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Campaigns Resolutions for 2021
A busy end to the year to 2020, moving house, and lots (too much) happening at work meant that regular posting stopped sometime in September. But it’s a new year, so with my usual optimism I’ve set myself a new goal to get into a regular rhythm writing blog posts. So this first post for …
Innovation and trends from US Presidential election
The US Presidential election is less than 60 days away – and this post is (largely) a Trump-free zone. As the most expensive campaign in the world, with over $1bn spent in the months leading to election day, it’s always an interesting place to spot campaign innovation, with each election bringing forward new ideas and …
Learning from successful movements – some recommended reads for campaigners
Between the election, a busy period at work, and family life, blogging has slowed down towards the end of 2019 – that’s something I’ll be aiming to fix in 2020. To be honest, I didn’t find 2019 to be a classic for books for changemakers, and many of the books I’ve most enjoyed have been …
Another Election = another opportunity to spot campaign trends, tactics, and approaches
So another General Election campaign has started, and to be honest I’ve not got anything more to add to previous blogs about how campaigners can use them most effectively (you can read them here, here and here). But I do think that elections are great opportunities to be looking out for trends, tactics and approaches …
When ‘normal’ resumes what could be different for campaigners?
I’m not sure when the General Election is going to be, if we’ll leave the EU by the end of October, who’ll form the next Government. Politics is unpredictable at the moment, and like most campaigners, it can be hard to look up from preparing for the next key moment or just keeping up with …
What my tweets could tell us about the political, economic, social, technological landscape for campaigners…
Doing a PEST (political, economic, social, technological) analysis can be a great way for campaigners to look at the external landscape that they’re campaigning in – so as we head into a new year I decided to look back through the 100s of tweets I’d written in 2018 to see if there were some trends …
Updated list of training for UK Campaigners
I got lots of positive feedback on the list of training for UK based campaigners I put together last year, so I’ve updated the list to include some new courses or more information where it’s available. I hope it’s helpful if you’re looking for opportunities for personal development in 2019. A few things to note; …
More book recommendations for campaigners
If you’re a campaigner looking for some books to add to your Christmas list here of some of the recommendations of the best books that I’ve enjoyed in the second half of 2018 – and as I start I want to acknowledge that as putting this list together I’ve read too many books written by …
Help! Where should I set up my petition?
From time to time I get people asking which platform they should use to set up their campaign petition – it’s a fair request as a quick search will pull up a number of different options for a petition starter. So which do you chose? For me there are few questions to ask when deciding …
Summer Viewing – 5 great campaigning films on Netflix
It’s the summer holidays, so I’m going to take some time off from blogging – normal service will return in early September – but if you’re looking for some campaign inspiration here are 5 great campaigning films on Netflix. 1 – Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower – a brilliant film following Joshua Wong, one of the …
mrtombaker
Director of Campaigns and Organising at Save the Children, previously worked for Bond, Tearfund and Christian Aid, co-founder Campaign Bootcamp, blog about campaigning because I'm passionate about seeing more campaigns win, election geek (and recovering Labour Party activist), interested in monitoring and evaluation, this blog is all my own views. Prone to bad spelling!