The Lobster blog
Product updates, compliance guidance, and thinking on the craft of public affairs.
Lobster now speaks MCP: connect the AI assistant you already use to handle routine public-affairs record-keeping while you focus on the real work.
Read moreLobster’s bulk transfer feature makes biannual Transparency Register reporting faster, easier and more reliable.
Read moreHow smart organisations use Lobster to automate Transparency Register reporting, saving time and ensuring compliance.
Read moreA simple twice-yearly maintenance routine, powered by Lobster’s GDPR tools, keeps your political stakeholder data compliant.
Read moreThe CSRD’s ESRS G1-5 disclosure requires structured reporting of lobbying activity — here’s how Lobster helps you prepare.
Read moreLobster’s new summary report gives you a clear overview of where your lobbying has been directed and who you’ve met.
Read moreSuomiAreena 2024 meets Finland’s new Transparency Register law, and Lobster’s Quick Report makes compliance effortless.
Read moreFinland’s statutory transparency register arrives in 2024 — here’s how your organisation can prepare with Lobster.
Read moreLobster now lets you pin news, tweets and links to project timelines, giving your team a full picture of what’s happening.
Read moreBring political monitoring into the digital era and let Lobster automatically track the stakeholders, news and topics relevant to your work.
Read moreHow Lobster’s Update Comments keep your team informed about the progress being made on your lobbying work.
Read moreNow that your organisation uses Lobster, here are ten ways it makes public affairs work faster, better coordinated and easier to report.
Read moreKnow your GDPR footprint and keep stakeholder data compliant with the new Lobster GDPR Audit feature.
Read moreA forgotten, outdated stakeholder list is a real GDPR risk, here are best practices to protect your organisation.
Read moreResearch shows that successful public affairs campaigns are planned, measured and data-driven, not improvised.
Read moreLobster's stakeholder profiles gather all the relevant, up-to-date information on politicians and officials in one package.
Read moreLobster's Twitter integration tracks the tweets of political stakeholders so you never miss an opportunity for conversation.
Read moreMeet Lobster's new and improved reports that give you the big picture of your organisation's stakeholder activities.
Read moreLobster now lets you export any action to your own or shared company calendar at the push of a button.
Read moreA tour of the user interface improvements shipped with the project goals release, from cleaner tabs to inline editing.
Read moreAn overview of Lobster's quick and extended search, powerful filters, and multipick tools for finding and acting on any data.
Read moreHow to add organisations to a project in Lobster using the ready-made organisation database and the Organisation Picker.
Read moreA step-by-step guide to the four ways you can add stakeholders to a project in Lobster, including the Stakeholder Picker.
Read moreHow to add and visualise connections between stakeholders in Lobster, including assistants and political advisers.
Read moreHow to connect a stakeholder to one or more organisations in Lobster and set their current and primary positions.
Read moreA step-by-step guide to adding a new stakeholder in Lobster, from name and contact details to description and CV.
Read moreActions are the stakeholder meetings and events at the core of lobbying work in Lobster — learn how to create one.
Read moreTODOs help your team plan and delegate project tasks in Lobster — learn how to create one and work with it.
Read moreProjects are where lobbying work happens in Lobster — learn what a project is and how to create one under a theme.
Read moreThemes are broad strategic lobbying goals in Lobster — learn what they are and how to create your first one.
Read moreThemes, Projects, TODOs and Actions form the backbone of Lobster's lobbying process — here's how the four building blocks fit together.
Read moreA refreshed Lobster timeline gives a clearer overview of actions, events and TODOs across themes, projects, stakeholders and organisations.
Read moreHow Lobster's Master Data organises governmental and non-governmental bodies, their sub-organisations and the stakeholders attached to them.
Read moreLobster's up-to-date Master Data package gives ready-made profiles of MEPs, ministers, commissioners and officials so you can focus on advocacy.
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