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How to think like the Internet: Report back from SXSWi - Wearable tech, civil...
Being at South by Southwest (SXSW) is kind of like being on the Internet. When you’re not wading through vast amounts of people, information and events, you’re likely engaging in something useful or...
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Use tension and uncertainty to engage through live video streaming -...
At February’s Digital Mobilisation Skillshare, Mariana Diaz Vaccaro of Greenpeace Argentina and Nic Seton and Pete Speller of Greenpeace UK shared experience with two projects that used live streamed...
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Should organizations accept bitcoin donations? - Pathways to Education took...
Pathways to Education became the first charity in Canada to issue tax receipts for bitcoin donations in November 2013. It has since discovered the risks and rewards of doing so. “The bitcoin platform...
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Grassroots-led petition site boosts Greenpeace India supporters, reach and power
Some Greenpeace India campaigners spent the last year experimenting with a shift in their roles from running the campaign control room to providing a space for grassroots supporters to step up and...
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Google Nest parody pushes limits of NGO tactics
Grassroots activist collective draws attention to privacy issues, draws lessons for campaigners When activist duo Jean Peters and Faith Bosworth of Peng! Collective presented a spoof line of “new...
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Beyond clicks: What type of changemaker are you? - The Story of Stuff...
The Story of Stuff Project is taking the next step in its dialogue about the impacts of a consumption economy and culture: how to better engage supporters and funnel them toward higher levels of...
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Put the power to change global air quality in people’s hands - HabitatMap's...
Air quality data is a key piece of environmental policy making. Air quality measurements affect everything from local transportation rules to the global climate change debate. AirBeam is a hand-sized...
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What “new power” means for campaigners - Our take on an important new study...
From Tahrir Square to Ferguson, from Hong Kong to Istanbul, it’s no secret that powerful protests are rapidly scaling up and drawing strength from increasingly connected populations locally and...
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We field tested Google Glass – what campaigners need to know about wearables...
Thanks to Morgan Hargrave, Systems Change Coordinator at WITNESS, an international organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights, for his help with this...
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3 police-monitoring apps help build community movements - It's like having a...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri wants to catch police misconduct in the act. Last fall, they released the Mobile Justice App to film and upload incident reports of alleged police...
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How Direct Response TV scales emotional stories for a new audience - Behind...
Email response rates got you down? Online petitions not reaching new people? Looking to talk to new people that are busy at home — but may have a TV on and a phone or tablet in their hand)? Greenpeace...
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Learn how 3 years of Big Listening (and testing) may change your campaigning...
The crew of innovative campaigners and online strategists at Upwell, led by a core team of Rachel Weidinger, Ray Dearborn and Matt Fitzgerald have done their best to change how campaigns listen to, use...
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Product teams: The next wave of digital for NGOs? - The era of the re-launch...
We’ve reached a fascinating point in the evolution of technology within nonprofit and social change organisations: everyone we work with at Greenpeace and beyond seems to agree that digital has a...
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Handheld devices put livestreaming to work on campaigns - Can apps like...
Over the past month, hundreds of kayaktivists surrounded Shell’s massive Polar Pioneer drilling rig in a Seattle harbor. Scenes from Seattle were broadcast live by smartphone using the Periscope app....
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Kosovo youth set agenda (and gather data) for change - How replicable citizen...
The Republic of Kosovo has a pollution problem. During the winter, when the local lignite power plants are working over time, the air becomes visible. Particulate glistens in the streetlights,...
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The 350.org and Hollaback! approach to distributed campaigning - Finding the...
350.org and Hollaback! are relative newcomers to the world of cause campaigning but have experienced an explosive rise in following and impact since their founding. Their distributed approach to...
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Stay safe out there: Threat modeling for campaigners - A guide to evaluating...
For his day job, Norman Shamas is the director of curriculum and pedagogy at an organization that helps people better use and understand technology. In his off-hours, he’s a rabble-rouser. Based in...
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How people powered digital tools are helping rebuild worker power - New apps...
Workplace fragmentation and the changing role of unions in the United States means far fewer workers are as directly exposed to political organizing as they were just one or two generations ago. It’s a...
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What’s new in mobilisation technology? - An inside look at the latest digital...
Share your experience with modern campaign tools in the comments below. Above: carpentry tools recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. Photo courtesy the Mary Rose Trust [CC BY-SA 3.0], via...
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Incubators for change: How NGOs are developing apps and tech tools -...
Mobile technology is proving to be a transformative force. Around the globe, campaigners, NGOs and individual activists are using mobile to connect new people to campaigns and empower them with...
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