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Bernard Keane’s advice on writing to politicians
Standard words are worked up by bureaucrats and edited and signed off by the Minister’s staff when they’re happy the words are risk-free or convey the desired message. In most departments, they are then loaded into electronic ministerial correspondence systems. This...
Benchmarking evaluation in foundations: Do we know what we are doing?
Much like the discipline of evaluation itself, the evaluation function in philanthropy – with staff assigned to evaluation-related responsibilities – is a fairly recent phenomenon…
‘Beautiful Trouble: A toolbox for revolution’
‘Beautiful Trouble’ lays out the core tactics, principles and theoretical concepts that drive creative activism, providing analytical tools for changemakers to learn from their own successes and failures.
Beating Goliath a resource for corporate campaigners
‘Beating Goliath’ gathers case studies from previous successful campaigns against corporations, looking at how they won and what we can learn from them.
Australia’s Climate Action Summit
The 2014 Community Climate Action Summit is coming to Brisbane this August. Communities, businesses, schools, universities and industries all across Australia are looking past the political rhetoric to get on with the job of creating the kind of sustainable futures...
Australian Education for Sustainability Alliance
The Australian Education for Sustainability Alliance is comprised of organisations from the education, union, youth and environment sectors that want a higher prioritisation of sustainability in the education system. We are achieving this by advocating and lobbying...
Australasian Facilitators Network
The Australasian Facilitators Network (AFN) is a self-organising community of practitioners based in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and the Pacific. Our focus is on working, learning and sharing with each other. We share a passion for facilitation and...
Anna Rose reflects on how to chair a not-for-profit board
When I left as AYCC’s National Director and stepped into the role of Chair, I had some idea of what the role would entail because of my law degree. Well. So I thought. I’d studied board mismanagement as part of corporate law, so I knew what...
Anatomy of a Modern Campaign
“So lets kick the door down on the secrecy and see how a modern campaign actually runs – the research involved, the technology, the analysis, the logistics of the ground game and the capabilities that get brought to the table when all of these things become...
Always look on the bright side of life: The AIDEX 91 story
In November 1991 over 1000 protesters blockaded the National Exhibition Centre in Canberra with the goal of shutting down the Australia International Defence Exhibition. Over 12 days AIDEX 91 saw the most police violence and the highest number of arrests in the...
Advocacy Evaluation Update: Centre for Evaluation Innovation
The growing interest in using advocacy as a strategy for achieving social change has sparked a lively discussion on how to document and measure the success of advocacy strategies.
Advice to White indigenous activists
Indigenous activist Dr Gary Foley offers poignant advice to White would-be activists: Know Thy Self. This footage was taken during a public discussion forum, ‘Deactivating Colonialism / Decolonising Activism’ (Melbourne Australia)
How to write a letter to a politician
Sitting down and writing an original letter to a politician isn’t as convenient as sending a form letter or email composed by someone else, but it is much more effective and much more likely to receive a personalised response.
Activists and difficult people
Brian Martin (2001): All of us encounter people whose behavior we find difficult, and many of us are difficult ourselves, at least at times! Some people might imagine that there are fewer problems in groups that are concerned with “good causes,” such as...
Active Hope How to face the mess we’re in
Active Hope is about finding, and offering, our best response to the crisis of sustainability unfolding in our world. It offers tools that help us face the mess we’re in, as well as find and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a...
ActionSprout
Powering Social Campaigns for Good Engage supporters beyond like, comment, and share. ActionSprout connects to the services you already use and love like Salesforce, MailChimp, Salsa, and NationBuilder. When a supporter takes action, their contact information is...
A users guide to advocacy evaluation planning
This new tool from Harvard Family Research Project and developed by Julia Coffman takes users through four basic steps that generate the core elements of an advocacy evaluation plan, including what will be measured and how. The tool includes a comprehensive list of...
A sometimes provocative guide on story-based strategy
If you’re trying to influence, persuade, or convince others to believe in your message, you’ll want to read this book. This storytelling manifesto is designed to provoke, inspire, and get you thinking in a more expansive manner. In the process, you’ll learn to see the...