Jan 13 - 2021

The Audacity of Taking Risks: an interview with Lori Coleman

Despite a desire to bring positive change into the world, many of us often feel timid about jumping into organising large-scale systems-changing projects because we feel we don’t have enough experience or structural support. That’s...

Jan 13 - 2021

In Campaigning, Failure is Key to Success

Failure, mistake, errors - are a fundamental part of learning to be successful. And while failures can also be emotionally difficult, damaging, or in the worst case deadly - when treated with the right mindset,...

Dec 17 - 2020

Team Tectonica's Favourite Holiday Recipes

If I had to pick one word for 2020, I might have to go with CANCEL. Not only did the coronavirus force us to cancel pretty much everything -- travel plans, birthday parties, going into the...

Dec 17 - 2020

Our 2020 Year End Donations Recommendations

In a year where every aspect of our life has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, advocacy organisations have had to work around the clock to meet the increased needs of many of our communities....

Nov 26 - 2020

The hottest new political tech is one you're probably already using: important lessons on building your campaign tech stack.

Author: Alonso Hernández Sánchez There seems to be a never-ending conversation on what are the most effective technologies to power up digital campaigning. "What tools should we be using?" is always among the most frequent...

Nov 11 - 2020

People don’t become Activists Because of a Cause. (And That Gives me Hope.)

This is a blog post about why I believe our innate need for belonging, the theories of a lesser known 20th Century French philosopher, and a couple millennia of organised religion, make me think that...

Oct 21 - 2020

The Five-Part Framework for Digital Organising

Backstory: Earlier this year, we set out to evaluate Europe’s progressive digital organising efforts. We did this in part because we see a great deal of misunderstanding and disagreement around what digital organising is, and...

Oct 07 - 2020

Meet Our Team: Alonso Hernandez

Tectonica is lucky to have one of the best teams on the planet. To help you get to know the amazing folks that make up our team, we'll be sharing interviews with different team members....

Sep 23 - 2020

What do an internship, Hamilton, and Europe have in common?

Contributor: Filipa Mladenova What do you expect of an internship? It is probably one of the most important affairs a student can go through in their preparation for the real world. It is not just...

Sep 23 - 2020

How to Write the Perfect Email Subject Line

You should definitely be dedicating as much of your team’s time, resources, and energy towards developing the perfect email subject lines for your email program. Your leadership should be weighing in, your digital team should...

Sep 09 - 2020

Keeping people together through 2020 —and beyond

Regardless of how societies manage to get themselves out of the Covid19 pandemic (and if they do), campaigners and organisers will remember 2020 as the year when (almost) everything changed. With virtually no time to...

Aug 26 - 2020

More Women in Politics, Please

Among uncountable other tragedies that loomed up with it, one of the most obvious features about the coronavirus crisis is how disproportionately it has impacted women (particularly low income, non-white ones, or from the Global...