Any of you who’ve ever worked on campaigns know that online action has to link up with offline action – or it just becomes ‘clicktivism’. There’s a huge amount of energy around the Yes Equality campaign for the upcoming Marriage Referendum but there’s also a risk of people wasting time having unproductive arguments on social … Read more
The Fairsay Ecampaigning Forum in Oxford is an annual conference that gathers digital activists from all over the world. It’s always a highlight of my working year – because of the great speakers, and the incredibly passionate and knowledgeable community of attendees. Plus using the Open Space method for organising workshops means that the agenda … Read more
Glyn Thomas, from the Digital Charity Lab expert panel, also works with international digital agency more onion – and Glyn and the other geniuses over there have put together this excellent guide with 13 Top Tips on how to optimise your online action. The guide is free (you just need to provide your email address), … Read more
The National Autistic Society in the UK recently released this beautiful series of digital stories about the reality of living with autism. What I love about this series is that they have done a really wonderful job of starting with the close-up, detailed and authentic personal stories and then seamlessly linked them to a wider … Read more
If you’re with a charity that wants to start exploring online activism, this Info-Activism How To Guide from the geniuses at Tactical Tech is the perfect place to start. Beautifully designed, it runs through the basics, such as framing your message, to a rundown of different tactics, to a library of tools that you can … Read more
Veteran fundraiser Mark Phillips proposes an interesting activity for early next year – contact your donors and find out what Christmas means to them. “As soon as you get back to work in the New Year, start to learn about what Christmas really means to your donors and find out what they feel it lacks. … Read more