Open Campaigns Camp brought together 70 campaigners pioneering technology-enabled “open campaigning” at twenty different organizations across the world to advance our collective understanding of enabling more people to initiate meaningful campaigns and campaign work.

The Mobilisation Lab, the Volunteering Lab, and our partners at Aspiration convened the Open Campaigns Camp at Betahaus Berlin from 21-23 July 2015.

Here are some highlights shared by participants:

Blog posts by participants:

Overview

Participants designed and led over 80 sessions to …

  • Advance our collective understanding of and vision for “open campaigning”
  • Identify and share insights for empowering supporters to take on campaign leadership
  • Teach one another about strategies and tactics for effective open campaigning
  • Build relationships with open campaigners across the globe

Here are a few session highlights (scroll down the page for full agenda):

Sessions and Notes

Day 1

Interactive Plenary – Spectrogram (post-it note photos) Open Campaigning: What do we know and what do we need to know?

Notes from OCC Berlin interactive plenary.

Interactive Project Showcase – SpeedGeeking

Break-Out Sessions

Ingredients of a successful community – from Open Campaigns Camp 2015.

Day 2

Participant Skill Share

  • How to identify potential leaders on your online platforms – Liselotte
  • New media network analysis for communications strategies – Sonke
  • How to create a shareworthy Facebook image in 5 minutes – Jill
  • How 38 Degrees campaigns (to win): ways of working and/or tactics – Cara
  • How magic string tricks can help you with online to offline work! – Nicole
  • How to get your Google Analytics data into a spreadsheet automatically – Glyn
  • How to do advanced admin stuff on Greenwire – Rebecca
  • How to write fiction to raise awareness about your issue – Deji
  • How to partner with for-profit companies to provide member services and raise money – Matt B.H.
  • How to build the Community Coach role – Pelle
  • How to use Brainstorming techniques – Sina
  • How to engage DD offices on campaigns/Greenwire – Dan

Knowledge Farmers Market

Afternoon Break-Out Sessions

Spotted at OCC Berlin: The power match of Open Knowledge and Open Campaigning. Via @BeatriceMartini.

Day 3

Morning Break-Out Sessions

Campaign Design Jam

Afternoon Break-Out Sessions

Mapping Where To Go From Here

Partners

Open Campaigns Camp 2015 was organised in collaboration with: