Carpe Sexism! Seizing the Campaign Moment
Wow, everyone is talking about sexism these days, right? It’s suddenly popped on the agenda as if it never existed before, or as though everyone got too numb and sleepy about it, and then along came a big bucket of cold water to wake us up. For those folks who’ve been...
MCN November: Campaign QandA
It’s Melbourne Campaigners' Network #qanda style but instead of partisan quarrelling we have a panel of clever campaigners: Shaun Murray, Quit Coal Wil Stracke, Australian Services Union Renee Carr, Global Poverty Project We’ll look back at the year in campaigning –...
MCN Fundraising Tips
It was another fruitful Melbourne Campaigners’ Network session with around 25 folks turning up to discuss fundraising on September 27. A range of community organisations were represented, with diverse experience of campaigning and fundraising amongst the participants....
Tips for Fundraising
In the lead up to our next Melbourne Campaigners’ Network session on Campaign Fundraising I’ve been looking around for useful resources. Check out these for starters – and do share if you have other suggestions. The Community Funding Centre on...
Empowered Fundraising
In the lead up to the Melbourne Campaigners’ Network session on Campaign Fundraising (Thursday 27 September) Plan to Win is gathering useful resources on the topic. Anne O’Brien has kindly shared the interview she did a few years ago with John Croft, developer of the...
Celebrating the 1st year of PTW
I launched Plan to Win in August 2011 with big ideas, minimal resources, and not a lot of precedent. It’s been a big year of personal learning while I’ve established this new project and I really hope others have found it beneficial too! I thought it would be good to...
MCN September: Fundraising
Campaigning takes resources! How can campaigns build a sustainable financial base? And how does fundraising integrate with other aspects of campaigning and building an active supporter base? Join us for a very practical session - which will also engage your creativity...
Navigating the changing media
Last Thursday’s Melbourne Campaigners’ Network event focused on the Future of Media – the ways the media is changing, and the impact on campaigns. One of the best aspects of the session was hearing from two sides of the issues: a journalist’s and a campaigner’s...
Recommended reading from your local friendly anarchists
Plan to Win had a stall at the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday 4 August. It was a lovely day at the Abbotsford Convent, with a big crowd turning out and a bunch of activity. Last year I ran a workshop (see the follow up article Limits to Consensus?) but this...
The media game has changed
In the lead up to our next Melbourne Campaigners' Network event on the Future of Media, guest blogger Adrian Dodd outlines what campaigners need to know about the changing media cycle. --------------------------------- The media is changing. It’s not new. It’s been...