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Based on my last few years of work this presentation focuses online organizing strategy & email basics.
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Digital OrganizingConnecting with agents of change through digital tools
Your campaign
What is your campaign goal?
Where are your agents of change located?
If they are online then your organizing plan will likely include an online component.
Where are your agents of change?
Know Your Agents of Change
Are they online?Are there obstacles to being online, connecting via text or by other digital tools?
What do they respond to?Email, phone, voicemail, text message, Twitter, Facebook, Surveys, Advertisement?
How else can you reach them?
How can the agents of help further your campaign goals?
Got a plan?What are your goals? (Raise the wage?)
How can your agents of change contribute to this goal?
What’s a low bar ask? What’s a high bar ask?
Strategy, Tactics & Metrics
Strategy: What do you want to do?Change the debate
Raise your campaign profile
Apply pressure on decision makers to influence a vote?
Tactics: How will you do it?Post memes on Facebook that key thought leaders will share and re-share?
Get people to sign a petition that you will deliver.
Rally support on twitter for media purposes or to build the movement.
Metrics: How will we measure progress? Is it trackable?
Subscribers, Likes, Signatures, Shares, Press Hits
Example #1: Stop Bank Blight
Campaign Goal: To pass the Property Value Protection Ordinance at City Hall
Online Goal: Raise the campaign profile, rally key supporters
Strategy: Outreach to key thought leaders on Facebook & Twitter
Tactics: Twitterstorm, Facebook Event Page, Photo Messages & Microsite
Metrics: Web traffic and trending on twitter
Example #1: Stop Bank Blight
Example #1: Stop Bank Blight
Example #1: Stop Bank Blight
Example #2: Make Poverty a Priority
Campaign Goal: To move the Mayor to address working poverty in his State of the City Address
Online Goal: Generate 1000 signatures on a petition asking Filner to MPP
Strategy: Build our online coalition to generate names
Tactics: Blogs, Emails, Memes
Example #2: Make Poverty a Priority
Example #2: Make Poverty a Priority
Example #2: Make Poverty a Priority
Example #3: Community Budget Alliance
Campaign Goal: More transparent and participatory budget process
Online Goal: To support outreach & education
Strategy: Raise the campaign profile, educate online activists on budget and generate leads
Tactics: Online Education (Webinars, Videos, Kits, Infographics), Email, Blogs
Example 3: Community Budget Alliance
Example 3: Community Budget Alliance
Example 3: Community Budget Alliance
Example 3: Community Budget Alliance
Leads Generated
Downloads
Your Turn
Write an online campaign plan for a campaign at your site include:
Key Agents of Change
Goals
Strategy
Tactics (be specific)
Metrics
Add in your timeline & any action states you might take.
Group Share
How did it go?
What questions came up?
What thoughts came up?
Email & Your Heart
Email Matters – 92% of all online users are using email (Pew, 2011)
According to PEW of December 2012:15% of online adults say they use Pinterest
13% of online adults say they use Instagram
6% of online adults say they use Tumblr
67% of online adults say they use Facebook
16% of online adults say they use Twitter
Write a Great Email
Find the Moment
Create a Sense of Urgency
Provide a Solution
ASK (Only 1)Sign
RSVP
Like or Share
Take Action
Donate
Do something offline (high bar ask)
Email Sample
#1 Find the moment
#2 Create a sense of urgency
#3 Provide a solution
#4 ASK
Email Sample#1 Find the moment
#2 Create a sense of urgency
#3 Provide a solution
#4 ASK
Your turn
Write an email that could work on one of your campaigns?
Find the moment
Create a sense of urgency
Provide a solution
Feature an ASK
Thank you!
You can apply these skills to your current campaigns.
If you need help with online organizing plans or emails, feel free to email me at [email protected].