The #Nocleanfeed (aka, #OpenInternet) movement won’t succeed in blocking the Australian Government’s filter because its leadership are captured by the dead-end Democrats and fringe libertarians with little political campaigning experience. This capture means that unfortunately the movement is receiving ill-informed political counsel from serial Democrat losers like apparent drug-taker Kathryn Crosby and Geordie Guy.
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The #Nocleanfeed campaign, DoS and political nous
by Alex on 21. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Politics
What union members want from their union’s communications
by Alex on 06. Feb, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning
In my line of work, I hear a lot of opinion expressed as fact. A common one is that “union members don’t want our communications to look too corporate”, or “our members want a lot of detail, not a short summary”, or “our slogan should be ’screw the boss’ or something like that”. You get [...]
Use your union’s Facebook page to build your email list
by Alex on 28. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning, Technology
Facebook is a tremendous communications tool for unions – especially white-collar unions – and with only a small amount of technical know-how, it can also be super-charged for organising and campaigning.
If you haven’t already, check my earlier articles about unions using Facebook: Best practice use of Facebook for unions and Using Facebook as an organising [...]
Email is the “killer app” for online campaigning
by Alex on 22. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning, Technology
The Massachusetts election has blown open the mainstream media’s infatuation with social networking tools, with headlines like “the iphone app that killed Coakley“. On the techblogs, there is also detailed examination of new tools that aided the winning Mass. Senate candidate Scott Brown. I am hardly immune to the temptation of writing about the exiting [...]
Key messaging advice for unions
by Alex on 20. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning
Every union communication challenge is unique – the circumstances, membership, employer, and so on are different every time. Having a framework to assist in messaging for diverse campaigns can make each campaign easier, and can help union communications anticipate what the employer (or opponent) may say. (George Lakoff called this “framing”.)
The messaging quadrant
The essence of [...]
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ABCC should protect workers, not prosecute them: ILO http://post.ly/SGCS [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel And how will the Greens Party prevent political compromises being made with a two-year carbon tax, given the current senate? [alexanderwhite]
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