fredag den 22. maj 2009

How to mobilise voters.......

OPERATION 10 - 10 - 10 - 10

How to mobilize people in today's hectic world


We know it all. It happens a lot around us all the time. We are bombarded with information and temptations endlessly. Often it is difficult, indeed almost impossible, to distinguish important from irrelevant. Interesting from boring. Serious from non-serious.


What should you do, if you'd like to have your friends, contacts and other networks to know something specific? And to do something concrete?

Obama showed us with impressive skills how to do it in practice:

Use the
Internet. Not with large mailing lists, where people all receive a common, impersonal message at the same time. But with individual, personal messages sent directly to specific individuals. This will mobilise people.

His message was simple:

1. VOTE
2. Get 10 of your friends and contacts to do the same
3. Get each of these 10 to find 10 other people who do the same….
4. Etc., etc.

In a way, it is a modern version of chain letters.

But now by e-mail. Personal. Fast. Direct.


June 4, 5, 6 or 7, European elections will take place in your country. Altogether 736 politicians will be elected to serve for the next five years.

It is important to vote. Very important. The European Parliament gets more power in more and more areas. All are areas which directly affect your and my everyday life. Consumer organisations have, for example, calculated that approx. 85% of all consumer legislation today originates from the European Parliament.

Then, why let others decide who should be elected?

YOU should of course VOTE.

And get 10 more people to do the same. And each of them to get 10 others ...




How to know more ....

You and your friends might ask: How can we get more information before we vote?

It's easy. At this link you will find five credible websites with information, you certainly can use:

www.voting-europe.blogspot.com

Ok?


IN OTHER WORDS:

1) VOTE ( and if you are not able to come, then vote by letter in advance )

2) Send an e-mail to 10 OF YOUR BEST CONTACTS to ask them to:

a) VOTE
b) each to find 10 others who promise to vote
c) - and each of them to find 10 people that also promise to vote –

d) and so on …..
e) and to suggest that they have a look at the abovementioned information page before they

vote

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

May 2009

PS: Suggestions and ideas are welcome at: www.voting-europe.blogspot.com

mandag den 11. maj 2009

Put QUESTIONS TO EUROPE - on YouTube

The European elections are coming closer and closer.

Put your questions to Europe on YouTube & Euronews here:

http://www.youtube.com/questionsforeurope

Write in my blog what you think about this new initiative :)

torsdag den 7. maj 2009

VOTING EUROPE

Be ready to……

VOTE ON JUNE 4 – 7

The elections to the European Parliament will take place in all 27 EU member states from June 4 – 7.

Why let the others decide for you ? You certainly have an opinion about what Europe should do. And what it should not do.

The only way to get direct influence is to VOTE in the elections in June.

Or to vote by letter on beforehand ( if this is possible in your country ).

Tell them what YOU think – by voting J

But before voting you probably should like to study which party and which candidate to

vote for :)

Here are a few very useful web sites you can have a look at:

1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2009/default.htm;jsessionid=541880029FF5025E0228685662A7D11F.node1?language=EN

( the European Parliament’s special web site on the elections - in all EU languages )

2. http://www.euprofiler.eu/

( by answering 36 questions on-line you will find out which party you agree with )

3. http://www.consumerpact.eu/

( the European consumers’ organisation BEUC’s campaign to mobilise consumers for the elections )

4. http://www.caneuhearme.eu/eu/ ( MTV campaign for young people )

5. www.miCandidate.eu ( site with all candidates from all 27 countries - soon )

6. http://www.thinkaboutit.eu/ ( European blogging competition )

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen