Policy and Advocacy Online August/September Intensive 2023

Our popular Policy and Advocacy Intensive is online. The Policy and Advocacy Intensive allows people from the not-for-profit sector 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.

The dates 

• 25 August 2023- 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 1 September 2023 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 8 September 2023 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)
• 15 September 2023 - 11 am to 1 pm (AEST)

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

• Victoria, NSW, ACT, QLD & Tasmania 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
• SA & NT 10.30 am - 12.30pm 
• WA 9.00 am- 11:00am

What are people saying about this training?

 Here is some of the feedback we’ve received.

"I found the whole four weeks to be excellent. I have told anybody who'll listen that the course is highly practical and informative. The Advocacy Strategy template is useful to me as a newbie in practical policy. I can honestly say this is the one course I did not get bored with at all. " Annerliegh Pappos, Neami National

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

"Everything was excellent. I loved the Advocacy Strategy Template and will use it and go back to it in future. Amy was fantastic and I really learned a lot from her. I also loved the online format and if this wasn’t available, I don’t think I would have been able to attend." Bea Beswick, MS Australia

“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 communicate the desired policy change effectively.
• ·Understand how to develop an advocacy strategy incorporating lessons from the four weeks.

These sessions are intended to be interactive, and participants must have audio at 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.

Who should attend the Online Policy and Advocacy Intensive?

This Online Policy 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

About the facilitator

Caterina has worked in the for-purpose sector for 15 years. Caterina has presented at conferences, delivered training and consulted with organisations on strategy, advocacy, government relations, social innovation and public policy. She has contributed to legislative and policy changes at all levels of government in health and social policy. Caterina is currently the CEO of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) and a Director of For Purpose and Fair Agenda. She is also the founder of For Purpose.