Going on a fishing trip
I’ve recently been doing some work supporting a group in Kenya to develop an advocacy campaign, and I heard myself encouraging them to go on a fishing trip. What did I mean by that? Well, we had spent a lot …
Tag: future story
Change the future story
I’ve recently been working ‘in’ Sierra Leone, and I recently met up with colleagues, who urgently told me that they needed to change the future story. We’ve been working well together discussing a common approach to advocacy campaigning, and agreeing …
Developing a future story in Liberia
I recently ran a workshop session for two INGOs to help them in developing a future story in Liberia. They were looking to launch a new report as the catalyst for a new piece of advocacy around food security and …
Inspired by a future story
Over the past few months, I’ve been supporting a number of groups around the world to develop their theory of change, or future story, for their campaign. In both Tajikistan and Ukraine, I’ve been supporting coalitions of parents’ groups initially …
Confidence and Humility
Over the past few months in the advocacy training that I have been running across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, I found myself focusing on two words: confidence and humility. I found that having done an initial training in advocacy, …