What happened at Digital Camp?

In Short…

  • Over 150 people came together on June 5 in Greece for Digital Camp
  • People from 29 different Greenpeace offices and 10 external guests joined
  • 40% of GP participants were new to Greenpeace
  • It was the first time in 3 years that there was a global digital meeting
  • We set out to raise the bar and increase capacity for digital practitioners and to bring the community closer together
  • There were a total of 50 participant-driven planned sessions and 20 open sessions
  • Team building and social interaction was a key objective for this event — we nailed it!
  • The community learnt a lot, made new friends, had a lot of fun and left with clear outcomes
  • Some hard, trackable outcomes include: 150 individual takeaways to work on after the event, 8 cross-border working groups, NRO mind maps, A new and tested skill share model for future events, & Tested new event technology for managing the agenda and participants (Sched).
  • Overall, the evaluation has shown an overwhelming collection of positive feedback on many fronts and we have captured insights for optimising future events like these
  • Big thank you to everyone who contributed in any way. This event would not of been possible without the efforts of everyone involved.
  • Raise the digital practitioner’s capacity
  • Bring the digital community closer together and strengthen the sense of truly being a part of a global organisation
  1. Journey & Reengagement (Elcio Figueiredo)
  2. Campaigning & Storytelling (Lena Karvounaki & Paula Collet)
  3. Insights & Analytics (Jeff Harrison)
  4. Tech & Tools (Mark Campbell)

Participants Outcomes

The result was 150 individual takeaways and 8 working groups formed with an initial plan to move the working group forward after the Digital Camp:

  1. WhatsApp testing and sharing
  2. Love & Optimise your Leads for TFR Conversion
  3. Digital Project Planning Guide (or A better world for our digital projects — let’s build it together!)
  4. ControlShift Community of Practice
  5. Content Creators United
  6. GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation
  7. Best practises GP sharing platform

What’s next?

  • We will be running a series of webinars to repeat some of the sessions for the people who couldn’t come to the event.
  • The working groups will move forward and we will be following up to see how it’s going and if we can help make things move forward easier.
  • Future regional and global skill shares will be considered based on the feedback and results from this event. It is not likely that there will be a global skill share on a yearly basis, but maybe we can split between regional and global.
  • External guests — Amelia Showalter (Pantheon Analytics/Obama 2012), Salvatore Barbera (Latte Creative), Veera Juvonen (Spinas Civil Voices), Aline Muller (Unicef), Nathan Woodhull (Control Shift Labs), Kenneth Pennington (Bernie Sanders Campaign).
  • Everyone who ran a session
  • Mariadina Lili for the amazing logistics and doing it with a big smile.
  • Alex for driving the van.
  • All of the staff at Negroponte Resort
  • Yannick Porter and his faciliation team: Yoel, Sina and Thetis.
  • Track Leads: Jeff Harrison, Lena Karvounaki, Paula Collet, Mark Campbell, Maeve Doherty and Elcio Figueiredo.
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Engagement Support Manager at Greenpeace International. We provide support to Greenpeace offices and project teams to engage with their audiences.

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Michael Parker

Engagement Support Manager at Greenpeace International. We provide support to Greenpeace offices and project teams to engage with their audiences.