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Digital activism and nonviolent conflict (research report)
Digital activism has a demonstrated, positive impact on drawing people to the streets to protest, especially when civil society groups use digital tools and changing government policy is the goal. If the objective is change in government or government policy, civil...
How to design an agenda for an effective meeting
Here are some tips for designing an effective agenda for your next meeting, with a sample agenda and template below. You can use these tips whether a meeting lasts an hour or three days and whether you’re meeting with a group of five or forty.
Three ways to build leadership in your advocacy group
We are creative. We have public support. And – most importantly – we have people power. We have volunteers and members who give their time and money and work with us to improve transit in Toronto. To build our people power and win our campaigns we must build leaders...
Nonviolent Struggle: 50 crucial points
This book is a primer on applying strategic nonviolent action in real campaigns. The techniques outlined in the following 15 chapters have been used successfully in many parts of the world. Contained in the book are lessons learned from many long and difficult...
The New Now: Working Together for Social Change
The recent victories related to the rights of LGBT people have been astounding. The success on LGBT issues, especially marriage equality, is often attributed to a coordinated, unwavering, laser-sharp focus on changing policy at both the state and federal levels. So it...
Axioms for organisers
Axioms for Organizers by Fred Ross, Sr., Trailblazer for Social Justice is a collection of organizing wisdom from decades of fighting for social justice and equality throughout the United States and around the world. Download from iBooks for $2.99.
Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: an organizing guide
Daniel Hunter’s accessible organizing guide puts tools in your hands to help you and your group understand how to make meaningful, effective change. Learn about your role in movement-building and how to pick and build campaigns that contribute towards a bigger...
Global learning: leadership & teams training
Successful leadership relies on finely-honed skills of listening, questioning (including oneself) and asserting. Our innovative workshops and coaching sessions develop these skills through shared understanding and openness in groups.
Transformative Scale: The future of growing what works
Jeffrey Bradach and Abe Grindle describe nine strategies to deliver impact at a scale that truly meets needs… nine approaches that hold real promise for addressing at a transformative scale a number of major social problems: 1. Distribute through existing...
Fed up with politics? Join the club – and try to change the status quo
Amanda Tattersall writes: “That’s how we get our democracy back – it starts with hundreds of thousands of one-to-one conversations. When we share where we have come from, and our aspirations, then we make change. That is the road to a civilised...
The Change Toolkit
The Change Toolkit is a guide for people in community legal centres – and elsewhere – who are interested in improving the lives of people in their community through law reform, policy and advocacy. A new resource for strategic and effective systemic advocacy drawing...
The just enough guide for campaigners
In the face of a rapidly changing world, even the savviest nonprofits and foundations needed a boost to keep up and win their issue campaigns. Recognizing this, in 2008 we set about gathering insights from dozens of strategists, who knew more than a thing or two about...
Why some teams are smarter than others
Online and off, some teams consistently worked smarter than others. More surprisingly, the most important ingredients for a smart team remained constant regardless of its mode of interaction: members who communicated a lot, participated equally and possessed good...
Create the ultimate donation page
Online fundraising continues to grow. To get the most out of your digital campaigns, you need an optimized donation page that inspires donors to give more. This free guide will show you how to raise more online by creating an amazing donation page that follows online...
Blueprint for revolution
In Blueprint for Revolution, Srdja Popovic outlines his philosophy for implementing peaceful world change and provides a model for activists everywhere through stories of his own experience toppling dictatorships (peacefully) and of smaller examples of social change...
Top 10 sustainability campaigns of 2014
The Guardian showcases 10 great campaigns from 2014, including 350.org’s divestment campaign, the People’s Climate March, the inspiring Pacific Climate Warriors blockade of Newcastle’s coal port and Greenpeace’s campaign to end Lego’s...
Using evaluation to become an effective learning organization
More and more grant makers are looking at evaluation in a new light. They are redefining its role in philanthropy in five ways: It’s about improvement, not just proof; It’s about contribution, not attribution; It’s about learning with others, not alone; It’s about...
Yo, Si Peudo: A global literacy movement
Since it was first trialled in Haiti in 2000, Cuba’s Yo, Si Puedo model for mounting mass adult literacy campaigns has mobilised over six million people in twenty-nine countries to acquire basic literacy. Cuba’s unique south-south approach to international aid and...