"Our advocacy infrastructure in Texas had been stuck in the 2000's. Our "system" was a hodgepodge of Excel spreadsheets and institutional staff knowledge that while operational, was extremely inefficient, sometimes inaccurate, and definitely lacking powerful tools that could make us more effective. 

We were having success regarding insurance-related legislation over several years, but we had just made a failed attempt at our most difficult issue - scope of practice legislation. We knew we had a well-developed grassroots network in place and were doing the normal advocacy fundamentals "right". But we were missing the kind of tools that could give us the edge we needed against a sophisticated opponent.

We caught wind of KP Dashboard at an AOA meeting about 3 years ago from another state that mentioned it during a breakout session.  After our humbling defeat, we reached out to Dr. Adam Parker for a demonstration of his technology.  We knew right away we had to have his product in our arsenal, not only to improve our fundamental organizational processes, but to give us new powers we had never had with our grassroots communication. Dr. Parker's reputation and his own involvement in the exact same efforts in his state gave us the confidence to move quickly. 

Within weeks of our start with KP Dashboard we were able to search for and find dozens of new key contacts and doctors interested in getting involved that were hiding within our membership rolls.  Pre-session, we started getting our doctors used to consistent and timely texts/emails about our effort.  During session, our ability to take action and mobilize our doctors when needed was instantaneous.  In the end, we were able to achieve our goal of enhancing the scope of practice of Texas optometrists for the first time in 22 years.

Our experience with the software product and service from Dr. Parker was excellent. The program is well-designed, robust, intuitive and powerful. We now have a better way to manage our internal advocacy process and we are much more efficient with our time and energy.  We can now reach our target audiences, whether that be our doctors or our legislators' offices, at the exact moment it is needed, and track our results in real-time.  We credit the use of KP Dashboard as a key partner in our recent success, and we recommend it highly to any other state looking for the same.

Dr. Steve Nguyen President, Texas Optometric Association
Dr. Jenn Deakins Legislative Chair, Texas Optometric Association
Dr. Tommy Lucas Director of Advocacy, Texas Optometric Association"