I want you to fail in your campaigning!
The ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria several years ago was the scene for me of a very powerful experience in my work trying to support people to campaign for change. I had been in this beautiful location for several days doing some work supporting Roma communities across the country; sadly, it was summer time […]
What to look for in a campaigner?
Recently I’ve been doing some work for a charity tackling elements of child poverty in the north of England. It has been a fascinating piece of work so far as up until now they have focused on delivering a direct response to the challenges that they faced, but now the trustees are keen that they […]
Reflections on campaigning across the globe
Reflections on campaigning across the globe By Jonathan Ellis I am just back from Rome where I was facilitating a workshop for a global campaign, and this experience prompted me to reflect on the reality of trying to campaign across the globe. It was so good both to be back in the eternal city and […]
Overcoming challenges to campaigning
February 26 blog Recently I was able to catch up with a former colleague of mine with whom I worked a lot in the past in Brussels, and he had recently secured a role running an NGO back in his home in Eastern Europe. His new team is keen do a lot of work including […]
How to appear on the Directory of Freelancers
2. A descriptive heading – up to 15 words 3. A description of your services – up to 90 words 4. Your previous roles/consultancies 5. Your daily rate 6. Experience level: 7. Choose how you would like to pay Please send these 7 details to jonathan@therightethos.co.uk If there is something to pay at this stage, […]
#DontRecruitForFujitsu
In the light of all the re-ignited publicity around the Post Office scandal, I have written to REC – the Recruitment and Employment Confederation to suggest that they run a campaign #DontRecruitForFujitsu – where they actively discourage recruitment consultancies from supplying candidates to them. Clearly, The Right Ethos would not be affected as we don’t […]
A roll call of late 20th century politics
When looking through some old memorabilia recently, I came across the memorial service booklet of Roy Jenkins. For younger listeners, Lord Jenkins was Labour home secretary, chancellor of the exchequer, president of the European Commission, founder of the Social Democratic Party, chancellor of Oxford University, as well as being a distinguished biographer. He was a […]
A third of a century later and 200 yards away
In 1990, started getting active and the roots of my career in the non-for-profit and campaigning sector began. I was running the Liberal Democrats group at Exeter University with Jonny Oates. He invited me up to his home in London to work on the next edition of our newsletter and make plans for what we […]
A third of a century later and 200 yards away
In 1990, I started getting active and the roots of my career in the non-for-profit and campaigning sector began. I was running the Liberal Democrats group at Exeter University with Jonny Oates. He invited me up to his home in London to work on the next edition of our newsletter and make plans for what […]
How to recruit efficiently so you don’t lose the best candidates.
If you’re a candidate, you’re in a great position to move your career forward – there’s still loads of jobs and in fact we see people being recruited beyond their abilities. The really capable candidates are not around for long – the savvy recruiters are snapping them up. There is loads of advice on being […]