Policy and Advocacy 2 Day Intensive (Brisbane)

Policy and Advocacy Intensive 

This 2 Day Intensive offers purpose-driven professionals the chance to collaborate with like-minded individuals, developing the essential skills needed to navigate the policy development process and drive change.

Light lunch provided.

The dates: Wednesday 11th February and Thursday 12th February 2025

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm for both days

What does the training cover?

The 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, including the political and public policy advocacy cycles.
• ·Understand how to communicate the desired policy change effectively.
• ·Understand how to develop an advocacy strategy.

The training will also include case studies of advocacy in action.

Attendees will receive 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 would benefit from the Policy and Advocacy Intensive?

This Policy and Advocacy Intensive has been developed for people working in the for-purpose sector. It is for anyone seeking to influence government, particularly those in policy, advocacy, government relations, and communication roles.

About the facilitator

Caterina Giorgi is the Founder of For Purpose. She has worked in purpose driven organisations for almost two decades, including most recently as CEO of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE).

She is also the Chair of Australian Progress and a Founding Member of Women in Public Health. She is an Ambassador of NOFASD and has also previously served on the Boards of YMCA Canberra and Fair Agenda.

Caterina has presented at conferences, delivered training and consulted with organisations on strategy, advocacy, government relations and public policy. She has contributed to legislative and policy changes at all levels of government in health and social policy.

Caterina also has an honours degree in public health and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).