A steadying comfort in the hellish first week of the Trump administration has been the strength and diversity of the resistance against him. We’re seeing well prepared, well organised groups rolling into action and fighting on many fronts – protests, boycotts, legal challenges, pressure on politicians (both in the US and overseas). It’s a huge […]
Too often digital campaigns (fundraising, advocacy and awareness ones alike) are rushed into, with organisations plunging straight into planning and execution without doing some essential thinking and questioning first. This piece by Econsultancy on ‘The Critical Question’ to ask is aimed at agencies working with clients, but the advice they give is just as relevant […]
Melissa Ryan is a US-based tech and politics expert; she has recently started a newsletter called Ctrl Alt Right Delete which is devoted to understanding how the far right operates online, and developing strategies to fight back. I really admire the approach Ryan is taking; she’s exploring, researching, asking questions and inviting feedback, rather than […]
In the collection of approximately 74 million templates, white papers, how to guides, and toolkits that I have found on the web and hoarded over the years, one of the top five most useful is the Non-Profit Communications Grid, originally created by Carol Goglia. This very simple and intuitive method enables you to create a grid-based calendar for your communications plan, […]
Stop Funding Hate is a new grassroots campaign in the UK that is already making a significant impact. Their theory of change is pretty straightforward: certain UK newspapers with powerful proprietors lie about and demonise immigrants and refugees the Press Complaints Commission is powerless to stop them and politicians are either scared to or don’t care […]
Beautiful Trouble is a project by an international network of artist-activists, with the stated mission of making grassroots movements more creative and effective. They have a fantastic resource on their website – an A-Z of Tactics. How is this relevant to digital? Well the kind of disruptive stunts that Beautiful Trouble devise are more effective […]