As a campaigner, you have a vision of what change you want to see in the world.
Public campaigning is one of the ways to make this change happen. You might want to campaign to fight your opponents, convince new audiences, or mobilise audiences that already support your cause.
Each of these objectives requires specific communication strategies
This course is a 10-lesson journey to get you through the basics of public campaign communication.
It will help you to choose the right approach for various target groups, develop effective communication strategies and messages for each target, and reach out to your target groups. Some lessons in this course are developed in more depth in our other courses. Please check them out once you have finished this initial course.
This course will develop your skills to:
Identify the right approach for different types of targets
Create a deep understanding of your target audiences
Build messages that change hearts and minds
Mobilise your supporters
Reach your audiences on social media
Harness the power of storytelling
HOW DOES IT WORK?
You will be able to go through the lessons at your own pace, coming back to where you left anytime you want.
Each lesson can be taken individually and includes exercises.
Exercises are not compulsory. You can choose to skip them, but we strongly advise you to take them.
When you enrol, you will automatically create a notebook. You can copy/paste content from the course or type your own notes. This notebook can be downloaded in pdf format at any time by opening the notes menu on the right hand side of your screen.
Lesson Plan
Lesson 1
What is Public
Campaigning?
Lesson 2
Communications basics
Lesson 3
Campaign objectives
Lesson 4
Campaign objective:
Neutralise
Lesson 5
Campaign objective:
Inform
Lesson 6
Campaign objective:
Persuade
Lesson 7
Campaign objective:
Mobilise
Lesson 8
Reaching your target group
Lesson 9
Storytelling
Lesson 10
Test and evaluate