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Tag Archives: campaign strategy
“Pulse” and “press” disturbances…
Well, this is useful (to me at least)… A disturbance that occurs as a relatively discrete event in time is referred to here as a “pulse” disturbance, while more gradual or cumulative pressure on a system is referred to as … Continue reading
Posted in activism, competence
Tagged campaign strategy, Green Confucianism, resilience, social movements, transruptive
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Japanese Nuclear Emergency: Wind farms unscathed
There have been dickheadish allegations flying around on the BBC that wind farms would have made the Japanese shituation deadlier. Well, there are wind farms, and they are still there, and they are producing much needed electricity. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, climate, competence, death, economics, fear
Tagged campaign strategy, Japanese Nuclear Emergency, wind power
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Brains!
(Imagine it with a zombie voice- Bbbraaaiinnnsss!!!) This from a clean-up/delete-binge of my cluttered desktop – “And it struck me – this is what’s most wrong with the ad as a campaign piece. It makes the audience feel stupid. It … Continue reading
Skynet Manque
Have been reading a bit around how the military functions and plans missions (see wikipedia on fireteams, mett-cc, smeac etc.) I’m not particularly a fan of going “kinetic” against people in their own countries who have done nothing to us, … Continue reading
PR tricks 101
The latest Campaign Strategy newsletter(61) is out now. Three pages of considered wisdom, this time on the BP oil spill. This bit (of many) struck me – No doubt some in BP know the PR industry formula for such events: … Continue reading
Mr. Lava Lava
Sorry, but “no pun too weak” is my policy. Anyhow, now we seem to be returning to normal (Chris Rose, uber-smart author of ‘how to win campaigns’ and the Campaign Strategy newsletter suspects that we will sink back into blithe … Continue reading