Analytics testing guidebook, does one exist?

MobLab's conversation with Jim Pugh, progressive nonprofit analytics consultant and CEO of ShareProgress
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I think this is a question everyone in the analytics field asks themselves at one point or another.  Unfortunately, the short answer is no, there is no holy grail when it comes to finding “best practices” for analytics testing.  Fortunately, … [Read more]

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Paving paradise to put up a parking lot

Greenpeace Baguio protestors - 2 smiling girls with placard

This story was contributed by Chuck Baclagon - senior digital strategist Greenpeace Southeast Asia. Every once in a while Greenpeace ends up as target of environmental activists, pushing us to take a stand on issues that do not fall into … [Read more]

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In Greece, crowdfunding is more than a fundraising tool

Greenpeace Greece asks people to drive change on sustainable food
Cyber farmers received this picture of Greenpeace volunteers planting the seeds they funded.

If a recent Greenpeace Greece crowdfunding campaign is any indicator, people want to do more in support of issues they care about. Greenpeace Greece recently launched a crowdfunding initiative asking people to “plant the solutions,” for … [Read more]

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Who are the mobilizers?

They are in your office, sit beside you, maybe they are you! But, where do they come from?
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Over the last few years, a whole load of people inside Greenpeace, some new, some old, have been acquiring job titles with the words mobilisation added in. There’s a wind of change in the organisation, at least when it comes to role descriptions, … [Read more]

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Of Clay Pots and Shards of Google Glass

Wrap of SXSW Interactive 2013
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Note: SXSW in Austin Texas bills itself as "The Place Where the Future is Invented." Hyperbole aside, it's an incredibly rich playground of both highly practical panels full of things we as activists can use today, blended ferociously with … [Read more]

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Coworker.org to give deep support to mobilize workers

Online employee mobilization tool leaving the doors ‘wide open’ for the future
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When the Wisconsin Uprising emerged in January of 2011 turning Wisconsin’s state capitol in Madison into an occupation of labor supporters and others defending collective bargaining rights, one thing became clear to Coworker.org co-founder … [Read more]

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Skillshare reflects maturing mobilisation community (VIDEO)

Second GPDMS sees participants design 100 sessions exploring people-powered innovation
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“This is a not a spectator event. You are creating the event every minute.” When Aspiration Tech facilitator Allen Gun shared these words during the Greenpeace Digital Mobilisation Skillshare (GPDMS) opening he set the stage for what would … [Read more]

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Mob Lab launches Integration Toolkit

Spain, Argentina and the Netherlands share best practices for mobilisation integration
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Understanding how to work across departments and campaigns effectively is one of the biggest challenges to building successful mobilisation strategies and people-powered campaigns. That’s why Mobilisation Lab is releasing a new integration toolkit … [Read more]

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Advocacy ‘asks’ increase click-through rates in online campaign

PETA raises £100,000 in two months

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) started its two-month campaign in 2012 knowing that the average gift would be about £15 ($23 U.S.); how then did it raise £100,000 ($151,000 U.S.) through a largely online platform? PETA’s … [Read more]

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Students drive change at Bowling Green University

Three volunteers attend GPDMS to share experience on building people-powered campaigns
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At the same time 20-year-old Josh Chamberland is attending Greenpeace’s Digital Mobilisation Skillshare (GPDMS), he’s receiving text messages about the latest progress made by his fellow Bowling Green State University students towards their 100 … [Read more]

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