The MobLab Dispatch is a round-up of the most thought-provoking stories, resources, opportunities and discussions about changemaking in today’s networked world. Click here to sign up, and read past editions below.
2024
There Is No Neat Ending. [8 November 2024]
Reimagining Leftist Coalitions, Alliances, and Economy. [10 July 2024]
2020
This is a reckoning for the social justice sector. [9 July 2020]
Young organisers are shifting power. [30 June 2020]
Structural change is never granted – it’s forced. [11 June 2020]
Social justice > social distance. [19 March 2020]
Becoming accountable to the people you serve [4 March 2020]
2019
Special Dispatch: Top stories of 2019 [18 December 2019]
Does categorisation limit campaign creativity and innovation? ?[18 November 2019]
Harnessing the waves of attention [21 October 2019]
Radical acceptance and campaign design [3 October 2019]
We must ask ourselves: How are we adding value? [29 August 2019]
Warspeak, card decks and measuring complexity [8 August 2019]
TL;DR: We have to build power—externally and internally [26 July 2019]
The merits of thinking big and being bored [11 July 2019]
Serious games, travelling truth seekers and leaderful movements [27 June 2019]
No one has a monopoly on expertise or creativity [13 June 2019]
The sights, sounds and flavours of social change [30 May 2019]
Do we have the courage to listen, innovate and be vulnerable? [16 May 2019]
Science fiction, singing and social nudges [2 May 2019]
Campaign with humility, collaborate like ants, observe like Sherlock Holmes [18 April 2019]
Nonprofits must change themselves to change the world [4 April 2019]
Coffee, catharsis and community-driven change [14 March 2019]
Pigeons, positive communications and playgrounds [28 February 2019]
Here comes the sun (and a whole lot of people power) [14 February 2019]
Hear that? It’s the sound of people power [31 January 2019]
2018
‘Tis the season for resistance [22 November 2018]
Social change is a long-term game [8 November 2018]
The power of paper, poetry and Pokémon Go [25 October 2018]
Women on the front lines of change [9 October 2018]
A satirist and a strongman walk into a Facebook group… [20 September 2018]
Your campaign? It’s a cultural thing. [6 September 2018]
Lobster emojis and Ivory Lane [23 August 2018]
Dreamers, realists and spoilers [7 August 2018]
Time for a #Raveolution [24 July 2018]
Dreaming big. Moving fast. [9 July 2018]
We lose when we get quiet. Here’s how we make noise! [20 June 2018]
Switching. Self-care. Satire. [7 June 2018]
Slow down. Ask the right questions. [22 May 2018]
Learning from Space Cats [9 May 2018]
Blueprint it [26 April 2018]
Troll patrol [11 April 2018]
New power [3 April 2018]
Let’s play a game [15 March 2018]
“You have to be organized” [1 March 2018]
Time for blockchainge? [15 February 2018]
Voice-searching for change [31 January 2018]
Too many cooks in the coalition? [16 January 2018]
2017
What just happened? [21 December 2017]
More mobile. More access. More wins? [6 December 2017]
What’s working. What’s not. [16 November 2017]
Light it up [25 October 2017]
ChangeMakers [12 October 2017]
Where hip hop powers change [21 September 2017]
Digital dissidence. Disconnected. [7 September 2017]
Go (FB) Live. Build movements. [24 August 2017]
Stayin’ Alive [3 August 2017]
Blind dates for change [19 July 2017]
All the networked ladies [7 July 2017]
Microdots, Campaign Bots and Dragonspies [20 June 2017]
Testing, tracking and trolling [1 June 2017]
Protest fatigue? I don’t think so. [15 May 2017]
This email isn’t persuading you (or is it?) [2 May 2017]
Can bots change how we make change? [11 April 2017]
Campaigning in the age of (dis)information [28 March 2017]
Mapping, Texting and GitHubbing the resistance [20 March 2017]
Protests from nowhere [7 March 2017]
Crowdsourcing the resistance [2 February 2017]
Should we #BuyTwitter? [17 January 2017]
2016
Beyond the First Click [20 December 2016]
Social and Security [6 December 2016]
Checking In [14 November 2016]
Maps, Monitoring, Money [20 October 2016]
Big Asks. Big Results. [11 October 2016]
Beautiful Campaigns [29 September 2016]
Creativity and Campaign Tech [15 September 2016]
Empires, orphans and empathy machines [1 September 2016]
It’s time for visionary organising [18 August 2016]
Good disobedience [4 August 2016]
Democratising direct action [14 July 2016]
What do campaigners need to stay sharp, scale impact? [30 June 2016]
Locations, livestreams, lessons [9 June 2016]
The biggest global direct action we’ve ever seen [15 May 2016]
Organisers and amplifiers, movement dynamite and advocacy’s digital divide [30 April 2016]
Science of changing minds; Winning internet freedom in India; Adaptable campaigning for the worst conditions [14 April 2016]
What’s Big Organising? Tribes, flocks and single servings; How can we help you change the world? [29 March 2016]
Democratising direct action; Serial online activists play key roles on the ground; Why movement branding matters [15 March 2016]
Bushmen beat robots; People-powered presidential campaign; Activism collides with shrinking protest space [1 March 2016]
Popular protest at all time high; Mapping morality police; America’s digital Bern [19 February 2016]
A climate movement force multiplier; High stakes activism in Mexico; Taking on harassment with Heartmob [4 February 2016]
Govs hacking activists; Tech and activism partnerships shaping a nation; Reframing civil rights movements [28 January 2016]
Get the Mobilisation Cookbook; When sensors are everywhere; 2015’s people-powered stories [13 January 2016]
2015
How Mod is your Mob? Why pills (not bombs) create real change; Investing in place-based people power [17 December 2015]
Protests go viral in no time flat; Rickrolling ISIS; Citizen science + open data = toad trackers (and safer frackers?) [24 November 2015]
10 Ways People Power Can Change the World = A new resource for campaigners [18 November 2015]
Olives are mightier than coal; How social shapes #BlackLivesMatter network; Insurgents and institutions [5 November 2015]
New ways to give local campaigns global impact; Crowdfunding campaign shames a nation; Asia’s network-powered activism [20 October 2015]
Government trolls; Crowdsourcing corporate cheats; A campaign leaves social media [9 October 2015]
A campaigner’s open manifesto; Shell abandons the Arctic because people; Potholes and public shaming [1 October 2015]