I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning
A lobbyist will get questions from clients and future clients about new issues. I’ve found it helpful to document a thinking process to create better advice. You’ll find the checklist below. A popular option I think a common approach is along the following lines: 1. Guarantee that the issue can be resolved (for a fee, … Read more
Confirmation that scientific writing can be clear and accessible to the public. [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.aaronmcloughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MPDISCOVER-JAN-FEB-2023.pdf” title=”MPDISCOVER JAN-FEB 2023″] Discover magazine is one of my small stable of monthly reads. TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional … Read more
If you want to grow your influence as a lobbyist, here are some things you can do. These tips have been taken from working and dealing with some excellent practitioners in the field. The checklist may be helpful for a new third-country government official, company or NGO representative sent to Brussels, or a young … Read more
If you are starting out in lobbying, here are some skills, processes, approaches and insights I’d recommend thinking about. They are the things my 52-year-old self would pass back to my 25-year-old. Write clearly. Study and apply Barbra Minto’s The Pyramid Principle. Be politically realistic. You can’t perform political miracles. To win, you need votes, … Read more