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Contacting your legislator? Cite your sources – if you want them to listen to you

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Monday, August 7, 2023

As a citizen, I would praise your sense of civic responsibility and willingness to express your opinion.

Key Points: 
  • As a citizen, I would praise your sense of civic responsibility and willingness to express your opinion.
  • I teach communication and public policy at Michigan State University and study how constitutents’ communication with lawmakers affects public policy decisions.
  • In today’s polarized political environment, is it possible to get through to policymakers from the other side?

Discounting opposing views

    • But research has also shown that policymakers engage in what’s called biased reasoning, writing off communications from constituents who do not share their policy views.
    • This discounting of constituents who disagree on policy could explain why policymakers tend to have biased perceptions of public opinion, believing the public’s attitudes to be more in line with their own positions than polling suggests.

Do your research

    • We asked a national sample of elected local policymakers – among them city council members – to evaluate a hypothetical email writer randomly assigned to express support or opposition to raising the minimum wage.
    • The survey was fielded by Civic Pulse, which specializes in samples of elected officials.
    • We anticipated, based on research on biased reasoning, that providing clear evidence that the constituent is knowledgeable about the issue would prevent biased discounting of constituent opinion.

How to not be written off

    • The effects of citing evidence are stronger than simply stating that one has read about the issue.
    • Our study is important in identifying a way constituents can avoid being written off.
    • When faced with evidence that their constituent knows the issue well, policymakers are less likely to discount their opinions.

How to be heard

    • One way to do this is by citing quality evidence to support your position.
    • When contacting a policymaker about an issue, be aware that they may discount your opinion if they disagree.

Matillion Appoints Ciaran Dynes as Chief Product Officer

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

DENVER and MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Matillion, the leading provider of data transformation for cloud data warehouses (CDWs), today announced Ciaran Dynes has joined the company as chief product officer (CPO), effective January 4, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER and MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Matillion, the leading provider of data transformation for cloud data warehouses (CDWs), today announced Ciaran Dynes has joined the company as chief product officer (CPO), effective January 4, 2021.
  • Dynes joins Matillion after a decade at Talend, where he most recently led product management and product marketing.
  • In this role, Dynes will head Matillion's product strategy, product management, and user experience functions.
  • Dynes will guide the team responsible for Matillion's award-winning Matillion ETL and Matillion Data Loader products to continue delivering a frictionless user experience for Matillion's customers.

Matillion Appoints Ciaran Dynes as Chief Product Officer

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Former Talend product head joins Matillion's executive team, reaffirming the company's commitment to customer-centricity and product innovation

Key Points: 
  • Former Talend product head joins Matillion's executive team, reaffirming the company's commitment to customer-centricity and product innovation
    DENVER and MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Matillion, the leading provider of data transformation for cloud data warehouses (CDWs), today announced Ciaran Dynes has joined the company as chief product officer (CPO), effective January 4, 2021.
  • Dynes joins Matillion after a decade at Talend, where he most recently led product management and product marketing.
  • In this role, Dynes will head Matillion's product strategy, product management, and user experience functions.
  • Dynes has held several product leadership roles in the data space, and most recently was the senior vice president of product management and product marketing at Talend, an open source integration vendor.

Dyne Therapeutics Announces Equity Investment from CureDuchenne Ventures to Support Pioneering Approach to Restoring Muscle Health in DMD

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Dyne Therapeutics , a biotechnology company pioneering targeted therapies for patients with serious muscle diseases, today announced an equity investment from CureDuchenne Ventures.

Key Points: 
  • Dyne Therapeutics , a biotechnology company pioneering targeted therapies for patients with serious muscle diseases, today announced an equity investment from CureDuchenne Ventures.
  • The funding will support Dynes development of precision therapeutics designed to restore muscle health in people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
  • We appreciate the collaboration with and investment from CureDuchenne Ventures, which will help us advance our novel approach to targeting the genetic basis of DMD, with the goal of halting disease progression and restoring muscle health, said Joshua Brumm, Dynes president and chief executive officer.
  • This approach is designed to promote muscle health and stop the progressive loss of muscle function that characterizes DMD.