Yep, I think credibility and credentials in policy advocacy are very important, especially when you need to build networks sort of from scratch. Perhaps AIM can pay attention to this aspect going forward when founding more policy oriented charities?
There’s truth here, but I’m not sure how much it would make a difference in terms of moving the needle and changing minds. I’m very uncertain, but I feel like more credentials might get you more conversations and into more rooms but I’m not sure it would make those conversations more likely to lead to change.
Perhaps, but I wouldn’t want to overgeneralise against non-experts in policy either. As the post said, a broad effort to improve aid policy requires a much broader expertise across many areas than specific efforts to target specific policies. AIM has incubated several more targeted policy orgs and I think they’re much easier for non-experts to build knowledge and credibility in.
Yep, I think credibility and credentials in policy advocacy are very important, especially when you need to build networks sort of from scratch. Perhaps AIM can pay attention to this aspect going forward when founding more policy oriented charities?
There’s truth here, but I’m not sure how much it would make a difference in terms of moving the needle and changing minds. I’m very uncertain, but I feel like more credentials might get you more conversations and into more rooms but I’m not sure it would make those conversations more likely to lead to change.
Perhaps, but I wouldn’t want to overgeneralise against non-experts in policy either. As the post said, a broad effort to improve aid policy requires a much broader expertise across many areas than specific efforts to target specific policies. AIM has incubated several more targeted policy orgs and I think they’re much easier for non-experts to build knowledge and credibility in.