Politics – Geoffrey MacDougall

Design Tenets for Structural Advocacy

When I first designed my fundraising workshop, I spent six months turning my intuitions, patterns, and experiences into a system that could be taught. The work was about making implicit knowledge explicit and figuring out how to make it land for other people. While I’m mostly known as a fundraiser, a significant portion of my… Continue reading Design Tenets for Structural Advocacy

Real Power

There are forms of power that require consent: laws, rights, institutions, elections, norms, ethics, morality… They only function when all sides agree to a shared premise. We are no longer in one of those moments. But there are forms of power that do not require permission—forms you can exercise unilaterally. These are where you should… Continue reading Real Power

For When You’re Attacked

Trump is coming for every organization, institution, and public figure on the Left. All of them. It’s a certainty. You’re not going to be spared. He just hasn’t gotten to you, yet. The classic playbook for crisis communications does not work when faced with an attacker who wants to leave you cowed and powerless. To… Continue reading For When You’re Attacked