The best advocacy campaigns know that you need a number of people around the Minister to look for lateral pressure – Advisors, other MPs, the public service, the political party, and the central agencies.

Aim to make your meeting with an MP or Minister a positive and memorable experience. Spend less time on lengthy documents and more time on how you will create a unique impression, writes Neil.

Putting your best foot forward in a government or political meeting may be more complicated than you think. We step through the five categories of government stakeholders and reflect upon who is best, or worst placed to attend your upcoming meeting.

A government tender hits your desk, what do you do next? How do you best leverage relationships and engagements to help position for a competitive tender? Neil shares some advice.

The Age ran a story recently about Scott Morrison’s favourite charity getting $8.1 million in Federal funding. Neil dives into some key points from this article, and explains how you can secure funding in a similar way.

From networking to in-house experts, Neil outlines some of the options for-purpose organisations have when it comes to government engagement, and shares the pros and cons of each one.

Neil explains what caretaker means for social purpose organisations and what opportunities exist during this time.

Why it makes sense for everyone in your team to do a couple of small things around government engagement, some tips on how to bring them along on the journey.

These are five key issues management need to consider when actively seeking government funding.