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Speakers
| Confirmed: | Ricken Patel, Executive Director, Avaaz |
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| Confirmed: | Brian Fitzgerald, Chief Web Editor, Greenpeace International. Brian is seeking input for his presentation. |
About Ricken Patel (Avaaz)
Ricken is the Executive Director of Avaaz, a new (launched January 2007) international campaigning organisation making strategic use of the Internet to help achieve its campaigning objectives. Avaaz is the latest example of a participation-led campaigning model exemplified by MoveOn in the USA and GetUp in Australia that have started to transform US and Australian politics over the last few years. With Avaaz operating in multiple languages and attracting members in multiple countries, including the UK, it is quickly becoming a major player in international politics.
About Brian Fitzgerald (Greenpeace International)
Brian Fitzgerald has spent most of his adult life as an environmental and peace activist, most of it with Greenpeace, where he has been a fundraiser, senior manager, computer geek, ship's crew, cannon fodder, campaigner, hot air balloon pilot, press officer, webby, felony trespasser, organisational development officer, and governance director.
Since 2002 he has been running Greenpeace Intentional's online communications and mass networking efforts from Amsterdam.
At the 2007 eCampaigning Forum, Brian will talk about examples of Greenpeace's (and others) innovative campaigns, how the online component fit into the overall campaign mix and where they are on a rudimentary scale of participation. A discussion which moved toward a folksonomy of participatory campaigns would be an excellent result.
Examples will include:
- Coke CFC campaign (in 2000)
- Iceland Whales Pledge
- Green My Apple campaign
- Various non-Greenpeace campaigns
Input to Ricken and Brian
Ricken and Brian want to know what you would like them to talk about. Use the comment box below to provide this input or provide it directly to Brian on his blog.
Be sure to include who your input is for. (Note: Before you can comment you need to set a name for your edits).
how to win over sceptical colleagues --Patrick Olszowski, Tue, 08 May 2007 03:10:54 -0500 reply
HI guys, my name is Patrick and I run PR and Campaigns for a medical research charity called Action Medical Research. I am really interested to hear your thoughts on two areas - 1) any tips for winning over conservative charity Trustees into accepting that campaigning is a legitimate/long term activity and 2) any ideas on measuring effectiveness of campaigning/public affairs work in a situation (such as ours) where the objective is not a change to policy or a bill, but awareness raising and a shift in funding priorities (where these are not openly mentioned) - hope this makes sense - if not, do check out this story, which will give some context - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6187161.stm and then this one - http://www.action.org.uk/news_media/press_releases/468/ Thanks!!
how to specifically reach young people --marruizsolanes, Tue, 08 May 2007 04:44:46 -0500 reply
this comment is for both of speakers, i'm not sure that the main targets of both organisations are young people, but i would like to hear their comments and their experiences with this segment, and on how to imply young people in our campaigns and make them do things. Also, teh problem is in young people, thata are not constant or loyal to one only organisation or it is us who do not offer them fresh things to do or in a fresh innovative way?
mar ruiz, web editor, youth program, intermon oxfam
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