This will be a peer sharing call
followed the next week (
Thu 25 Jul 11:00-12:00 BST) by having
Hike Harris, CEO of of 89up share his experience talking to dozens of new ministers and the PM about their plans when they were shadow ministers.
What do registered participants want to talk about this week?
Participants were asked at the time of registration "What do you want to learn from this online event? This input will be passed to all participants to help prepare.". Below are their answers.
- Any key dates we should be looking out for
- How others orgs will be prioritising and approaching engagement.
- Successfully engaging new MPs with campaigning comms
- if and how our engagement techniques should change
- How to work with first time MPs and new spads/staff
- Foreign policy priorities and where to get traction
- Dealing with opposition and media pulling discussions to extreme right (and pulling Labour with it)
- A summary of relevant from the King's Speech and anything gleaned in the first weeks since the election about the new gov
- Learn about election engagement
- A variety of perspectives to add to my existing knowledge
- Best ways of achieving cut through post election, with so many orgs lobbying and campaigning
- It'll be my first time campaigning when the Labour government will be in power, I want to learn about it.
- Just space to talk and think through how the (new) govt affects us and our campaigns
- Understand potential strategies/tactics to influencing the new government, to better help me prepare digital campaigns
- Where best to focus our energy and time to achieve maximum results
- General public affairs strategy tips and examples from other contexts would be useful
- Insight on the new Government's first 100 days and where it looks like opportunities exist to influence
- Good to see how other organisations are approaching the new political landscape, what the priorities and challenges are
- How to best engage with the new Government
- The most effective way of engaging with a new government, particularly in terms of getting green MPs on board to champion our org
- Shared understanding on how to approach new MPs with our communities
- Tactics for effectively recruiting new supporters post election
- I would love to hear what their experience of campaigning was, what constituents were saying their top priorities were and why
- External comms strategy for charities
- How public campaigning can help parliamentary/policy colleagues
- Tips on how best we can influence the new government
- Insights for effectively influencing new government
- engaging with a new government
- Considerations for a change of govt
- realistic expectations in post-election influencing world, what to prioritise in the immediate and where to strategise long term
- How are people thinking about the new election
- How to get policy wins when your issue isn't high up the new government agenda
- writing to new ministers - inviting to events asking for meetings
- What we can expect from campaigning under the new govt!
- Once you get a meeting with an MP or Minister - how do you keep them engaged after that (as a small charity)
- How we can engage this new Labour government to bring about positive change.
- Seeing how industry can best engage with the new Govt
- How can we effectively pivot our comms/actions from the old to a brand new Government?
- Is it better to be engaging multiple ministers who have relevance to your charitable remit, or to focus on the most obvious one
- Strategies for influencing new gov. Insider perspective from the new gov.
- Any insights about lobbying the government.
If you have something to say about any of these topics or wish to learn about them, join us for a group discussion on them.
Cheers,
Duane
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Duane Raymond
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