1 August 2019 ‘Successfully working in a movement means recognising your strengths and weaknesses’ Mozilla's Brandi Geurkink and Jon Lloyd reflect on the campaign to hold Google and Facebook accountable to their promises for political ad transparency. by Lauren L. Finch
24 July 2019 How ActionStation trains an army of keyboard warriors to promote love over hate The New Zealand-based community campaigning organisation is building people power in an iterative and narrative-savvy way. by Laura O’Connell Rapira and Ann Cloet
19 July 2019 What makes a brilliant advocacy strategy? "Who can give us what we want?" and "why haven't they given it to us yet?" are some of the big questions that campaigners need to examine, says Save the Children's Kirsty McNeill. by Kirsty McNeill
11 July 2019 How Fine Acts is bridging the arts and advocacy worlds to build a free vault of campaign visuals “When done well, visual content shows, rather than tells, and goes straight to one’s heart,” says Svetla Baeva, Fine Acts Campaigns Director. by Lauren L. Finch
3 July 2019 #KeepItOn campaign’s ‘shutdown stories’ offer a lesson in listening, adapting and participation After the campaign's launch, Access Now saw that those affected by internet blackouts were interested in contributing their personal stories. So, the organisation created a way to do so. by Amy Fallon
19 June 2019 Why coalition building isn’t about the coalition: Listening, leading, and making change happen Nick Martlew, Strategy Director at Digital Action and author of the Creative Coalitions handbook, talks to Future Advocacy CEO Olly Buston about the key elements of building a powerful coalition. by Nick Martlew
28 May 2019 How ‘networks beyond the network’ helped L’Associació de Drets Sexuals i Reproductius build an influential Twitter campaign Their campaign put the public financing of ultra-conservative groups in Catalonia on the political agenda, even though their accounts didn't have many followers at the time. by Rodrigo Barahona and Natalia Pereira (Oxfam Intermón) and Almudena Rodríguez and Ainhoa Yll Subirà (L’Associació)
16 May 2019 How a cross-issue coalition worked together to create a hopeful vision of Europe Practical tips from Laura Hieber and "Europe We Want" for working in coalition on a narrative framing project. by Rhiannon Roberts
10 May 2019 Protecting civic space requires courage—and lots of it One main takeaway of International Civil Society Week? Advocacy campaigners need to bravely and boldly self-reflect, experiment, open up and let go. by Lauren L. Finch