Campaign Ideas

  • Raise money in your neighborhood to restore a local park.
  • Organize a boycott against a company that only begins once enough people join to cost that company more in lost sales than what it would cost to change policy.
  • Raise the funds to get something big that everyone wants but no one thinks will happen, like a public transit expansion in your city
  • Form a collective with 10 people in your neighborhood and negotiate a group rate for lawn mowing.
  • If you're mad at a company, coordinate a group of people to do something obnoxious and inconveniencing (but legal!), like taking a month's supply of napkins from the coffee shop until they do what you want.
  • Reward the first company to make a pro-consumer policy shift (like getting rid of termination fees for cellphone contracts!) by getting people to promise to give them business.
  • Bribe a friend by raising a pot of money that they can only collect if they do something outrageous or eat something disgusting.
  • Organize a flash mob to do some fun public stunt (ex: 100 person pillow fight, 300 people freeze in place, etc.
  • Offer to give a workshop, class or service but only if enough people sign up in advance.
  • Throw a party or concert but only if enough people say they'll come.
  • Coordinate 50 letters to the editor at the same time to make it likely a paper will print something that raises awareness about your cause.
  • Raise funds to pay for a billboard or a radio advertisement that raises awareness about your cause.
changed July 25, 2008