Matthew McGregor
Matthew joined BSD in September 2008 to set up our London office. He has over ten years experiences of political campaigns, both in party politics and in advocacy campaigning.
Matthew's experience includes work for Ken Livingstone's 2008 Mayoral campaign, for trade justice advocates War on Want, for TULO, the coalition of Labour supporting Trade Unions, and others. In 2006-7, Matthew managed Jon Cruddas' deputy leadership campaign, which won Channel 4's prestigious 'Political Campaign of the Year' award. He has worked with campaigns in Sweden, France and America. As well as running online campaigns, Matthew has extensive press experience, developing media strategies for campaigns. He has had articles published in the Guardian, FT, Independent Mirror and New Statesman among others.
Matthew holds a B.A. from the University of Sheffield. Although he enjoys work, he'd always rather be watching Norwich City
Blog posts by Matthew McGregor:
- October 27, 2009 - Demanding representation that represents the voters
- May 07, 2009 - Speaking out and making a difference
- May 05, 2009 - Prince of Wales joins BSD to save the rainforests
- February 24, 2009 - New UK campaign - halting Mail privatisation
- January 16, 2009 - Taking the fight to the far right
- October 08, 2008 - BSD in Britain
- September 23, 2008 - Have a drink on Blue State
Client Spotlight
Speed Matters
For the Communications Workers of America (CWA), BSD developed and implemented "Speed Matters", a comprehensive constituency-building media campaign around the issue of telecommunications equity. In a matter of months, BSD's program generated an email list of almost 100,000, and built CWA into a thought leader on this issue, enhancing the organization's credibility with legislators, opinion leaders, and the press. Full Case Study »
Client Feedback
“We had a website, but no real organizing tools. I called Blue State Digital and within days, hundreds of screening parties were being created. Our film, The Ground Truth, continues to be screened in homes and community centers across the country. Blue State Digital provides the tools that activists need.”