I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron If you want to become a better lobbyist, you’d be well advised to read and apply the ideas of the late Mortimer J Adler. Adler’s advice on better speaking, listening, writing and reading are as helpful today as they were first published in 1940 and 1983. On Better Listening and Speaking Mortimer Adler’s book “How … Read more
A useful list of forces that impede good decision-making from Farnham Street. They seem equally applicable to lobbying and campaigning. What others would you add? Here are some more from my side: Lateness Political blindness Denial of political reality – the votes are not saying what we want them to say Stasis $ … Read more
A good rule of thumb for successful lobbying is to engage with the right person, at the right time, with the right message. If that were all there was to it, there would be a lot more successful lobbying going on and victory parties in Brussels. A lot of the time, your message does not … Read more
If you want to succeed when you are trying to change political minds and decisions, you need to ‘Keep it simple, stupid’, better known as K.IS.S. Google it, and you’ll come across lots of pieces about the idea (example one, two). Chris Rose in his NGO campaign bible, How to Win Campaigns, shows you how you … Read more