Advocacy campaigns rarely fail for lack of passion; they fail because decision makers are not persuaded by the evidence put in front of them, or because teams cannot show what changed. Five days equip advocacy and partnership teams to turn raw data into arguments that move ministries, donors, legislators and coalition partners. You work with open datasets, programme records and survey results to find the story that supports a policy ask, then present it through clear charts, policy briefs and short data notes.
Sessions cover stakeholder and power mapping, network analysis of partners, policy tracking, media and social listening, and outcome harvesting to capture influence that is hard to count. You build dashboards in Excel and Power BI, and design indicators that show whether a campaign or a partnership is delivering. Advocacy officers, policy analysts, communications leads, partnership managers and monitoring staff in NGOs, think tanks, coalitions and public agencies will find the material directly usable. Delivered in classroom, online or in-house formats with a CPD-accredited certificate, the programme leaves you able to produce an evidence brief and an influence tracking dashboard for a live campaign.
Governments, funders and private partners now expect organisations that lobby for change to prove their case with numbers as well as stories. At the same time, advocacy teams are often swamped with data from programmes, surveys, media and social platforms but lack the methods to turn it into a clear argument or to show whether their effort altered a decision. The result is campaigns that are hard to defend at budget time and partnerships that are valued on goodwill alone.
Participants in this programme work through the full evidence cycle for advocacy. It starts with defining a policy ask and the decision makers who hold it, then moves to sourcing and cleaning data, analysing it for patterns that matter, and visualising results for non-technical audiences. Later sessions cover tracking policy change, using outcome harvesting and contribution analysis to describe influence, and building indicators for partnerships such as joint delivery, resource leverage and coalition health. Ethical handling of data, consent and the risks of exposing partners are discussed throughout.
Teaching is practical. Participants work in Excel and Power BI on realistic case data, produce draft evidence briefs, and finish with a tracking framework and an action plan for their own advocacy portfolio.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
The programme treats data as a working tool for campaigns, so most time is spent on application. Delivery includes:
Day 1: Evidence Foundations for Advocacy
Day 2: Sourcing, Cleaning and Analysing Data
Day 3: Stakeholder, Power and Network Analysis
Day 4: Communicating Data and Tracking Influence
Day 5: Partnership Analytics and Action Planning
The programme suits professionals who build arguments, manage relationships or report on influence, including:
Participants who attend the sessions and complete the practical exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy, a record of skills they can add to their professional portfolio.
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By the end of the Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships programme, you'll be able to frame a policy ask as a clear, testable evidence question, source, clean and combine public and programme data to support an advocacy argument, map stakeholders and power relationships using influence and interest analysis, and visualise findings in charts and dashboards that decision makers can read quickly. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme suits professionals who build arguments, manage relationships or report on influence, including: Advocacy and campaign officers in NGOs and civil society networks, Policy analysts and researchers in think tanks and public agencies, Partnership and resource mobilisation managers, Communications and public affairs specialists, Monitoring, evaluation and learning officers supporting advocacy portfolios, Government liaison and parliamentary relations staff, Programme managers in development agencies and foundations, and Coalition and network secretariat coordinators.
Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Data and Analytics for Advocacy, Policy Influence & Partnerships Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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