An open campaign can encompass several definitions. An open campaign may be a set of public protest actions against a person, an organization, or a corporation with a clear goal and transparent methods. In most cases, people who organise an open campaign are people willing to act by themselves, rather than strictly relying on politicians or other leaders. They often are willing to take control of their struggle and define their priorities, and work as a team, with little or no hierarchy, but rather favor people to participate with their own skills. Typical open campaigns rely on organizing talks, video displays, mailings, protest letters, leaflets distributions, articles in newspapers, petitions. The location and time of a campaign is usually heavily dependent upon the focus chosen. The signs of an open campaign are ones associated with mystery, uncertainty, consensus and discussion. Open campaign is mysterious in that it is often difficult to pinpoint a head or a leader. There is fair levels of uncertainty when it comes to the next steps within the campaign journey. Decisions are usually passed through discussions and consensus.
The expression is also often used by politicians officially starting to campaign as a candidate for a specific election. A similar meaning is given in sports, with the official start of a sport season. The expression is sometimes used in games, in particular role gaming.
Examples of open campaigns
is using "open campaign" as part of its effort to engage and empower old and new audiences to play a leading and meaningful role in pushing for change, with the willingness to be transparent down to the merest tactical details, although there may be some situations where some of these are hidden to provide some element of surprise. An Open campaign is not a dictionary matter it is instead a framework for understanding, planning and involving people, organisations and input in a bottom-up manner not the vintage top-down campaign planning process. The core of the open campaign is and must be, the meaningful involvement of people either in setting campaign strategy or in open tactics.
