In Bounds by Jack MacKenzie, CGCS advocacy |ˈadvəkəsē| noun public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy: their advocacy of traditional family values. • the profession or work of a legal advocate.
defined and goal oriented.
The golf industry is no different in its advocacy for water access. For the last seven years the MGCSA has been pursuing assurances of irrigation water from the Department of Natural Resources and other agencies. Like a tide, at times the discourse was free flowing, high and optimistic while in other advocacy -thesaurus instances it was muddling in a his advocacy of animal rights: quagmire of low agency interest. support for, backing of, promotion of, Throughout the process your championing of; argument for, push association has been persistent, for; informal boosterism of. clear and purposeful in the message: “defined water use assurances Whether you are aware of it or not, in exchange for responsible each and every day you practice the environmental stewardship art of advocacy. From negotiations practices”. with your spouse or children, to subtle conversations with your key Locally and outstate, at the staff members, you have an opinion legislative level and with our and share your formulation in a agencies, amongst private groups manner that hopefully will produce such as the Freshwater Society, and the most advantageous results. As at public forums, the golf industry simple as planning the dinner menu, has been steadfast in sharing the or as complex as negotiating your idea of enhanced social responsibility employee’s compensation package, in exchange for our most valuable your message needs to be articulate, natural resource- water. Water is a
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