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The elusive craft of evaluating advocacy
Advocacy evaluation is a craft, one in which tacit knowledge, skill and networks are more useful than the application of a rigid methodology. It is an exercise in trained judgment. The evaluator, rather than the formal qualities of the evaluation, is what...
Better Evaluation Rainbow
The BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework organises different evaluation options (methods and strategies) in terms of different tasks in an evaluation, organised into seven clusters: manage an evaluation; define what is to be evaluated; frame the boundaries for an...
What is self-leadership?
Great leadership is a cultivated art. It begins with self- leadership. Because at the center of leadership is the person who, more than anything else makes the difference. Leadership success or failure begins with how the leader approaches...
Assessing advocacy
This new framework provides a methodical and organised approach to managing some of philanthropy’s most complicated endeavours. The framework evaluates projects for nine conditions, from the presence of effective champions to favourable timing. It complements and...
How We Make Change is Changing: Open Source Campaigns for the 21st Century
During the Obama presidential campaigns, a lot of attention was paid to how data fuelled the strategy. Twitter was described as central to the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring. But social movements not only take advantage of new technological tools, the process of...
Journal of Resistance Studies
Issue 1 of Journal of Resistance Studies is out and it’s free! Following issues will be offered at a subscription rate. Make sure to spread the word and ask your local library to subscribe to the journal.
Evaluating Networks for Social Change: A Casebook
In response to the growing interest of grant-makers and network builders, this casebook profiles nine evaluations that address key questions about network effectiveness while expanding what is known about assessment approaches that fit with how networks develop and...
An essential guide to SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is a methodological tool designed to help workers and companies optimize performance, maximize potential, manage competition, and minimize risk. SWOT is about making better decisions, both large and small. It can help you determine the efficacy of...
Harnessing the Power of Narrative for Social Change
There are many different ways to win the Battle of the Story whether it’s by re-framing the issue, amplifying previously unheard voices, or offering new solutions. The story-based strategy approach offers a flexible methodology for campaign or community stakeholders...
The value iceberg: weighing the benefits of advocacy and campaigning
In value terms, advocacy and campaigning is an iceberg: most of the impact may be submerged, hard to see. And the temptation to focus only on the part that is visible risks creating a radically false picture that generates misleading information and so encourages poor...
Empowering Women in Political Participation and Leadership
This month’s New Tactics conversation seeks to uncover the tools, tactics and resources used by individuals and organisations to empower women to overcome the obstacles preventing them from political equity and equality. The conversation has four threads: Introduction...
The Best Nonprofit Digital Campaigns Collection
A resource of some of the most creative, innovative, and effective nonprofit digital campaigns we’ve seen recently. Browse the categories below to learn more about the campaigns: their missions, methods, and the impact they’ve made.
Gender and community organising
“The Alinsky model begins with “community organizing”-the public sphere battles between the haves and have-nots. The women-centered model begins with “organizing community”-building expanded private sphere relationships and empowering...
How to write emails that rock: 3 tips for planning and strategy
Planning and strategy are really important for sending effective emails. Even before you start writing your next email appeal, take time to answer these three questions..
Post UK Election: Next Steps for Campaigners
Chris Rose writes: ‘Lots of UK campaigners, who tend not to be Conservatives, will no doubt be feeling deflated and dispirited at the way the UK General Election turned out. So if you are running a campaigning NGO, what should you do ? There will be no shortage...
Join the Progress network
More than 1000 change makers gathered in Melbourne for Progress 2015 last week. The Centre for Australian Progress is launching the Progress Network, with a weekly email to share tips, guides, templates and more.
Why Developing Your Grassroots Matters
Tom Baker reviews Hahrie Han’s book ‘How Organizations Develop Activists’: “Han hits the sweet spot on the challenges faced by anyone who works with local chapters or groups. The characterization of groups categorized into 3 types—Lone Wolves, Activists...
workshops and training for organisers, campaigners & activists in Perth
Simone Van Hattem writes: “As I get more organised on the community organising side of my work/activism, providing training/mutual aid workshops for (volunteer) activists, community organisers, educators and campaigners across environment, sustainability AND...