advocacy evaluation
online resources to draw on in evaluating advocacy and campaigns
Why do people join movements?
A brainstorming activity to develop participants’ understanding that individuals join movements and groups to fulfil particular needs.
Ten commandments of activism
Some wise words from Saul Alinsky.
Mentorship and peer support
Simple institutional arrangements, like the three options outlined here, can make a huge difference to campaigners’ sense of support and their long-term sustainability.
Friends of Earth Climate Justice Campaign: for the greater good
Nancy Entwhistle. A study of the reframing of the climate change campaign and the notion of distributive justice.
Tactics analysis
Challenges organisers to consider how much power and energy their tactics create, show and take.
Defend Freedom: national security and human rights
Justin Whelan’s succinct analysis of Australian campaigns to protect human rights in the ‘war on terror’. Draws on Moyer’s Movement Action Plan.
Spectrum of allies
An exercise to examine how different stakeholders view our campaign objectives and to consider tactics accordingly.
Debriefing workshop sessions
Some ideas for creative processing and debriefing of activities such as large group discussions and journal writing.
Why do people join a movement?
An informative resource from CANVAS outlining various motivations for joining a movement.
SMART objective writing
An exercise to turn your group’s desired changes into objectives that are Specific and Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound.
Articulating your social change vision
“Theories of Change” is a set of questions developed to encourage people to think about why they want to work for social change, and then help them consider appropriate strategies for doing this.
Byron Farmers Market
Vanessa John. Insights into the challenges of working as a change agent and advocating for systemic reform.
Tactics to strategy
A powerful tool to help groups shift focus from tactics to strategy.
Planning coalitions
A 7-part framework for organisers working in coalitions [more available online from http://www.communityunionism.org]
Problem tree analysis
This exercise is used to analyse the root causes of a problem and to identify the primary consequences. The tree provides a visual structure for the analysis. Developed by Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller.
Handling the most difficult participant
Some effective strategies for dealing with difficult workshop participants.
Mind map: Preparing for recruiting
A brainstorming exercise to develop a recruitment plan.
Rules of power tactics
This resource outlines Saul Alinksy’s guidelines for selecting tactics (source: Rules for Radicals).