Aaron

How a lobbyist can save 2 hours a day

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These are some of the devices and techniques I use for work. They save me a lot of time from shallow/needless work. Kanban Boards This is a helpful visualisation tool for organising your work. Contrary to common belief, you can only do one thing at once. Multitasking is a myth.  Really! Here is an example … Read more

10 Reasons Why You are Not Listened To

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A lot of people get shocked when policy and political decision-makers don’t want to listen to them. In my 30-plus years, the reasons why you are not listened to are quite simple. 10 Reasons Why You are Not Listened To You turn up late, after the decision has been taken. Your issue is not on … Read more

How to get to where you want to be

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If you want to influence a policy/proposal/decision, it helps to know where the initiative is and what’s driving it.   If look at what’s just in the public domain, you’ll miss most of what you need to know.           If you don’t know where things are at and what’s driving events, … Read more

Start from where the audience is

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Most advocacy seems to be based on the idea that if I just tell them [add in politician, decision maker, some random stranger in the street] loudly and often enough, they’ll agree with my position. I’ve never known this to work. It tends to have the opposite impact. It is the mainstream approach. You soon … Read more