Good Practice

A series of posts on good practice in lobbying and campaigning

A Second Brain for Lobbyists

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As a lobbyist you’ll spend a lot of your time preparing issue notes. Most of us can’t remember everything. I think these notes serve three purposes: Second brain for you Second brain for your client Update for client 2nd Brain If you, like me, can’t remember everything you need to know, having a resource you … Read more

The hard things about a good briefing

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I’ve just spent too many hours trying to produce a good briefing for a political decision maker. It is taxing on the brain. It helps if you are working from material that does not need a post-doc from MIT to understand. You need to have a clear ‘ask’. It need to be clear for the … Read more

“My Word is my bond” in law and policy making

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Trust is the gel that binds effective law and policy-making. It manifests itself in a simple operational rule that “your word is your bond”. If you give an undertaking to take a position or a voting line, you don’t back down from it. The idea of keeping your word is ancient. It is mentioned in … Read more