Hi ECFers,

Here are the latest postings of ECF events, ECFer/sector-shared event, tool and opportunity announcements.

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Include your event or announcement by emailing me (duane.raymond@fairsay.com, subject: Event listing) before Sunday midnight (GMT time zone) as I compile them and send it out every Monday (or later).

Official Campaigning Forum events
  1. European Campaign Forum: Oct 23-24, Berlin (apply now)
    Overview: This is not your conference-as-usual event. It is where campaigning practitioners have been coming for 22 years to deepen their existing knowledge and networks. This is due to its un-conference (aka open space) format which puts participants first to not just learn from others, but learn with others. Plus as a two day event it is a low distraction environment as participants are committed to being fully present.  It is held in English, but participants are welcome to switch to other languages if it suits the group participants. Find out more, see the agenda and apply at https://campaignforum.eu/

  2. Save the date: Campaigning Forum Oxford, 2025: Apr 8-10
Partner events
  1. Sep 2024-Apr 2025: MA/Certificate in Media, Campaigning and Social change (U. of Westminster). Enrol for this innovative course was founded by two ECFers to create an academic course in campaigning - and has alumi from around the world.  Course lead Michaela O'Brien will be hosting ECF Re-Ignite events in late July if you wish to talk to her about it and meet students/alumni.
Sector events
  1. Online: Uniting lived and learnt experience on the climate crisis
    When: 3 September, 15:00-16:00 UK / 11:00 EST
    Posted by: James Montague, JamesMontague@forster.co.uk
    Overview: Special guests Rachael Orr and Noora Firaq, CEO and Deputy CEO of Climate Outreach will delve into the challenge of uniting lived and learnt experience to help tackle the climate crisis. This will cover how to communicate the gravity of the climate crisis without paralysing people into inaction, the climate crisis disproportionately affects people in developing nations – how to tell stories respectfully to drive change and navigating differing levels of awareness, economic concerns and resistance to change.  Learn more and signup at https://go.cloudpresenter.com/event/forster/uniting-lived-and-learnt-climate

  2. Berlin Campaigners' Meet-up: Insights from recent UK elections
    When: Thursday 5 September, 7pm CEST,
    Where: Workish Coworking, Harzer Str. 39, 12059, Berlin
    Overview: An opportunity for people involved in campaigning, digital, and similar fields who live in Berlin to get together informally to chat and network. This month we'll have a guest speaker who was a Digital Strategist for UK Labour's successful general election campaign. RSVP now. 

  3. Online: Boost Your Campaign Conversions with Compelling Landing Pages
    With UX Expert Paul Boag and Digital Charity Lab
    When: Tuesday 10th September, 2024; 4 pm – 5.30 pm GMT
    Overview: Imagine if you could improve the conversion rate of every campaign you run. Too often it is the landing page, the very last step in your campaign funnel, that drags your conversion rate down.  In this online training, Paul Boag, a conversion optimization specialist, will share tried and tested techniques. Techniques that will significantly improve the conversion rate of any campaign landing page.
    More details and booking: https://digitalcharitylab.org/product/training-10-sep-24-master-landing-pages-paul-boag/

  4. Online: Uniting lived and learnt experience on international development
    When: 10 September, 15:00-16:00 UK / 11:00 EST
    Posted by: James Montague, JamesMontague@forster.co.uk
    Overview:  Speakers Sally Copley, Executive Director, Communications and External Affairs at the British Red Cross and Lisa Hawkes, Global Sustainability Senior Manager at Unilever will delve into the challenges of uniting lived and learnt experiences in the pursuit of a better world through international development. This includes the potential of uniting lived and learnt experience in accelerating international development, how successfully storytelling using lived and learnt experience is currently done around the UN SDGs and what we can learn and standout examples of successful storytelling uniting lived and learnt experience from British Red Cross and Unilever.      Learn more and signup
  6. Online: Facilitation 101 training taster session
    Posted by: Julia juliacslay@gmail.com
    When: Mon 16 September, 2024 12:00-13:30 UK 
    Overview: Facilitation skills can be used in any scenario, from team meetings, to
    away days, campaigns, events and leadership roles. Join Facilitation 101
    for a free 90 minute taster in September, where you will learn new skills,
    meet like minded people, and come away with a toolbox of resources that you
    can apply in your day to day work.  See more details and sign up to the taster here:
    https://www.facilitation101.co.uk/

  7. London: Join Bite Back and Put Planetary Health on the Menu
    When: 18 Sep 2024, 5.30 - 7pm
    Overview: Something has gone wrong with our food system. It is the second biggest contributor to global emissions and it's also damaging our health. Bite Back is bringing together our one-of-a-kind youth activists, climate experts, and the best in the business when it comes to legal power for change, to ask the question: are Big Food taking planetary health seriously enough?
    For more info and if you are interested in joining, please contact events@biteback2030.org 

  8. Action Learning Sets for Emerging Leaders in campaigning organisations
    Posted by Rummena Begum, rummena.begum@smk.org.uk
    When: October 2024
    Overview: We are running a new action learning set for emerging leaders in campaigning organisations. This will build on SMK's experience of running sets at diverse levels since autumn 2023 in partnership with charity co-founder and experienced action learning set facilitator, Josephine Knowles.
    We hope this will appeal to new line managers in campaigning organisations and people who are managing a campaigning workstream or campaigning team. We're offering a 10% discount to anyone who books a place by mid-August! To find out more, please head to: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/support/action-learning-sets/

  9. Online: Uniting lived and learnt experience on social justice
    When: 2 October, 15:00-16:00 UK / 11:00 EST
    Posted by: James Montague, JamesMontague@forster.co.uk
    Overview:     Speaker Minnie Rahman, CEO of Praxis, will delve into the challenges of uniting lived and learnt experience in order to accelerate change and achieve social justice. This includes navigating misinformation and misunderstanding, translating the complex for audiences with differing levels of understanding and getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. Learn more and signup at https://go.cloudpresenter.com/event/forster/uniting-lived-and-learnt-social-justice

  10. Online: How to develop effective campaign strategies
    When: 15 Oct 2024
    Overview: An in-depth session for experienced campaigners and leaders. for Chief Executives, senior leaders, community leaders and emerging leaders who want to explore how to do campaign strategy better. Run by SMK Head of Programmes Kath Christie and SMK Associate and former CEO Julia Beart. See more at https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/how-to-develop-effective-campaign-strategies/

  11. London: How to own the room: a workshop on public speaking
    When: 16 Oct 2024
    Overview:     A hands-on workshop for anyone looking to work on their influencing skills, presence, and charisma, whether your focus is on building strong relationships in one-to-one meetings or expressing campaign messages succinctly in front of an audience. Viv will draw on her experience as a comedian and presenter for this session on achieving a compelling connection in any context, anxiety-free. Run by comedian and BBC Radio 4 presenter Viv Groskop. You can find out more at https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-how-to-own-the-room/

Community member offer
  1. Introducing Emma Lawton - inspirational speaker
    Posted by Emma Lawton hi@emmalawton.co.uk
    I'm a keynote and inspirational speaker who's given talks to many charities and big corporates alike. I normally work through an agency, who obviously put a mark up on top) During this month I'm offering to really reduce my rates (average talk is about 1/5 of my usual fee) because I know that post-covid there are a lot of people struggling to get 'back to normal life' (work and home). You can find out more about me here.

    Having worked in the charity sector for a number of years I have a good network of connections who are booking and sharing this for me but I would really love to offer it wider. My main topics are around resilience and change and I'm qualified in Mental Health first aid    and advocacy. See more about me at http://www.emmalawton.co.uk/
On demand trainings 
  1. Online, on demand: Improve the conversion rates on your campaign landing pages
    Posted by Paul Boag paul@boagworks.com
    A 16 part email course detailing how to improve the conversion rate of any campaign landing page.  https://boagworld.com/l/charity-landing-pages/
Research and survey requests
  1. Results of the 2024 UK / Ireland Charity Digital Benchmarks Study
    Posted by Paul de Gregorio Email: degregorio.paul@gmail.com
    The study reviews data supplied by participants and creates benchmarks for key measures across email, paid advertising, fundraising, website, mobile, and social media performance. Watch the 2024 study launch webinar back on YouTube. Read top takeaways from the study.

  2. Research invite: Climate Activism and Digital Media Engagement Metrics (for Canada or India based campaigners)
    Posted b    y smehta@trentu.ca Swati Mehta, PhD Candidate, Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University

    About me: I'm a long time ECFer and I worked in digital communications and campaigning for - starting at Greenpeace India back in 2010. Now turned to academia and I am a PhD candidate at Trent University, Peterborough On, Canada, studying the relationship between engagement metrics and digital organisers in the climate movement. I'm hoping to bring together some of
    those experiences along with the expertise of the wider digital organising
    community in my research with the objective of producing something that is
    useful for the wider community.

    About the research: I’m inviting digital organisers based in India or Canada and over 18 years of age to join a study on the influence of engagement metrics and
    digital organising in the climate movement. Selected participants will be
    requested to complete a survey and interview. All participants will receive
    e-gift cards of $10 and $25 CAD or their equivalent in INR for completing
    the survey and interview, respectively.They will also have an option to
    join a workshop to collaboratively develop a qualitative framework for
    evaluating engagement. I use the term digital organiser broadly to include
    activists working independently or in organisation, as well as creative
    producers such as artists, musicians, content creators, and influencers,
    who are advocating for climate action on digital media platforms. I’m
    particularly interested in hearing from Gen Z, millennial, and older
    digital organisers working on climate or environmental issues in India and
    Canada.

    You are more than welcome to share the survey link with colleagues  / consultants / collaborators in your networks. Details about the study, terms of consent and the application itself can be accessed here: https://trentu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfHUPfnB37djkmG
Publications

  1. How can organisations value lived experience in the right way?
    Posted by Khudija - khudija@thesocialchangeagency.org
    See the new Payment for Involvement Playbook. This is a comprehensive guide to everything organisations need to create a fair and equitable payment for involvement policy. It incorporates extensive research, best practice from a learning community of over 170+ organisations, and insights from leading experts including the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Citizens Advice and the Department for Work and Pensions.

Platform and tool announcements
  1. Hand-Written Petition Scanner
    Posted by Daniel daniel@campaignlab.uk
    Overview: This tool eliminates the need to manually transcribe physical petition
    signatures, saving your team valuable time and effort. Simply take photos
    of your petition pages, and the app will automatically create a file and
    organise the data for you. No more tedious typing or spreadsheet wrangling
    - your data is ready to go with just a few taps, and you can rest easy
    knowing your sensitive information never leaves your device. The
    Hand-Written Petition Scanner is secure. Open-sourced, privacy-focused
    solution that empowers progressive campaigners to focus on what matters
    most - connecting with supporters and driving change. 

  2. Stand out with the UK's new Labour Government with postcards.
    Overview: PostBug.com offers that by enabling your supporters to send real printed postcards and letters from their device. Printed postcards and letters get noticed because they are physical, tactile, portable with a presence when designed well and piled up on a desk or notice board. Plus less is more: it only takes a few to be noticed. See possibilities and case studies and request a demo. 
    (Disclosure: PostBug is run by FairSay)
Cheers,

Duane

PS: To have your event or announcement included,  email me before Sunday midnight (any time zone) as I compile them and send it out every Monday.




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