Welcome to Influence Builders
We help global teams master the skills of tomorrow with workshops, webinars and resources on AI for public affairs and communications.
Influence Builders started when we realised something was missing: practical training for public affairs, corporate affairs and policy communication teams around the world.
Instead of waiting for such workshops to appear, we built them ourselves. Our workshops have now helped 2500+ professionals in the US, Europe and Asia rethink how they work, set clearer priorities and use tools like AI to communicate and engage more effectively.
What organisations achieve with us
After our sessions, teams walk away with:
Clear priorities on how to use AI in their work
Greater impact and effectiveness with AI
Better alignment across teams and stakeholders
Practical ways to use AI to save time and improve output
More focus on impact rather than constant busyness
What we do
We run practical AI training sessions tailored to the specific needs of public affairs, government affairs and policy communications teams, helping them use AI tools to support research, drafting, stakeholder management and daily workflows.
Our sessions move beyond basic prompting and focus on how AI can genuinely save time, improve analysis and support better strategic decisions.
Through hands-on exercises built around real policy and communication scenarios, teams learn how to integrate AI responsibly into their work while keeping human judgement, credibility and expertise at the centre.
Our approach
Our sessions are designed to be practical, collaborative and directly applicable to daily work.
We avoid generic training formats and focus on helping teams solve real challenges together.
Practical first: Participants leave with tools and decisions they can apply immediately.
Collaborative learning: Workshops rely on discussion, exercises and shared experience, not lectures.
Flexibility and customization: Each organisation faces unique constraints, so sessions adapt to real needs and case studies that are relevant for you.
Management
András Baneth
Director of the Academy
András is an author, entrepreneur, and online communication expert. András also has a solid knowledge of EU institutions from his extensive experience at the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Jacques Foul
AI & Communications Trainer
Jacques Foul is communications consultant specialising in helping policy communications teams upgrade their online communications with more effective strategies, AI and thought leadership. He has worked over 8 years in digital public affairs working with EU institutions, NGOs and trade associations and his work has been mentioned by LinkedIn News, The New York Times and the HuffPost.