Guest article! Beth Becker returns to our pages with a very cool idea — applying the paradigm of social shopping to political advocacy. This article orginially appeared in e.Politics.
Those of us frustrated by the gridlock in Congress are watching with interest the efforts of the Obama administration to use its executive authority on a range of issues, from environmental regulation to immigration reform.
Part one of a two-part series on how to avoid blind spots and plan to use influence effectively to achieve social change. Orginially published in Stanford Social Innovation.
Over the past few years, rapid developments in digital and social media have, understandably, placed enormous emphasis on broader mobilization strategies and tactics.
Barack Obama: perhaps you've heard of him? And of his near-flawless (at least from the outside) 2012 online campaign, which mobilized millions of supporters to spread his messaging, recruit their friends, give him money and turn out at the polls.
The announcement that Shell is withdrawing from the Sacred Headwaters and that the area will be permanently protected from gas drilling is cause for celebration for communities in the northwest of British Columbia!
You’ve been plugging away for days. Months. Years. You don’t understand why it’s taking so long to win. Before you give up and join the Death Star, get real about your campaign timeline.