Meeting coaching
You’ve got your policy ask, you’re scheduling a meeting with government. You need to make the most of it.
You don’t need a lobbyist. You need a coach and a plan.
What good preparation changes:
Take charge of the conversation
The leaders you're meeting have prepared notes and preset messages. Without your own plan, you're reacting to their agenda.
We've been on the other side of the table. We know how officials see advocates, and how to shift preconceptions before they harden into positions.
Anticipate their perspective
Anticipating hard questions makes your policy positions clearer and more practical.
Sharpen your ask
Advocates who are prepared can relax and be authentic.
Build relationships that last
What you get
1. Intake
Submit a quick intake form, and we’ll be in touch within 1-2 business days to ask clarifying questions or else get started on working together.
From there, we’ll schedule an intake meeting at your earliest convenience.
This meeting will focus on your goals, experience level, and where your current government advocacy work feels stuck or challenging.
We review your outreach plans, meeting materials, advocacy positions, and any relevant history with the files and decision-makers you're targeting.
2. Plan assessment and tailored tactics
Written plan assessment: strengths, weaknesses, and specific actions to strengthen your approach.
Advice and insight on how your audience is likely to view your organization — including what they won't understand unless you tell them.
Tactical advice on how to use meeting structure, tone, and style of communications to build relationships and make your recommendations memorable and actionable.
A live prep session practising key messages, anticipating questions, and rehearsing how to navigate the room.
Available for individuals or teams, calibrated to your group's experience and the stakes of the meetings ahead.
Built for real dialogue, meaning you leave ready for a genuine conversation, not just talking points.
3. Coaching session
Who is this for?
Organizations expanding their public policy reach beyond their usual government partners
Organizations early in building a direct-to-government advocacy practice, with a public policy goal in mind
Organizations seeing diminishing returns on existing GR or lobbying activity
Non-profits, associations, and businesses with a policy stake — but no dedicated GR team
Get started
Investment:
$2,500
What's included:
Intake meeting
Plan assessment brief
Virtual coaching session
The right plan makes you
your own best advocate.
Springboard Policy works with non-profits, associations, and businesses who want to advocate effectively for positive public policy change, without hiring a full-time lobbyist. We bring the expertise; you bring the cause.