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What is NAMI Smarts?
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a popular hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with a mental health condition and their friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.

What are the goals?

NAMI Smarts advocacy training develops the following skills: 
  • Telling a compelling story that is inspiring and makes an “ask” in 90 seconds.
  • Writing an effective email, making an elevator speech and making an impactful phone call.
  • Orchestrating a successful meeting with an elected official.


What will you gain?

​The unique step-by-step, skill-building design of NAMI Smarts is effective with a wide range of participants—from those who are new to advocacy to individuals with more experience. Participants routinely share that they’ve never been able to condense their story or made a clear “ask” and, with NAMI Smarts, they were able to. Lobbyists who represent NAMI State Organizations or mental health coalitions love this program—they see participants come out confident and able to share their story in a way that moves policymakers.

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  • STAY CONNECTED
    • President's Page
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Membership
    • Volunteer/Intern
    • Join Mailing List
  • Programs
    • Individuals Living With Mental Health Conditions >
      • Education Class Schedule
      • Virtual Support Groups
    • For Families >
      • Education Class Schedule
      • Virtual Support Groups
    • NAMI Basics
    • NAMI Basics for Professionals
    • NAMI Homefront
    • NAMI Family & Friends Seminar
    • NAMI Smarts
    • Mental Health First Aid
  • YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
    • Ending the Silence >
      • ETS for Students
      • ETS for Educators
      • ETS for Families
    • NAMI Basics
    • THRIVE HS Mental Health Club
    • THRIVE Interest Form
    • NAMI on Campus
  • NAMI WALKS
  • Speaker/Event Request
  • Resources
    • Advocacy
    • Research
  • Emergency Guide
  • En Espanol
    • En Español
    • De Familia a Familia
    • NAMI Conexión
    • Recursos
    • Más Información
  • FAQs
  • Mental Health & Law Enforcement
    • Handling the Arrest of a Family Member
    • CIT >
      • Ask A Cop
  • Share Your Story NTX
  • NAMI North Texas Community Conversations
  • NAMI Walks Rally