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October 25, 2004
Entrepreneur Gets Out the Vote with his Employees
One entrepreneur is being a civic leader by encouraging his employees to register to vote. As reported by NFIB:
"Charlie Birney...general partner of Atlantic Golf, an Annapolis, Md.-based owner, developer and manager of three golf courses, started his own get-out-the-vote effort at work. Aptly named Drive the Vote (www.drivethevote.com), Birney’s GOTV effort, in conjunction with the Maryland Golf Course Owners Association, emphasizes voter registration, voter participation and voter awareness."
Birney goes all out to make sure that his employees have the information they need to make an informed decision.
"(H)e has compiled information on the candidates running, personalized it for each employee and delivered it by hand. Each personalized manila folder lists the employees' representatives in the Maryland General Assembly and their voting records, one from NFIB and the other from Maryland Business for Responsive Government."
He encourages voting by creating a raffle that awards one paid vacation day off to one lucky employee who votes on or before election day.
Why does Birney go through all of this effort?
"'I really think it's every citizen's privilege, right and responsibility to vote.'"
Well said!
Posted October 25, 2004 06:03 AM
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at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He consults with a variety of businesses on start-up and growth related issues, and with larger corporations on re-establishing entrepreneurial cultures within their organizations. Dr. Cornwall's current research interests include entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ethics. He has authored or co-authored four books.
