Include your event or announcement by emailing me (duane.raymond@fairsay.com, subject: Event listing) before Sunday midnight (GMT time zone) as I compile them and send it out every Monday.
Official Campaigning Forum events
European Campaign Forum: Oct 23-24, Berlin (apply now) The next ECF event is the European Campaign Forum in Berlin bringing together participants from across Europe. Not only is Berlin easy to get to by train from all over Europe, its central location means it has participants from countries all around it and beyond. It is held in English, but participants are welcome to switch to other languages if it suits the group participants.
Save the date: Campaigning Forum Oxford, 2025: Apr 8-10
Partner events
Sep 2024-Apr 2025: MA/Certificate in Media, Campaigning and Social change (U. of Westminster). Enrol for this innovative course was founded by two ECFers to create an academic course in campaigning - and has alumi from around the world. Course lead Michaela O'Brien will be hosting ECF Re-Ignite events in late July if you wish to talk to her about it and meet students/alumni.
Sector events
Online: Boost Your Campaign Conversions with Compelling Landing Pages With UX Expert Paul Boag and Digital Charity Lab When: Tuesday 10th September, 2024; 4 pm – 5.30 pm GMT Overview: Imagine if you could improve the conversion rate of every campaign you run. Too often it is the landing page, the very last step in your campaign funnel, that drags your conversion rate down. In this online training, Paul Boag, a conversion optimization specialist, will share tried and tested techniques. Techniques that will significantly improve the conversion rate of any campaign landing page. More details and booking: https://digitalcharitylab.org/product/training-10-sep-24-master-landing-pages-paul-boag/
Action Learning Sets for Emerging Leaders in campaigning organisations Posted by Rummena Begum, rummena.begum@smk.org.uk When: October 2024 Overview: We are running a new action learning set for emerging leaders in campaigning organisations. This will build on SMK's experience of running sets at diverse levels since autumn 2023 in partnership with charity co-founder and experienced action learning set facilitator, Josephine Knowles. We hope this will appeal to new line managers in campaigning organisations and people who are managing a campaigning workstream or campaigning team. We're offering a 10% discount to anyone who books a place by mid-August! To find out more, please head to: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/support/action-learning-sets/
London: How to own the room: a workshop on public speaking When: 16 Oct 2024 What: A hands-on workshop for anyone looking to work on their influencing skills, presence, and charisma, whether your focus is on building strong relationships in one-to-one meetings or expressing campaign messages succinctly in front of an audience. Viv will draw on her experience as a comedian and presenter for this session on achieving a compelling connection in any context, anxiety-free. Run by comedian and BBC Radio 4 presenter Viv Groskop. You can find out more athttps://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-how-to-own-the-room/
Community member offer
Introducing Emma Lawton - inspirational speaker Posted by Emma Lawton hi@emmalawton.co.uk I'm a keynote and inspirational speaker who's given talks to many charities and big corporates alike. I normally work through an agency, who obviously put a mark up on top) During this month I'm offering to really reduce my rates (average talk is about 1/5 of my usual fee) because I know that post-covid there are a lot of people struggling to get 'back to normal life' (work and home). You can find out more about me here.
Having worked in the charity sector for a number of years I have a good network of connections who are booking and sharing this for me but I would really love to offer it wider. My main topics are around resilience and change and I'm qualified in Mental Health first aidand advocacy. See more about me at http://www.emmalawton.co.uk/
Research invite: Climate Activism and Digital Media Engagement Metrics (for Canada or India based campaigners) Posted by smehta@trentu.ca Swati Mehta, PhD Candidate, Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University
About me: I'm a long time ECFer and I worked in digital communications and campaigning for - starting at Greenpeace India back in 2010. Now turned to academia and I am a PhD candidate at Trent University, Peterborough On, Canada, studying the relationship between engagement metrics and digital organisers in the climate movement. I'm hoping to bring together some of those experiences along with the expertise of the wider digital organising community in my research with the objective of producing something that is useful for the wider community.
About the research: I’m inviting digital organisers based in India or Canada and over 18 years of age to join a study on the influence of engagement metrics and digital organising in the climate movement. Selected participants will be requested to complete a survey and interview. All participants will receive e-gift cards of $10 and $25 CAD or their equivalent in INR for completing the survey and interview, respectively.They will also have an option to join a workshop to collaboratively develop a qualitative framework for evaluating engagement. I use the term digital organiser broadly to include activists working independently or in organisation, as well as creative producers such as artists, musicians, content creators, and influencers, who are advocating for climate action on digital media platforms. I’m particularly interested in hearing from Gen Z, millennial, and older digital organisers working on climate or environmental issues in India and Canada.
You are more than welcome to share the survey link with colleagues / consultants / collaborators in your networks. Details about the study, terms of consent and the application itself can be accessed here: https://trentu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfHUPfnB37djkmG
Publications
How can organisations value lived experience in the right way? Posted by Khudija - khudija@thesocialchangeagency.org See the new Payment for Involvement Playbook. This is a comprehensive guide to everything organisations need to create a fair and equitable payment for involvement policy. It incorporates extensive research, best practice from a learning community of over 170+ organisations, and insights from leading experts including the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Citizens Advice and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Platform and tool announcements
PostBug: get noticed by new MPs with printed postcards Now that Labour have won the UK election, MPs will already be getting thousands of emails even before they have their pass and staff. So you need a way to stand out. PostBug.com offers that by enabling your supporters to send real printed postcards and letters from their device. Printed postcards and letters get noticed because they are physical, tactile, portable with a presence when designed well and piled up on a desk or notice board. Plus less is more: it only takes a few to be noticed. See possibilities and case studies and request a demo. (Disclosure: PostBug is run by FairSay)
Cheers,
Duane
PS: To have your event or announcement included, email me before Sunday midnight (any time zone) as I compile them and send it out every Monday.
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