuable information to back it up.\u00a0 Some of the information you might want to gather includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of people impacted<\/li>\n<li>Number of people employed<\/li>\n<li>Specifics on programs provided<\/li>\n<li>Reach of your work<\/li>\n<li>Special materials \/ services provided that relate to the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>T = Trustworthy:<\/strong>\u00a0 Finally, your message should suggest that you are trustworthy and the best way to do that is to be clear you\u2019ll follow-up.\u00a0 This says to the person you\u2019re talking to that you are in this discussion for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to your Hill meetings, be prepared to tell a personal story. Explain through a short anecdote or story how the policy issue impacts you directly.\u00a0 Officials recognize the time it takes to personalize a message and will focus their efforts on those communications. One way to develop your story is to use the &#8220;SPIT Technique.&#8221; SPIT is an acronym as follows: S = Specific:\u00a0 Be as specific as possible about what the Congressperson can do.\u00a0 For example, \u201cwe would like you to cosponsor a bill\u201d is better than \u201cour practice provides valuable services.\u201d P = Personal:\u00a0 Messages that are based on compelling stories have more of an impact. As noted above, think about why this matters to you, as well as specific people you have served.\u00a0 How did you help them? The overall community? This really helps you focus on the benefits you provide. I = Informative:\u00a0 In addition to that personal story, you\u2019ll want to have some valuable information to back it up.\u00a0 Some of the information you might want to gather includes: Number of people impacted Number of people employed Specifics on programs provided Reach of your work Special materials \/ services provided that relate to the community T = Trustworthy:\u00a0 Finally, your message should suggest that you are trustworthy and the best way to do that is to be clear you\u2019ll follow-up.\u00a0 This says to the person you\u2019re talking to that you are in this discussion for the long haul. &nbsp;","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[241,247,1376],"class_list":["post-4624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-fpc","tag-fpc-resources","tag-spit-technique"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4624\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}