I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning
The journey of an idea into law is long and tortuous. Few people have nurtured an idea and taken it through the ebbs and flows of the legislative journey. It is an arduous journey that even experienced journeymen don’t take lightly. It takes many years of hard work. Success is not guaranteed. The biggest challenge … Read more
For a long time, I looked at preparing advocacy in the following sequence: ID a clear desired outcome Find the Evidence to support the asks for 1 ID if it is Politically Feasible ID if it is Legally Feasible Let’s look at those four steps in a little more detail. Step 1: ID a … Read more
A lot of policy communication in Brussels is a variation of passive-aggressive shouting, Euro-fetish blandness or hinges on the belief that telepathy exists. Attached are some slides from a recent conversation on an alternative approach and how you can transfer this to letter writing (of which there is too much of) and external meetings. You … Read more
There was a phrase I learned in living in DC ‘A crack whore turning tricks’. At the time, DC faced a wave of crack cocaine. More broadly, it is a metaphor for doing anything for money, with no regard for public dignity. For lobbyists, it is people doing anything to advance their cause and doing … Read more