#3: The Effective Citizen with Graham Steele

Most of us have not sat in the backrooms of politics, the places where decisions are really made. But today’s guest on the Govern Yourself Accordingly podcast has. And, he’s done the rest of us a favour - especially those of us who try to have an impact on the decisions being made in our communities, states, provinces, and countries. Graham Steele is the former finance minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. In his new book, The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians work for you, he has drawn a road-map of the politician’s brain. He’s codified the thought-patterns, the behaviour, and the patterns of speech that even the best of our politicians use as crutches. He’s done this so that we (as citizens) can understand them. Beyond that, he’s taken it a step further and mapped out how citizens can use that information to be more effective at advocacy to influence policy change. He explores the big picture: how patient and persistent advocacy can have a major impact, but he also talks about the granular: like how to follow-up on a meeting with a decision maker so they’re more likely to do what they told you they’d do. Follow @steelegr on Twitter --- Share this episode using the shortlink Resources from this episode: Graham’s new book: The Effective Citizen Graham’s first book: What I learned about politics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#3: The Effective Citizen with Graham Steele is an episode from Govern Yourself Accordingly - Politics | Activism | Leadership by Springtide.

This episode is 41:55 long.

This episode was published on Dec 12, 2017.

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