Defensive Organizing Strategy - Presentation for Salsa Lab's Third Thursday
Transcript of Defensive Organizing Strategy - Presentation for Salsa Lab's Third Thursday
Third Thursday Workshop: 5 Tips to Galvanize your Base to Confront the New Congress
Ellie Klerlein Shayna Englin
1. Be Honest
Don’t set your supporters up to fail or pretend they can win battles that are
impossible.
2. Target Narrowly
• Focus on who you can move/where you’ll have impact
• Prioritize based on your organization’s future plans
• For tough targets: go directly to the voters/donors
3. Learn Jujitsu
• Be creative about ways to turn short term losses into building for long term wins
• Mobilize on negative messages
4. Amplify
• Match communications/media strategy with online advocacy
• Use media to amplify your message • Use the correct messengers, police or
business community as examples for immigration messengers
5. Tell Relevant Stories
• Think less about messages and policy ask, think about the story you want to tell.
• Use 0-10 scale of audience opinions/emotions
• Segmentation of list and engagement ladder