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The best piece of advice I ever ignored
She said a strange thing. At least, to the arrogant teenager I was then, it sounded odd: "You will learn just as much from each other as you will from me, so make sure you keep coming in to the studio." Nonsense, I thought. You have so much more experience and we are all just starting. How can you say that?
How I (and my staff) benefited from the Campaigning Forum event
"When staff went to their first event they’d come back awed by what others were doing, anxious but determined to try things out. From the second event they’d come back comfortable they understood their job. At event three they would be presenting, proud, full of confidence and at the cutting edge of the sector. "
Making the case for joining the Campaigning Forum event
The benefits of participating in the Campaigning Forum event far outweigh the time and costs involved. Return participants know that, you know that – and your boss is about to be convinced, too.
How to make the most of Campaigning Forum events
For those of you returning, interested (or even sceptical) in joining the 2019 Campaigning Forum, there are tangible ways you can plan to get the most out of participating regardless of whether it is your first time or your 18th. Here is what you can do to make ECF events work for your needs every time.
Funding eCampaigning in Kenya
Tonee Ndungu shared with the 2009 eCampaigning Forum how he and his team are engaging and educating youth in Kenya. Now he is back in Kenya and asked for advice to get funding to continue the work - and Patrick of Action Medical Research took up his call and 19 hours later...
64ForSuu.org: Launching a New Campaign in 6 Days
Campaigning has never been an activity with long lead-times. Yet the 64ForSuu.org campaign site in support of Burma's illegally imprisoned democratically elected leader - Aung San Suu Kyi - was pulled together in just 6 days.
Benchmarking: What is it?
Benchmarking is comparing similar activities. Yet many confuse it with evaluating. Here I hope to clarify it before the 2009 eCampaigning Review is launched on 13 Oct 2009.
Split-Testing: Are yours statistically valid?
Split-testing campaigning emailings (and on web pages) is growing as organisations' e-campaigning starts to become more sophisticated. Yet ensuring each split-test is statistically valid is critical.
Top Four Essentials of eCampaigning
eCampaigning is increasingly critical to the success of campaigning (aka advocacy). For those organisations just starting campaigning via interactive media, this post should help you understand what is and is not essential.
A privacy statement in video
The 2008 Christian Aid Week signup uses video to reassure potential supporters of why signing up for email updates is important and how they will protect it. Much more interesting than reading a privacy policy!
Behind the scenes of the redesign
I have just launched FairSay re-designed website. In doing so, I tried to apply all the relevant e-campaigning best practices and thought others (you) might be interested in what went on behind the scenes.
eCampaigning training series launched
The long awaited eCampaigning training series is finally here. From what I can tell, it is the most comprehensive eCampaigning training series anywhere.
In My Name launch
In My Name is a new global public campaign by GCAP leading up the the annual "Stand Up Speak Out" day of action to end poverty.
Donating IS a campaigning action
The success of a campaign by the British Humanist Association demonstrates that donating can be a highly successful campaigning action: a way for people to make a political statement by funding a campaign action.
Obama's Win and the Power of Networking
Barak Obama won of the US presidency due to a number of factors. Many attribute his campaign's use of the Internet as one of these factors. Yet it was not the Internet that helped him win: it was networking.
Planning for Success: Change.gov
Immediately after Obama won the US presidential election, the Change.gov site went up. In addition to a brilliant idea that supports Obama's platform, it demonstrates what all campaigning organisation should do: plan and prepare for success.
What will help YOU through 2009?
Recession. Budget cuts. Redundancies. I'm hearing about lots of turmoil in campaigning organisations. The irony of the times is that the worse the economy gets the MORE campaigning is needed. So with all that is going on, what e-campaigning support do YOU need in 2009?
Significant Trends in 2006 (Part 1)
Campaigning Review Part I: Two significant milestones were achieved in 2006: the campaigning space became more crowded and the Internet became mainstream. This has implications for anyone campaigning online or offline, so 2007 should be an interesting year.
Significant Events in 2006 (Part 2)
Campaigning Review Part II: Planned and unplanned events in 2006 kept campaigners busy. The implications of some 2006 events will also continue to keep campaigners busy for 2007. This is a look back at what relevant events happened in 2006 that campaigners can learn from or just reminisce about.
Key Campaigning Gaps in 2006 (Part 3)
Campaigning Review Part III: Working regularly with a number of major campaigning organisations and coalitions means I get to see which issues arise again and again. Here are the campaigning gaps for 2006 - although many have existed for years. Maybe by pointing them out, improvements can be made and I can make a new list for 2007 :-)
