Evidence to Influence: Researching & Writing Public Policy
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ABOUT | Evidence to Influence: Researching & Writing Public Policy
Especially with the rise of AI, the ability to conduct and leverage high-quality, impactful research is essential to success. Whether you work in journalism, fundraising, campaigns, policy roles, or many others industries, conducting and presenting impactful research helps set you apart and achieve your professional goals.
This course will teach you the foundational elements of doing impactful research, including how to:
- Work with and present data
- Analyze and assess sources
- Write clearly about research
- Develop clear and persuasive arguments
- Leverage AI in your research
This course is ideal for:
- Aspiring policy and think tank professionals who rely on research for everything they do
- Communications professionals who need research for all mediums
- Campaign professionals looking to support a candidate and their perspective
- Fundraisers seeking to connect with donors
- Individuals wanting to master the foundational elements of research
This is a virtual training held via Zoom. This training is live-only and is not recorded.
Contact Us
For questions or for more information, contact Essie Pascoe at eostrowski@leadershipinstitute.org.
Event Speakers
Joshua Bandoch
About Your Faculty
Josh Bandoch is Senior Vice President of Policy Research at FREOPP. He’s deeply passionate about fighting poverty and expanding opportunity for our low-income neighbors.
Josh has written reports on a wide range of poverty and opportunity issues, such as on a career-first education system, occupational licensing, housing affordability, and social mobility. His work has been published in National Review, RealClearPolitics, RealClearPolicy, Chicago Sun-Times, and the Washington Examiner, and he has appeared on Fox Business.
Prior to joining FREOPP, Josh was Head of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, and a Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Josh was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a strategic communications consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a speechwriter for senior government officials.
Josh is an internationally recognized persuasion expert. His book, How to Get What You Want: Mastering the Art and Science of Persuasion, was ranked the #1 new book on negotiation on Amazon and is being translated into Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Josh was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.