Public Policy Advocacy Foundations

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Introducing our online Public Policy Advocacy Foundations course on February 3rd, 2027. This day long training equips participants to map stakeholders and power dynamics, identify the right entry point within the policy cycle for a given issue, and build a coalition strategy for a sample campaign. Through the critique of a real world advocacy campaign, participants will examine what drives success or failure in practice, before drafting their own one page advocacy pitch using the session’s framing techniques.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Map stakeholders and power dynamics for a real advocacy issue
  2. Analyze a policy issue against the relevant stage of the policy cycle to identify the right entry point for advocacy
  3. Construct a coalition-building strategy for a sample campaign
  4. Critique a real-world advocacy campaign, identifying what drove its success or failure
  5. Draft a one-page advocacy pitch applying the session’s framing techniques

Faculty

Anum Malkani

Anum Malkani

Public Affairs & Strategic Policy Advisor (former Regional Lead at Visa & Amazon Web Services)

Anum brings over a decade of experience in public affairs, policy development, and strategic advisory across Middle East and Asia Pacific.

She has held regional leadership roles at Visa (Middle East) and Amazon Web Services (Asia Pacific), where she led government engagement strategies across diverse markets, designed and executed high impact policy programs, and helped shape evolving policy and regulatory ecosystems. Earlier in her career, she worked at Microsoft and Deloitte Consulting, strengthening her foundation at the intersection of technology, policy, and business.

Anum’s thought leadership has been widely published, and she has spoken at conferences and webinars across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and AsiaPacific. Known for her ability to navigate geopolitical complexity and forge strategic alliances, she brings a distinctive combination of technical expertise, commercial insight, and diplomatic skill.

Anum holds a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College (USA) and an MBA from INSEAD (France). She is also certified in Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

Deadlines

  • Early Bird: 13 January 2027
  • Regular: 27 January 2027
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