From Fancine Bates, Chief Exec of Contact a family; before I forget them:<\/p>\n
Clarity of purpose (be very clear about what you want – all agree what it is: people will sniff out any differences)
\nEvidence base – justify your arguments
\nIdentify decision-makers and target them
\nFind allies – don’t be oppositional
\nPlan but be flexible (long term strategic planning is needed)
\nReview goals (work out where you are and be prepared to change if necessary)
\nCommunicate (especially if working in a consortium\/alliance)
\nNever give up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Fancine Bates, Chief Exec of Contact a family; before I forget them: Clarity of purpose (be very clear about what you want – all agree what it is: people will sniff out any differences) Evidence base – justify your arguments Identify decision-makers and target them Find allies – don’t be oppositional Plan but be…Read more Tips for policy influencers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}