Our popular Policy and Advocacy Intensive is online. The Policy and Advocacy Intensive provides people from the not-for-profit sector with the opportunity to work alongside like-minded individuals to develop the critical skills required to navigate policy and political processes and make change happen.

The Policy and Advocacy Intensive will be delivered online allowing people from across Australia to access the training. The training will involve:

• 4 x 2 hour live webinars delivered weekly. These will also be made available on demand for people who can’t attend the session.
• 1 x 45-minute one-on-one coaching session to discuss how to implement what you’ve learnt from the training in your workplace.

The dates 

• 4 May 2022- 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 11 May 2022 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 18 May 2022 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 25 May 2022 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)

Times by States: (Please be aware of the time differences for each state)

• Victoria, NSW, ACT, Tasmania & QLD 11am - 1pm
• SA & NT 10.00 am -12.00
• WA 9.00am - 11.00am

What are people saying about this training?

 Here is some of the feedback we’ve received.

Thank you so much for a fabulous 2 days! I've attended many advocacy workshops and training and by far For Purpose was the best training on advocacy ever... I didn't leave feeling like 'this is all impossible' but rather I feel well equipped to make change happen for the people my organisation represents.

David Briggs, NSW, Council for Intellectual Disability

“This is one of the most useful and inspiring trainings I’ve attended.I wish I knew these things earlier and feel more skilled to promote change in the ways I want to."

Fiona Hunt 

What does the training cover?

The Online Policy and Advocacy intensive takes people through the steps required to identify and develop policy priorities and create targeted advocacy strategies to make change happen. The topics covered in the Online Policy and Advocacy Intensive are:

• ·Articulating a clear problem and ask
• ·Identifying targets and influencers
• ·Theory on how social change happens
• ·Communicating clear messages and making the case for change
• ·Developing clear advocacy strategy objectives
• ·Understanding advocacy cycles
• ·Developing innovative advocacy tactics
• ·Developing advocacy strategies
• ·Implementing what we’ve learnt

Learning outcomes

• ·Understand how to develop a clear problem and ask.
• ·Gain the ability to identify and research targets and influencers who can help to make the policy change happen.
• ·Understand social change theory and learn how these theories can be used to help to assess the policy environment.
• ·Understand the four advocacy cycles and opportunities to engage in each of these, including the political and public policy advocacy cycles.
• ·Understand how to effectively communicate the desired policy change.
• ·Understand how to develop an advocacy strategy that incorporates the lessons from across the two days.

These sessions are intended to be interactive and participants are required to have audio as a minimum.

People will also be provided with all training PowerPoint slides and the Advocacy Strategy Template; a collection of tools and resources that can be used in the office to develop an advocacy strategy from beginning to end.

Register two weeks prior to the first session and receive your pack in the mail.

Who should attend the Online Policy and Advocacy Intensive?

This OnlinePolicy and Advocacy Intensive has been developed for people working in the not-for-profit sector. It is for anyone seeking to influence government, particularly people working in policy, advocacy, government relations and communication roles.

For Purpose works with not for profit and charitable organisations that are purpose-driven and purpose aligned. For Purpose’s training and services are created with these organisations in mind.

Facilitator

Amy Ferguson has worked in the for-purpose sector and government. She has led National, State and Territory policy and advocacy campaigns and developed policies relating to health, aged care and social services. Amy is the Managing Director. 

For more information on what we cover in the Online Policy and Advocacy Intensive, see the detailed overview.