AptStart Services
Advocacy and Government Relations
Government Relations Strategy
Developing your government relations plan, outlining key issues, stakeholders and engagement plans.
Advocacy & Lobbying
Directly engaging politicians, staff and public service leaders to advocate for public policy change.
Political Awareness
Keeping you up-to-date with policy, regulation and legislation changes, and helping you understand the impact on your business.
Crisis Management
Handling the advocacy around any crises which may arise to inform, educate and engage stakeholders.
Public Policy
Drafting your public policy position statements and election platforms.
Compliance Review
Helping you understand legislation and your business’s compliance.
Grant & Tender Submissions
Drafting your grant or tender submissions to partner with government.
Inquiry Submissions
Writing submissions to government inquiries to ensure your voice is heard on relevant issues.
Inquiry Coaching
Training and coaching you for appearances you may need to make before committees.
Communications, Media and Public Affairs
Communications Planning
Developing a plan to manage your communication activities and goals.
National Spokesperson
Acting as media and social media spokesperson for your organisation.
Crisis Management
Handling a one-off, urgent PR crisis to help you respond to media and social media queries, and customer related comms to minimise the impact of bad PR.
Media & Social Media Management
Managing your media inquiries, monitoring and engagement to boost your positive PR and minimise or eliminate your bad PR, and developing a social media strategy, content and engagement plan.
Media Training & Public Speaking Training
Teaching you how to respond to media and building your public speaking skills.
Content Creation
Creating blog posts, scripts, feature articles, ad campaigns, opinion pieces, social media posts to put out to the public.
Stakeholder Engagement
Helping you build local networks to promote your business and build your brand.
Event Coordination
Managing and planning your events and business showcases or conferences.
Master of Ceremonies
Acting as MC at your events, conferences and dinners to ensure they flow smoothly and professionally.
Business Planning
Putting the details on paper to help you stay focused and working towards your goals.
Company Secretarial
Coordinating meetings, handling minutes, managing paperwork with government agencies, reviewing constitutions and governance.
Policy Development
Developing new policies and reviewing existing policies to make sure they align with your business’s needs.
Website Design & Setup
Every business needs a good website and we can build yours for you and, if required, manage it going forward.
Creative Writing
Screenplay Rights
I currently have three screenplays The Meditation Room, While Noah Slept and Shaw Vengeance which are available for production. Future screenplays will also be made available here. Check them out on the Projects page.
Novel Rights
My published novels and future works are available for adaptation and further publication. Check them out on the Projects page.
Ghostwriting
Writing your memoirs or biography, helping you finish your novel or creating content on your behalf.
Co-Writing and Collaboration
Working together to create, finish, publish and/or sell a fiction or non-fiction project.
Adaptations
Converting your work into a novel or screenplay.
Content Creation
Creating blog posts, scripts, feature articles, ad campaigns, opinion pieces, social media posts and more to put out to the public.
This isn’t an exhaustive list and we’re happy to work with you to consider other options.
If there is something on the list or something missing which you need, please get in touch and we can discuss a bespoke package to meet your advocacy, communications or creative writing needs.