New video shorts
After strong encouragement from one of my nephews, I am beginning to experiment with the use of video shorts. I have used video for a long time as a means of sharing my approach to campaigning, but I am intrigued …
Tag: campaigning
I want you to fail in your campaigning!
The ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria several years ago was the scene for me of a very powerful experience in my work trying to support people to campaign for change. I had been in this beautiful location for several …
Sanctuary in Politics
Last month, I had the pleasure again to do a few sessions at the latest Sanctuary in Politics course, this time held in Swansea. This is an incredibly special training course, run by City of Sanctuary UK, and it’s basically …
A good example of a European campaign
Last month I was in Brussels running and advocacy workshop for Eurochild with their European campaign on Early Childhood Development. I have had the good fortune to be involved with this European campaign, involving now 11 different countries, since it …
2022 – what a year!
After a very busy end to the year, I have just had the chance to review 2022 – and once again I have been amazed at the opportunities that I have had to support campaigning around the world. To give …
Campaigning with your heart and your head
I recently came back from Almaty in Kazakhstan, where I was running an advocacy campaigns workshop for parent groups across the country. It was great to have the opportunity to do this in person, despite the temperature being 36 degrees! …
Climate refugees?
Over the past few months I have been doing some work for a global organisation working to support refugees to help them think through some of the advocacy angles around the challenge of climate change. This is a really important …
Digital advocacy
The final issue which we explored at the recent Helvetas workshop in Northern Macedonia with colleagues from across the Balkans was digital advocacy campaigns. In this short video, I offer some reflections on some simple principles for effective advocacy campaigns …
Future story video
Late last year I had the good fortune to travel out to Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia to support a regional advocacy workshop run by the Swiss INGO, Helvetas. This regional network had been running for several years and was …
Impact in Honduras
Firstly, I’d like to wish all the readers of my blog a happy New Year! I can only wish that we all have a better year and that travel once again becomes a possibility for those of us who can …