Lobbying for Change
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Taproot Foundation (taprootfoundation.org)
This is the leading international pro bono organisation worldwide. It connects non-profits and social change organisations with passionate, skilled volunteers who share their expertise pro bono. Through their programs, business professionals deliver marketing, strategy, HR and IT solutions that organisations need to achieve their missions.
European Union
GROUPE SOS (groupe-sos.org)
For 30 years, GROUPE SOS has been putting economic value creation at the service of the interests of the general public. In so doing, it provides responses to the issues of today’s society by developing innovative solutions in its five main fields of activity: youth, employment, health, solidarity and seniors. The founder, Jean-Marc Borrello, was one of the first social entrepreneurs in Europe and knows about The Good Lobby’s work.
Australia
Resonate (highskillsvolunteering.com)
Resonate was established to narrow the gap between the corporate and community sectors by creating a shared value. They achieve this through the facilitation of workshops, group events and high-skills volunteering.
Canada
WorkInNonProfits.ca (workinnonprofits.ca/index)
Committed to helping build and strengthen Canada’s non-profit sector, WorkinNonProfits.ca, connects non-profits across the country with job seekers as well as suppliers of services and products.
Endeavour (endeavourvolunteer.ca/)
Endeavour is dedicated to enabling non-profit organisations to improve and sustain their community impact. To achieve their mission, they are committed to providing volunteer consulting to non-profit organisations that otherwise may not be able to afford professional consulting services and engaging the community in providing volunteer consulting.
France
Pro Bono Lab (probonolab.org)
A lab that mobilises workers, students and professionals in search of work to help those organisations with a social purpose. It was founded by HEC alumni and friends Antoine Colonna d’Istria and Yoann Kassi-Viver.
Le Mouvement Des Entrepreneurs Sociaux (mouves.org)
The Movement of Social Entrepreneurs (Mouves) is a movement of people who want to volunteer and construct a humane economy which responds efficiently to the needs of society in employment, health, education and housing.
Passerelles et Compétences (passerellesetcompetences.org/pcsite)
An association recognising the public interest to volunteer, whose mission is to promote ‘bénévolat de compétences’, a form of solidarity better suited to the competencies and availability of professionals. The founder is my friend Patrick Bertrand.
Germany
Proboneo (proboneo.de)
Proboneo brings committed professionals and managers together with social organisations so that good ideas can find professional support and experts can do something for themselves and for society. It was founded by my friend Claudia Leissner.
Poland
Fundacja Dobra Sieć (dobrasiec.org/en)
The Good Network Foundation is passionate about new technologies and convinced that they can help change the world for the better. The internet is a link between the most distant corners of the world, giving people the resources which they may not find in their environment.
United Kingdom
Reach (reachskills.org.uk)
Through their self-service platform, Reach promotes the benefits of skills-based volunteering, attracts prospective volunteers and encourages non-profits to engage skilled volunteers in their work. They enable professionals and non-profits to find their ideal volunteering match with the aim of radically increasing both the scale and impact of volunteering.
United States
Bayes Impact (bayesimpact.org)
As a technology non-profit their mission is to build the social services of the future. They leverage software and data science to deliver personalised and scalable interventions for millions of underserved people across the world.
Catchafire (catchafire.org)
The leading skills-based volunteering platform connecting high impact organisations in need with talented professionals eager to give back their skills. Through Catchafire’s technology, pre-scoped project opportunities, and ongoing customer support, they provide meaningful, transformational volunteer experiences for every volunteer and organisation in the community. It was founded and led by my friend Rachel Chong.
Datakind (datakind.org)
Datakind brings together top data scientists with leading social change organisations to collaborate on cutting-edge analytics and advanced algorithms to maximize social impact. The pro bono data science innovation team tackle critical humanitarian issues in the fields of education, poverty, health, human rights, the environment and cities.
Pro Bono Net (probono.net)
An NGO dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation.
The St. Bernard Project (sbpusa.org)
SBP was founded in March 2006 by Zack Rosenburg and Liz McCartney and is now, with the tremendous support of donors, volunteers and corporate partners, a national organisation, recognised as a leader in disaster resilience and recovery, whose mission is to shrink time between disaster and recovery.
The Washington Peace Center (washingtonpeacecenter.org)
The Washington Peace Center provides education, resources and action for those working for positive social change and a world free from oppression. It is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organisation working for peace, justice and non-violent social change.
Pro bono marketing
Pimp My Cause (pimpmycause.org)
Pimp My Cause brings together worthwhile causes with talented marketers – including innovators, strategists, advertisers, graphic designers, web developers, PR specialists and researchers who can provide transformational input pro bono.
Movies to watch
All the President’s Men (1976), directed by Alan J. Pakula
All the Way (2016), directed by Jay Roach
Battle in Seattle (2007), directed by Stuart Townsend
Bringing Down a Dictator (2002), directed by Steve York
The Brussels Business: Who Runs the European Union? (2012), directed by Matthieu Lietaert and Friedrich Moser
Chi-Raq (2015), directed by Spike Lee
The Corporation (2005), directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), directed by Stanley Kubrick
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), directed by Michael Moore
A Force More Powerful (1999), directed by Steve York
The Fourth World War (2003), directed by Richard Rowley
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), directed by George Clooney
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), directed by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick
Milk (2008), directed by Gus Van Sant
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), directed by Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich
Our Brand Is Crisis (2006), Rachel Boynton
Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay
Thank You for Smoking (2005), directed by Jason Reitman
V For Vendetta (2005), directed by James McTeigue
Television series to watch
Alpha House (Amazon Studios), 2013–14
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime), 2016
The Good Wife (CBS), 2009–16
House of Cards (Netflix), 2013–present
John Adams (HBO), 2008
Political Animals (USA), 2012
Show Me a Hero (HBO), 2015
The West Wing (NBC), 1999–2006
Yes Minister! (BBC), 1980, 1984
Index
A
academic community 49, 76–7
Access Info Europe 188, 190
accountability 20, 99, 102, 192
active citizenship 68–9, 82, 93, 101
activism 80, 86, 88, 108, 120, 203, 207–8, 218, 240, 246, 266, 290
anti-nuclear 19
administrative complaint 157, 160, 191, 229, 254, 265
admission policy to school 116
advocacy 70–1, 295–96
campaign 114, 218, 237, 252
strategic 87, 93, 107, 237
alcohol, lobbying on 114–15, 119, 139, 148, 150, 157, 203, 216
Alemanno, Alberto 50, 60, 125, 151, 156, 162, 214, 231, 275, 278, 285, 288–89
algorithm 60–3, 65
Allen, Woody 70
allies, pick your (Step 5) 112, 216–21
AllTrials 20, 121
American Enterprise Institute 75
amicus curiae 201
Amnesty International 14, 195
anchor 53, 55, 117
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 174, 290
anti-establishment 43
approach, how to 255–56
Arab Spring 10
Ariely, Daniel 56
Aristotle 4, 46, 94
Arriaga, Manuel 7, 276
Ashraf, Sofia 18
asylum seekers 159
Athens 27
Australia 159, 179–80, 189, 295, 296, 297, 299, 302, 307
avenues 158–60
administrative 155, 156, 159, 160, 173, 185–86, 196, 211
campaign 159, 202–15
eParticipation 184, 289
judicial 159, 196–202
legislative 159, 161–62
B
background file 110, 129, 145
Barroso, José Manuel 120, 239
battle, pick your (Step 1) 110, 116–26
Beck, Glenn 206
behavioural science 57
mental capacity 26, 65
mental shortcuts 53–5, 57, 63
non-cognitive skills 48–9
Berg, Carsten 181
Best Party 43
Bill of Rights 267
Black, Mhairi 43
BlackLivesMatter 233
blogging 250–51
Bloomberg, Michael 17
Bobbio, Norberto 30
boycotting, policy initiative 87
branding 74, 112, 128, 145, 147, 158, 221, 230–33, 240, 249
for coalition 230–33
Brazilian Congress 43
Bresch, Heather 210
Brexit 97, 178, 239
Burkini Ban 253
Bush, George W. 218
C
California Taxpayers’ Revolt 183–184
call to action 237
Calvillo, Alejandro 17, 90–1
Cambridge Analytica 63–4
Canada 179, 296, 298, 299, 308
candidate 29, 59, 190
canvassing 11
career civil servants 149, 185, 257
career politicians 41–2
Castells, Manuel 277, 286
citizen lobbyist 18–22, 69, 84, 87–8, 92–3, 106, 115–16, 124, 161, 186, 192, 197, 222, 246, 265, 271–73, 293; see also, toolbox, citizen lobbying
citizen-democracy connection 12
city council 43, 108
civic empowerment 22, 37, 68, 77, 272
civic knowledge 46–51
civic engagement 41, 68, 246
civic entrepreneur 70
civil servant 70, 149, 185
civil society 15–16, 18, 36, 79, 122, 184, 195, 207–8, 240, 278, 286, 301, 304
climate change policy 232
Clinton, Hillary 210
coalition 87, 112, 128, 131, 150, 158, 178, 216–17, 219–21, 227, 231, 233, 235, 239, 243, 255, 259, 263, 265
coalition building 87, 128, 158
coalition member’s inventory 221
cognitive biases 52–6
Coláiste Feirste 200
collective empowerment 68
collective democratic understanding 93
Color of Change 206
communication, plan your (Step 7) 112, 226–53
and media plan 226
dissemination 227–28, 230
community 28, 46, 85, 110, 119
groups 36, 148
consultation, public 83, 125, 156, 163–66, 168
consumer 17, 20–1, 57–8, 64, 80, 82, 102
citizen as 3, 11, 95
privacy 120, 174, 199, 208–9, 306
contact person 220
Corbyn, Jeremy 43
Cotton, Dorothy 11
counterdemocracy 31
counterpower mechanism 31
Crouch, Colin 37, 281
Crowdjustice 224, 297
curve of influence 162
D
Dahl, Robert 279, 281
data 10, 18, 20, 57–64, 90, 93, 109–10, 120–21, 124, 127, 135, 138, 140, 142, 144–45, 175, 188, 199–200, 211, 228, 282–83, 287, 310–11
big data 58–9, 282
and Facebook 18, 58–61, 199–200
de Tocqueville, Alexis 41, 47, 281
default option 54
Deltour, Antoine 235
democracy 2–3, 11–12, 23, 27–33, 39, 41–4, 46–7, 77, 79–81, 83–4, 90, 93–9, 102, 171–72, 180, 182–84, 194, 268, 275–81, 284–87, 289, 292, 295, 304
democratic distrust 88
democratic understanding 93
direct democracy 12, 95–9, 102, 171–72, 182–84, 277, 289
Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI) 200
digital 2, 10–11, 13, 36, 63, 79, 107–8, 158, 174, 206–10, 213–15, 246–49, 252, 271, 277–78, 286
campaigning 158, 206, 207–8, 210, 246–52
revolution 3, 7, 10, 13, 15, 79, 174, 247, 277, 281–82
DREAMers (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) 100–101
drones 121
drug monopolies 121, 209–11
Dutch Energy Agreement 167
E
echo chambers 130
eCommittee project 184
education 2, 4, 7, 44, 46, 48–9, 51, 89, 100, 150, 194, 200–1, 228, 275, 281, 295, 303, 309, 311
dominant model of 47
Edwards, Michael 93, 276, 278, 286
egalitarian force 102
Einstein, Albert 127
elected officials 3, 11, 32, 70
elected representatives 7–8, 12–13, 20, 33, 38, 41–2, 44, 72, 78, 80, 84, 99, 102, 158, 170, 184–85, 198, 207, 238, 254–55, 257, 264–65, 273
electoral volatility 39
elevator pitch 261
email 10, 84–5, 118, 133–34, 188, 206–7, 211, 221, 243–44, 247–49, 251–52, 255, 260
emission standards 7
emotional skills 48
environmental protection 8, 20, 184
EpiPen pricing campaign 209–211
European Union 49, 53, 114, 170, 178, 189, 195, 268, 288–89, 298, 300–1, 307, 312
citizenship of 268
Commissioner of Human Rights for the Council of Europe 194
Court of Justice (CJEU) 18, 189, 195, 199, 250
European Citizens’ Initiative 16, 114, 159, 180, 289, 290
European Commission 114, 118, 165, 180, 182, 268, 288
European Directive on Environmental Impact Assessment 165
European Parliament 16, 32, 72, 118, 176–77, 181, 208–9, 235, 256, 259, 289
Lisbon Treaty 172
ombudsman 190, 194, 196
Passengers’ Rights Regulation 168
Petition System 174–79
Transparency Register 268
Treaty of 268, 288
evidence, gathering supporting on the precedents 133, 143
F
face-to-face meetings (Step 8) 113, 254–61
Facebook 4, 10, 18, 53, 58–61, 64, 85, 93, 131, 133, 191, 199–200, 206, 210, 213, 224, 228, 240, 247–49, 293
data and 18, 58–61, 199–200
Faceless Judges 189
facial recognition software 63
factsheet 110, 145–47, 221, 226, 228, 236, 242, 255–
57, 259
fair pay 15
fat tax 263
Federal Register 164
feedback mechanism 99
Five Star Movement 12, 96
fracking 13, 137–38, 141–42
framing effect 53–4
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 160
French Abattoir Abuse 205
Fukushima 19
funding 17, 75–6, 112, 131, 150, 222–24, 230
crowdfunding 18, 223–25, 297
Fusion’s Massive Millennial Survey 32
G
Garde, Amandine 114
Gilens, Martin 33
Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) 232
Gnarr, Jón 43
Goldacre, Ben 19
Good Lobby, the 15, 135–36, 278, 301
Grant, Adam 83, 285
Grant, Ulysses S. 71–72
groupthink 129
H
Hansard 117, 178, 279, 298
healthcare 6–7, 194
health community 148
herd behaviour 59
Hirschman, Albert 284
Hollingsworth v. Perry 183
homework, do your (Step 2) 110, 127–47
Hugo, Victor 71
I
impact assessment 140, 165
inertia 54–5
influencers 147–48, 153
information subsidy 240
initiative
direct 183
indirect 183
legislative 117, 161, 171
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 268
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) 39
international roaming charges 16, 159
international treaty 124
interviews 228, 238, 246
Ireland 178, 182, 199–200, 282, 302
Irish Petition System 178
Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner 199
Irish language 200–1
J
Jarvis, Howard 183
Jhatkaa association 18
journalists 8, 44, 145, 229, 240–45
K
Kahneman, Daniel 52, 282
Kant, Immanuel 283
Kantaya, Mellini 209
Kemp, Elaine 17
Kodaikanal Won’t! 18
Kroes, Neelie 16
L
Lamb, Norman 205
legitimacy 38, 83, 112, 217, 219
Lincoln, Abraham 116
Lippmann, Walter 239, 291
Living Wage Foundation 191
lobbying
avenue 158–160
context-specific 107, 109, 141
corporate 35, 74–6
evidence-based 109
inside vs outside 155, 157–58
opponents 111, 147–48, 150, 152–54, 198, 209, 238–39, 246, 254
origins of 71–2