"The pathway to securing change through advocacy may not be very clear - mainly because you don’t have control over those you are seeking to influence or the political processes through which they operate. So it’s good to develop a strategy that can act as a kind of `road map’. The development ... of a strategy will also help ensure that members of your coalition or organisation and those affected by the issue are following the same map! Sometimes advocates waste time reacting to political events that may be only tangentially connected to the change they are trying to secure. The development of a strategy will help ensure that those involved are proactive and strategic, rather than just reactive." (Page 7) more