Capitol Advantage provides a 20-year track record of helping citizens make their voices heard – from the school house to the White House, from Main Street to Wall Street. “Helping citizens speak out is only the first step,” says Hansan. "Helping them speak out effectively, in a way that ensures their message is heard, that’s the real promise of civic participation and the work we do every day.”
Capitol Advantage Publishing, the original company of the Capitol Advantage enterprise, has provided the most trusted Congressional Directories to individuals and groups for the last 22 years. Hundreds of associations, corporations, non-profits and advocacy groups have come to rely on personalized directories, which are specifically branded for their organizations to engage their supporters and increase awareness of the key issues and players who have the power to make a difference.
Knowlegis is made up of a team of researchers, programmers, and legislative experts who are dedicated to enhancing customers’ capabilities to interact with elected officials. The company offers a suite of tools for managing all contacts, meetings, phone calls, and interactions with elected officials and their staff.
720 Strategies is an award-winning, grassroots advocacy and political persuasion firm, specializing in integrated communications campaigns — online, on video and in print. The company is recognized leader in developing integrated communications and media strategies for associations, corporations, candidates, and elected officials.
Congress.org is a public-service site that allows citizens to write or lookup their legislators via Capwiz·XC, register to vote and more. Congress.org is the only site that publicly posts e-mails to congressional representatives from constituents, and gives citizen activists the option to have their messages hand-delivered to Congress. Congress.org was a finalist for best Politics Web site of 2003 by The Webby Awards®, and continues to lead the field in non-partisan, publicly-accessible political action sites. |
New Lobby Law provides government relations professionals and the public with a central online location for information on lobbying reform legislation and new ethics rules. The site is free and features raw information related to lobby reform. NewLobbyLaw.com’s data is researched and selected by Knowlegis; 720 Strategies created the domain; and Capitol Advantage’s Capwiz·XC tool manages the e-newsletter. |
In 2005 Bob Hansan announced a new partnership with Blackbaud, the leading provider of software and services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, to offer full integration of Capwiz·XC’s Activist and Activity Database with NetCommunity™.
Since that time, Capwiz·XC has expanded its integration system to work with major database vendors, such as TMA Resources, IMPak by ISS, iMIS by ASi, and Avectra. Our product can also easily be configured to integrate with organizations' own personal databases.
    
Capitol Advantage works with the government relations sectors to bring its customers superior products. We work with some of the largest and most prominant associations on both the state and federal levels. Listed below are several associations that use Capwiz·XC to enhance their legislative agendas, including ASAE and The Association Forum of Chicagoland.
     
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