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Survey Says: BC Opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Expansion Proposal Growing, Not Just Enbridge’s Northern Gateway

By SHILOH BOUVETTE Pipelines and tankers have become one of the most pressing issues in British Columbia (BC), according to recent polling that Stratcom conducted for the Living Oceans Society. For BC residents living along the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline route, the issue of pipelines and tankers (14.1%) was ranked virtually neck-and-neck with the economy […]

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3 Evaluation Case Studies – Advocacy, Policy Reform, and Public Governance

By JOHN WILLIS See our companion post on how to evaluate advocacy campaigns and community engagement projects. In this posting we briefly highlight the methods and findings of three recent evaluations: Full scope program evaluation of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition’s international campaign to ban deep-sea ocean trawling (Pew Charitable Trusts, 2008) Internal evaluation of […]

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From Vision to Impact: Evaluating Social Innovation and Social Change

By JOHN WILLIS Full-scope evaluation is a powerful tool that can make you a more effective change agent – but it’s not always the right approach. Here are simple and highly-effective alternatives. You have a solid plan for your campaign or project.  You have the talent and resources to implement your strategy and the timing […]

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Five Steps to Maximize Public Engagement in Your Advocacy Campaigns

BY CARL MAVROMICHALIS & DEANNA BICKFORD Effective integration of social media with on-the-ground action creates a great way to engage more people in your cause, generate media attention and boost your overall campaign efforts. But how do you put it all together? We recently helped the United Steelworkers of Canada launch their current Off The […]

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Greenpeace Billboard Banned in Edmonton

As reported in the Globe and Mail, Pattison Outdoor has rejected Greenpeace Canada’s billboard ad pictured above, refusing the organization space on one of its downtown Edmonton billboards. The text-only ad reads: “When there’s a huge solar energy spill, it’s just called a nice day. Green jobs, not more oil spills.” Greenpeace reacted to the decision on […]

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Stratcom Supports #BLACKOUTSPEAKOUT

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Mayor Ford’s Political Future About as Certain as the Sheppard Subway

By JOHN WILLIS In local politics, failure to execute can be more dangerous for a politician than pushing through an unpopular agenda.  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has not executed well on his promises, but he’s also left it too late to start a new legislative agenda.  His strategic path to victory in 2014 now passes […]

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Mind the Generation Gap: A Message from Your Boomer and Gen X Donors

BY DEANNA BICKFORD Analysis from The Next Generation of Canadian Giving Survey As fundraisers, few of us would deny the benefit of decades of direct mail marketing efforts aimed to engage the oldest generation of supporters – the ‘Civics’ or ‘Matures’, born before 1945. More recently, we have witnessed some of the benefits of social media […]

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Casino? ‘No Thanks’ Torontonians Say in Latest Stratcom RapidPoll

Stratcom made news again today with a poll on whether Torontonians support building a waterfront casino (they don’t), and whether they want to decide the issue in a city-wide referendum (they do). The results are here. The Toronto Star’s coverage is here. CBC ran the poll as its lead story throughout the morning newscasts.

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Game Change For Mayor Ford

Poll shows controversial mayor losing ground even with his strongest supporters. Ford Strongholds North York, Scarborough Leading Trend May 17, 2012 (Toronto) – A new poll taken Tuesday (May 15) shows that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing falling approval ratings among his strongest supporters for the first time since the October 2010 election. Approval […]

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