In 2016–2017, ten movement leaders and experts from the LGBTI, women’s rights and progressive faith movements charted the use of family in recent years of progressive activism. They engaged with 200+ experts, movement leaders, activists, scholars and grant makers through a survey, a conference and consultations with key organisations. [box] “To continue winning…
Arguments against equality are absurd. This article has valuable lessons on how LGBTIQ activists can fight turn these arguments on their heads.
The following article by BOND’s ALICE DELEMARE, provides a good summary of essential strategic points and offers useful links to more detailed articles. A good article to keep close at hand. From BOND Changing people’s behaviour is difficult. If we want people to take sustained action in support of international development issues, we need to understand…
Every campaign needs good visual. But where to find what you need in the maze of commercial offers ? A consultation on the fantastic e-campaigner community ECF forum has identified the following sites: UNSPLASH PIXABAY PEXELS 500PX Deathoftestockphoto.com Visualhunt.com libreshot.com realisticshots.com commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page publicdomainarchive.com www.dotspin.com/the-commons www.gratisography.com thestocks.im medium.com/@dustin/stock-photos-that-dont-suck-62ae4bcbe01b (list of sources) www.snapwi.re picjumbo.com uperfamous.com thepatternlibrary.com…
We have seen in a previous post how social psychologist Jonathan Haidt attempts to classify values into 5 major categories: Care, Fairness, Liberty, Authority and Sanctity. Shalom Schwartz from the University of Jerusalem has later on developed the theory of basic values, by which he identifies 10 clusters of values: Self-Direction – Defining goal: independent thought…
Actions speak louder than words. Some of the most effective campaigns show and don’t just tell their message. When a campaign has chosen its core action message (or what theorists call the “meta-verb,” such as “disrupt,” “resist,” or “confront”), it should not only say it out loud, but also choose protest actions that actually embody…
From Newtactics.org How to be respectful AND persuasive 1. Tune in and connect. Use the weather, the environment, any element of communality to create the initial contact. Start with small talk or rituals. It helps create that tiny bond on which to tie your message. 2. Pace the energy. It’s hard to say this without…
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt theorized that people have two minds: one intuitive (that generates reflexes, or “gut feelings”) and one rationale, that produces reflections, thoughts, etc. In practice, people often make a decision about right and wrong based on their gut reactions, using the intuitive mind, and then use their rational mind to produce a rationalization…
With references from Nick Cooney’s essential book “Change of Heart” 1 Putting in context A core concept of behavioural psychology is that we don’t know what we want until we see it in context. Everything, including our judgements on how much something is worth, is relative and can be shaped by perceptual contrast. This principle…
Often, the public representation of organisations in the media in carried by the people who the organisation sees as legitimate: either the people in power (for example the CEO, the founder, the charismatic leader), the experts (the scientists) or the people the organisation works for/with. While this perfectly makes sense for the organisations’ policies, this…