I won’t be going to EAGxBerlin but I do have some questions. I have attended a workshop with Bob Brown, the former leader of the Australian Greens. The workshop was about building up a network of grass roots lobbyists. Lobbying was framed primarily in terms of having one on one meetings with politicians and communicating your concerns, (in this case, environmental concerns, of which stopping native forest logging is among the highest priorities), in ways that connected with their interests.
My question is therefore, how much of lobbying is about these one on one appointments with politicians?
You also talk about organising workshops for civil servants. I’d be interested to hear more about how that came about. In these one on one conversations did you communicate the need for these workshops, and then eventually they agreed? That seems quite impressive that you could have a top down effect like that across government.
I won’t be going to EAGxBerlin but I do have some questions. I have attended a workshop with Bob Brown, the former leader of the Australian Greens. The workshop was about building up a network of grass roots lobbyists. Lobbying was framed primarily in terms of having one on one meetings with politicians and communicating your concerns, (in this case, environmental concerns, of which stopping native forest logging is among the highest priorities), in ways that connected with their interests.
My question is therefore, how much of lobbying is about these one on one appointments with politicians?
You also talk about organising workshops for civil servants. I’d be interested to hear more about how that came about. In these one on one conversations did you communicate the need for these workshops, and then eventually they agreed? That seems quite impressive that you could have a top down effect like that across government.
Can talk virtually if that’s easier.