What can activists do to reduce feelings of worry and anxiety? 3 art therapy exercises for mindfulness, relaxation and anxiety management.
Year: 2014
2014
Choosing your Strategic Goal
A strategic campaign goal must be clear, measurable, and focused, using resources effectively through nested goals to achieve incremental progress.
Greenpeace pressures Coca-Cola to phase out HFC refrigeration for Olympic Games in Australia 2000-2004
Greenpeace International agitated for Coca Cola to desist from HFC refrigerants prior to the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000.
Economic Messaging for Progressives: A Review of Don’t Buy it by Anat Shenker-Osorio
Don’t Buy It by Anat Shenker-Osorio is a guide to progressive messaging on the economy and economics – A book review by Joel Dignam.
How to Make Trouble and Influence People – About and Book Reviews
Information about How to Make Trouble and Influence People, including reviews of the two editions. The book offers an alternative history of Australia, chronicling how it “has progressed by a series of little rebellions”.
Case Study: Lock the Gate – Coal Seam Gas: The Ongoing Battle
This short case study shares some of the keys to success of the Lock The Gate approach – unusual alliances, non-violent direct action & more.
Ground Wars Electoral field campaigning
Joel Dignam reviews Ground Wars, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s hands-on ethnographic study of two competitive congressional campaigns in the 2008 US election. The book is a richly-detailed portrait of contemporary field campaigning.
Circles of Commitment: A Model of Engagement
This article outlines a model for thinking about the different levels of engagement of people involved in a campaign; what kinds of things people at each level can do, and what support they need to do those things; and how people can move from one level to another, aka a ‘ladder of engagement’.
Campaigning and the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
Bias can exist due to “prior knowledge” or can be created by “forewarning” of either a message’s content or its persuasive intent. 5. Attitude change that occurs via the central route lasts longer, has more influence on behaviour, and is more resistant to...
Grassroots Led Campaigns: Lessons from the new frontier of people-powered campaigning platforms and programs
Decentralised, grassroots-led digital campaigning has taken off in the last decade. This report looks at the impact these campaigns are having, what lessons we can learn from them about success, and what these new campaigns platforms mean for the future of social change.
Art, Anxiety and Activism
What can activists do to reduce feelings of worry and anxiety? 3 art therapy exercises for mindfulness, relaxation and anxiety management.
Choosing your Strategic Goal
A strategic campaign goal must be clear, measurable, and focused, using resources effectively through nested goals to achieve incremental progress.
Greenpeace pressures Coca-Cola to phase out HFC refrigeration for Olympic Games in Australia 2000-2004
Greenpeace International agitated for Coca Cola to desist from HFC refrigerants prior to the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000.
Economic Messaging for Progressives: A Review of Don’t Buy it by Anat Shenker-Osorio
Don’t Buy It by Anat Shenker-Osorio is a guide to progressive messaging on the economy and economics – A book review by Joel Dignam.
How to Make Trouble and Influence People – About and Book Reviews
Information about How to Make Trouble and Influence People, including reviews of the two editions. The book offers an alternative history of Australia, chronicling how it “has progressed by a series of little rebellions”.
Case Study: Lock the Gate – Coal Seam Gas: The Ongoing Battle
This short case study shares some of the keys to success of the Lock The Gate approach – unusual alliances, non-violent direct action & more.
Ground Wars Electoral field campaigning
Joel Dignam reviews Ground Wars, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen’s hands-on ethnographic study of two competitive congressional campaigns in the 2008 US election. The book is a richly-detailed portrait of contemporary field campaigning.
Circles of Commitment: A Model of Engagement
This article outlines a model for thinking about the different levels of engagement of people involved in a campaign; what kinds of things people at each level can do, and what support they need to do those things; and how people can move from one level to another, aka a ‘ladder of engagement’.
Campaigning and the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
Bias can exist due to “prior knowledge” or can be created by “forewarning” of either a message’s content or its persuasive intent. 5. Attitude change that occurs via the central route lasts longer, has more influence on behaviour, and is more resistant to...
Grassroots Led Campaigns: Lessons from the new frontier of people-powered campaigning platforms and programs
Decentralised, grassroots-led digital campaigning has taken off in the last decade. This report looks at the impact these campaigns are having, what lessons we can learn from them about success, and what these new campaigns platforms mean for the future of social change.