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Added May 30, 2013:
Sean Moore: Where Am I Skating Towards? Effective Public Engagement

Click here to read Sean Moore's individual essay from the collection, What are you skating towards in 2012?  from Al Etmanski's website.

Added April 3, 2013:
How to Advocate for Care: Part 1

Click here to read a great summary of a workshop done by Donna Thomson on advocating for caregiving and homecare.  

Donna Thomson's article is the first part in a series aimed at getting people to think a little differently about how to advocate, specifically for those interested in homecare and caregiving.

Added October 24, 2012:
The Drafter's Guide to Memoranda to Cabinet

This is a large pdf (3.5 mb, 72 pages) containing The Drafter's Guide to Memoranda to Cabinet, which was prepared several years ago by the Privy Council Office of the Government of Canada. It is prefaced by a short introductory memo from me in my previous incarnation as a Partner / Public Policy Advisor at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

As noted, the format of an MC (memorandum to cabinet) can be a useful means of communicating ideas to government.

Advocacy School instructor Phil Nicholson provides a half-day or full-day workshop on preparing such material. It can be an excellent tool in helping an organization think through the details of complex proposals to government and how it might best be presented to decision-makers.

Click here to open or download the PDF (3.5mb)

Added October 24, 2012:
Improving the Non-Profit, Voluntary and Charitable Sector’s Effectiveness in Influencing Decisions of Government

Improving the Non-Profit, Voluntary and Charitable Sector’s Effectiveness in Influencing Decisions of Government
A Discussion Paper by Sean Moore for the Muttart Foundation, September 2006

Click here to open or download the PDF (0.6mb)

Added October 24, 2012:
The Philanthropist Magazine

Can Public Policy Advocacy be Taught? Or Learned?

In this article, Advocacy School Prinicpal, Sean Moore, makes the case for the need for more expertise in influencing public policy from the charitable and not-for-profit sector and suggests how this may be obtained. Click the link above to read the story on The Philanthropist's website.