MobLab Team Recent stories by MobLab Team 20 October 2023 This is a global mass movement against genocide A genocide on our watch is a global collective responsibility and moral failure. by MobLab Team 8 November 2021 MobLab is back! Over the past year, our team has been working behind the scenes to set up the Collective and continue supporting the sector. Today, we are proud to officially launch as the MobLab Collective! by MobLab Team 18 June 2020 Dispatch 153: Structural change is never granted – it’s forced. Racial justice, direct action tactics, and the work that lies ahead. by MobLab Team All stories by MobLab Team 20 October 2023 This is a global mass movement against genocide 8 November 2021 MobLab is back! 18 June 2020 Dispatch 153: Structural change is never granted – it’s forced. 27 March 2020 We need creative campaigning more than ever during the coronavirus crisis 18 February 2020 How are we Measuring People Power in 2020+, and where do we go from here? 19 December 2019 Top Stories of 2019 22 January 2019 What we learned from listening to the MobLab network 18 December 2018 The most thought-provoking campaigning reads of 2018 10 November 2018 How civil societies in Brazil, India and the US are resisting growing authoritarianism 9 October 2018 Building effective movements for change through distributed organising 5 September 2018 From hashtags to hip hop, the hows and whys of cultural campaigning 3 August 2018 Beyond the hype: Making sense of blockchain for social change 5 June 2018 Why self-care and collective wellbeing are critical to winning change 27 May 2018 Building muscle: How positive narratives can beat fake news 21 May 2018 How do we innovate and win when campaigning gets harder? 28 March 2018 Experimentation, automation, social recruitment: MobLab Live on new campaigning and trends 7 December 2017 Want powerful messaging? What science tells us about winning campaign narratives 2 November 2017 Confronting authoritarianism with non-violence and innovative engagement 17 October 2017 Social ties: A scalable and powerful organising resource 23 July 2016 What’s new in mobilisation technology? 28 June 2016 What do campaigners need to stay sharp, scale impact? 22 February 2016 MobLab Live: Organisations and social movements 29 December 2015 MobLab’s top stories of 2015 27 November 2015 MobLab Live: Responsive campaigns 19 October 2015 MobLab Live: Bearing witness 2.0 6 August 2015 MobLab Live: Open-source and distributed organising 14 May 2015 MobLab Live: Beyond vanity metrics 8 April 2015 MobLab Live: A people-centred approach to privacy technologies 2 March 2015 MobLab Live: Tools and trends in people-centred technologies 29 January 2015 MobLab Live: People power, grassroots leadership and 21st-century organising 12 January 2015 We field tested Google Glass – what campaigners need to know about wearables for activism 31 December 2014 14 stories for 2014: What you read and shared this year 27 October 2014 Turning one big moment into a lasting campaign 30 September 2014 Beyond clicks: What type of changemaker are you? 2 September 2014 New supporter-centric outreach model puts people first 26 August 2014 Open map project breaks mold and brings new people to campaigning 12 August 2014 How campaigners are transforming pre-internet orgs for the modern era 6 August 2014 Catching Kerry’s attention: Ocean campaigners elevate Twitter tactics 31 July 2014 Changing trends: New power, neuro-campaigning and leaderless movements 24 July 2014 Google Nest parody pushes limits of NGO tactics 16 July 2014 Internet trends for campaigners: More mobile. More data. More edges. 10 July 2014 5 lessons for success from real-world #BrandJam campaigns 8 July 2014 Grassroots-led petition site boosts Greenpeace India supporters, reach and power 1 July 2014 Online media analysis for campaigners and ‘non-digital’ staff 27 June 2014 Campaign Spotting: A new “panic button” app fights kidnapping, arrest & torture 14 June 2014 ‘No Unga Tax’ victory shows power of local social movements, new ‘missed call’ petition platform 12 June 2014 Fashion victims speak up: How the Detox campaign is changing giant company supply chains 27 May 2014 Solar Scouts badge creates incentives for youth to scale up solar 13 May 2014 We’re crash testing digital campaign tools – and here’s what we’ve found 8 May 2014 Should organizations accept bitcoin donations? 6 May 2014 ‘Climate Caravan’ lights up Cameroon through new tech + local alliances 29 April 2014 Protesters storm Guggenheim; Mexicans form human chain 27 April 2014 Nimble campaigning: How responding to the news cycle pays off 25 April 2014 How to think like the Internet: Report back from SXSWi 10 April 2014 Got enough phone juice? Citizen Node aims to keep activists connected 28 March 2014 Gamers use satellites to spot deforestation 26 March 2014 Citizen support grows #CongressOccupied in Taiwan; People-Power app launches 19 March 2014 Is the emergence of a new protest generation on our hands? 17 March 2014 Top five tips for actions that mobilise online 14 March 2014 Too much e-mail? U.K.’s Arctic 30 daily update show supporters hungry for more 5 March 2014 10 bitchin’ tips for writing irresistible web content 27 February 2014 Crowdfunding keeps kids warm in Greece – and shows the way forward 7 February 2014 Campaign Spotting: Typhoon victims lead protest, people turn to selfies to support causes 29 January 2014 Tough engineering problem tackled by ‘coopetition’ 11 January 2014 ‘Global Think Tank’ empowers staff in massive organizational moment 19 December 2013 Kiwi communities take the lead in national fight to save coastlines 16 December 2013 Campaign Spotting: Hugs for YouTube, Facebook as a translation forum 2 December 2013 Voice messages mobilise farmers amidst India drought 22 November 2013 How to organize without taking the lead 19 November 2013 Campaign spotting: Video curation tells larger eviction story, Walmart workers raise hands 14 November 2013 100 in 1 Day ripples across continents from the bottom-up 6 November 2013 Casting a wider net through podcasts 29 October 2013 Unbranded efforts changing the ‘campaign complex’ 22 October 2013 Campaign spotting: Shark coffins lead to pledges & Power Shift sparks actions 1 October 2013 Campaign spotting: Rally closes factories, cyclists mobilise for new lane 27 September 2013 Mobile radio mobilises rural grassroots via cellphones 18 September 2013 Warning: Signs create engaging photo protest opps 13 September 2013 Campaign spotting: Netizens spark thousands to protest, Instagram contest engages teens 4 September 2013 Volunteers successfully scale plastic reduction event across 12 countries 21 August 2013 Crowdsourcing contest catches creative campaign ideas 14 August 2013 Data inquiry leads to improved social media strategy 2 August 2013 Campaign spotting: Stopping destructive tin mining, website fights corruption 24 July 2013 Celebrating 1.5 million Facebook fans, Greenpeace Argentina shares lessons 20 July 2013 Campaign Bootcamp launches in the UK 19 July 2013 Mobilising with people to whom it matters the most 12 July 2013 Want more Facebook activity? Surprise them and make ’em happy 4 July 2013 Campaign spotting: A healing walk and standing still to move forward 20 June 2013 Beyond Coal hits half-way milestone 17 June 2013 Clean your email lists and see metrics surge 13 June 2013 Campaign spotting: FrontlineSMS corrals record garbage clean up 29 May 2013 Campaign spotting: Marching against Monsanto & Facebook pressured 23 May 2013 Lessons from a ‘Digi-Grass’ mobilisation 20 May 2013 E-mail open rates spike when organizers add amusing extras 14 May 2013 When mobilisation takes a life of its own 9 May 2013 Campaign spotting: Secret messaging for kids & exposing Coca Cola 29 April 2013 Facebook users convince Hungarian companies to wash GMOs from food supply 24 April 2013 Campaign spotting: Ending homelessness & global love for the Arctic 19 April 2013 How origami connects thousands of French in action 12 April 2013 Values help campaigns reach new audiences 9 April 2013 Half million ask Volkswagen not to give into . . . The Dark Side (Case Study) 19 March 2013 In Greece, crowdfunding is more than a fundraising tool 11 March 2013 Coworker.org to give deep support to mobilize workers 22 February 2013 Advocacy ‘asks’ increase click-through rates in online campaign 22 February 2013 Students drive change at Bowling Green University 15 February 2013 Thunderclap, a simple and effective fundraising tool 14 February 2013 Volunteer makes disappearing bees international issue 12 February 2013 Daily campaigning equals longer, deeper conversations 8 February 2013 Volunteer uses music to bump coal 7 February 2013 A man on a mission to mobilise 2 billion people in 4 years 6 February 2013 Blurring the boundaries: 4 creative campaigns integrating online-offline 4 February 2013 Want a creative people-powered campaign? Try crowdsourcing 28 January 2013 How Walmart workers are making change at world’s largest retailer 21 January 2013 A buzzworthy, bottom-up campaign to save the bees 16 January 2013 Q&A with SignOn: Letting the people lead 14 January 2013 How to skyrocket engagement: FB lessons from Greenpeace India 9 January 2013 Campaign creates compelling spokesperson for the Arctic: Santa 2 January 2013 Mobilisation lessons from Mexico’s trendy Toxic Tours 24 December 2012 Best of MobLab 2012 19 December 2012 Top 3 takeaways from FWD 2012: Australia’s first digital campaign conference 14 December 2012 Is the new organizing friend to friend? 12 December 2012 Ready to become an Arctic Defender? 5 December 2012 People-led campaigning platform launches in India, stops industrial dumping 4 December 2012 How a Facebook event got 600k people to switch banks 3 December 2012 Supporter journey in Hong Kong doubles engagement for Save the Arctic campaign 28 November 2012 Swiss game aims to inspire solar revolution 26 November 2012 Spark Summit explores potential for volunteer platforms 23 November 2012 Greenpeace Compass involves supporters in setting priorities 16 November 2012 Games summit taps developers’ passion for saving the planet 12 November 2012 Twitter protest hits streets in Germany 7 November 2012 How collaboration made investment treaty a national issue in Canada 6 November 2012 Middle East Facebook strategy gains 180,000 fans 2 November 2012 People power gets dairy producer to say no to GMO 31 October 2012 Engaging youth ‘Gangnam style’ 30 October 2012 Greenpeace USA empowers students to drive campus campaigns 26 October 2012 The Force of empathy in advocacy storytelling 12 October 2012 Greenpeace and the Great Transition: Global change through communication and campaigning 6 July 2012 A Polar Bear in London: Getting Arctic signatories 28 March 2012 Raiding the news cycle to raise awareness in Mexico (VIDEO) 15 March 2012 “How Big is Yours?” campaign empowers 665,000 people to protect Mediterranean fisheries (Case Study) 24 January 2012 Campaigning with People: Pascal Husting, Greenpeace Intern’l Programme Director, on mass mobilisation 12 January 2012 Creative volunteers run networks to engage citizens in policy change
20 October 2023 This is a global mass movement against genocide A genocide on our watch is a global collective responsibility and moral failure. by MobLab Team
8 November 2021 MobLab is back! Over the past year, our team has been working behind the scenes to set up the Collective and continue supporting the sector. Today, we are proud to officially launch as the MobLab Collective! by MobLab Team
18 June 2020 Dispatch 153: Structural change is never granted – it’s forced. Racial justice, direct action tactics, and the work that lies ahead. by MobLab Team
10 November 2018 How civil societies in Brazil, India and the US are resisting growing authoritarianism
28 March 2018 Experimentation, automation, social recruitment: MobLab Live on new campaigning and trends
12 January 2015 We field tested Google Glass – what campaigners need to know about wearables for activism
14 June 2014 ‘No Unga Tax’ victory shows power of local social movements, new ‘missed call’ petition platform
12 June 2014 Fashion victims speak up: How the Detox campaign is changing giant company supply chains
7 February 2014 Campaign Spotting: Typhoon victims lead protest, people turn to selfies to support causes
19 November 2013 Campaign spotting: Video curation tells larger eviction story, Walmart workers raise hands
13 September 2013 Campaign spotting: Netizens spark thousands to protest, Instagram contest engages teens
12 October 2012 Greenpeace and the Great Transition: Global change through communication and campaigning
15 March 2012 “How Big is Yours?” campaign empowers 665,000 people to protect Mediterranean fisheries (Case Study)
24 January 2012 Campaigning with People: Pascal Husting, Greenpeace Intern’l Programme Director, on mass mobilisation
