Learning to run a great campaign

[whole diary]

[grahame]

Came across this - at https://campaignbootcamp.org/bootcamps/bootcamp-14/ - being proposed by the organisers on a rail related group; no idea of quality / relevance.   London, early October.

Campaign Bootcamp is a week-long training residential that supports you to develop the skills, confidence, and community to run a great campaign. The training brings together 35 new campaigners from across the country (and sometimes from other parts of the world) to learn and build a community together.

In the course of a week, Campaign Bootcamp will take you on a journey through planning and running an effective campaign, giving you space each day to work out how what you have learnt applies to the work you are doing. Each day has a different theme reflecting a different part of your campaign. By the end of the week you should come out with a campaign plan you can take forward for the next year or so.

I do feel that what I do is self-taught and there are many things I have learned the hard way (and many many things I have not yet learned) ... and that having a chance to concentrate on thinking through the principles is no bad idea.  I tried floating the idea of specific public transport community campaigning / action / partnering training in the South West with a couple of folks, but the idea sank; fair enough, so I post the above so that anyone who feel it might be worthwhile can take a look.   There are others in the field such as The Shiela McKechnie Foundation ... I'm not sure of any campaigning / partnering courses with a public transport bias though; having said which, much seems to be common.   CBT^‡(resolve) and TWSW^» (TravelWatch SouthWest - website) will encourage groups, put people in touch, but don't seem to get involved in the basics of training the groups they encourage; there may be scope others such as RailFuture too.  ACoRP^▸ (Association of Community Rail Partnerships) do provide some training and guidance for new Community Rail Officers and for friend's groups but it tends to be vary largely materials rather than sessions, and very Community Rail / Friends of Staitions specific - fair enough, that's their remit.

[grahame]

Campaign Bootcamp have closed their doors. 

Dear Graham,

As we head towards the official closure of Campaign Bootcamp, we've been reflecting on our impact and preparing for what's next.

Over the past eight years, we've trained over 1,500 people, giving them the skills, confidence and community to campaign on the issues that matter to them. We couldn't be more honoured and proud to have been alongside so many brilliant people on this journey.

While the majority of the staff team finished their work with us last month, a small team have been tying up the last bits of our work, including preparing legacy funding for the community and free campaigning resources to access on our website.

A journey I applied to join to help make me more effective, but never made the final cut onto their course ... and now never will.

Full message mirrored at http://www.passenger.chat/cbbye.pdf which includes those web site links, etc.

[CyclingSid]

I am sure you have got past this stage
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/how-write-campaign-advocacy-plan

[grahame]

I am sure you have got past this stage
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/how-write-campaign-advocacy-plan

To some extent I have, Sid ... BUT it's always good to learn from others, see their suggestions and techniques and help develop [your/my] own knowledge.  Little (sometimes big) tips can be picked up.   I have formal IT training, and in terms of presenting and giving talks, I have kissed the Blarney Stone. But I only had a one day intro course on effective campaigning.