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Communications Toolkit: Spotlight on Energy

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Energy is a key component of the U.S. Chamber’s American Jobs And Growth Agenda – an ambitious plan to generate stronger, more robust economic growth, create jobs and expand opportunity for all Americans.  The items in this toolkit may be customized for your use.  We hope you will share, repurpose, and publish the resources below to support your own advocacy agenda.

  • Sample energy talking points to include in your speeches, remarks, or other correspondence.
  • Sample op-ed to customize and place in your local outlets, or repurpose on your blog.
  • Content from FreeEnterprise.com to re-publish on your website or include in your e-newsletter or blog. You can republish by clicking on the light blue button below the title.
  • Websticker to place on your website or in an e-newsletter to build awareness of the state-by-state benefits of shale development. (Link to the shale benefits map.)
  • Shale handout to share with your members or post online to showcase the benefits of shale development.
  • Crafting A Proactive Energy Policy: a white paper (PDF) by the Forum for Innovation to share with your energy committee and/or broader network. This white paper features five necessary principles for crafting a proactive energy policy.
  • Videos to embed on your website or e-newsletter:
    • Four small business owners and managers (from ND, PA, and TX) describe how fracking has bolstered their local economies and created jobs. Embed this video.
    • U.S. Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Tom Donohue speaks on U.S. Energy issues during his State of American Business Address in Washington, DC on January 10, 2013.  Embed this video.
  • Sample Tweets: We hope you’ll help grow the conversation online about the importance of optimizing America’s energy resources to create jobs and economic growth. On Twitter, we are using the hashtag #jobs13. Some suggested tweets are below – feel free to use these or revise as you would like.

 

 

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