Workshops

All workshops will run in both the morning and the afternoon.

Intelligence

A. The new Prospective Parliamentary Candidates – Who are they, where are they, how do you get to them and will they care? (Medium)

AM – Stephen Twigg, Labour PPC, George Freeman, Conservative PPC, Karen Gillard, Liberal Democrat PPC, Liz Atkins, NCVO (Chair)

PM – Andrew Pakes, Labour PPC, Simon Jones, Conservative PPC, Martin Tod, Liberal Democrat PPC, Liz Atkins, NCVO (Chair)

B. The insiders – Parliament, Government and the Opposition – who are the people that matter and what makes them tick? (Medium)

AM - John Benger – Principal Clerk, House of Commons, Tim Montgomerie, ConservativeHome, John McTernan, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Emma Taggart, Consultant – formerly Director of Policy and Campaigns, Breakthrough Breast Cancer (Chair)

PM - Chris Shaw, Clerk, Public Bills Office, Jonathan Isaby, ConservativeHome, Emma Taggart, Consultant – formerly Director of Policy and Campaigns, Breakthrough Breast Cancer (Chair)

C. Going local – how will the localism agenda affect your campaign strategy? (Advanced)

AM – Elle Bullimore, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Councillor Sue Anderson, Birmingham City Council, William Perrin, Founder – Talk About Local, Belinda Pratten, NCVO (Chair)

PM - Ramesh Kukar, Slough CVS, Ron Bailey, Local Works, Paul Barasi, CompactVoice , Andy May, Power2010 Local Campaigns Coordinator(Chair)

Skills

D. Looking Out: What’s on the horizon for campaigning? (What if?) - helping you make more seaworthy campaign plans by spotting and analysing external trends and forces before they hit. Interactive (Medium)

Facilitated by Nick Wilson Young, NCVO Foresight (AM and PM)

E. Campaigning in a cold climate – looking at how to make a splash with limited resources. (Beginner)

AM - Emma Moore, Pink Stinks, Jonathan Ellis, Refugee Council, Rosemary Frazer (Chair)

PM - Brian Lamb, RNID, Michelle Smyth, Which?, Rosemary Frazer (Chair)

F. Power to the people? – social media and the election – how to make web 2.0 work for you in 2010. (Medium)

AM - Samuel Coates, MyConservatives, Stella Creasy, Scouts, Simon Collister, We Are Social, Liam Barrington Bush, Louder (Chair)

PM - Tom Watson MP, David Babbs, 38 degrees, Simon Collister, We Are Social, Liam Barrington Bush, Louder (Chair)

Beginner for delegates with limited experience of lobbying and campaigning
Medium for delegates with some knowledge of lobbying and campaigning
Advanced for delegates with a reasonable knowledge of public policy debates and political processes