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Campaign Strategy: Chris Rose (2 of 3)
This short YouTube provides a brief introduction to effective campaigning as outlined in Chris’ book ‘How to win Campaigns’
Community Organising: People power from the grassroots
There are four fundamental strategies available to neighborhood groups to address community problems: community organizing, advocacy, service delivery or development. There is no right or wrong strategy – each organization has to choose among them constantly....
Plan to thrive: Building a support network
Many activists act as though getting help, or investing in their own self-care, is a distraction from the main game, and a waste of time. Being kind to yourself is a good in and of itself – but it may be a useful perspective to adopt, that being ‘self-indulgent’ is...
Brian Martin’s ‘backfire’ materials and publications
The backfire model is a framework for understanding tactics used by perpetrators of injustice and how to oppose them. This site provides links to a great collection of resources written by Brian Martin and others.
Brainstorming doesnt really work
Typically, participants leave a brainstorming session proud of their contribution. The whiteboard has been filled with free associations. Brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It...
Books to support movement building
The (US) National Organizers Alliance website lists titles on organizing transit riders, lessons from Appalachia, anti-racism, family action, organizer characteristics, and stories of struggle.
Book review: ‘The Black Grapevine Aboriginal activism and stolen generation’
After decades of forced removal of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and communities, the 1980s saw the development of a national advocacy and policy organisation to speak up for the rights of the Aboriginal and Islander...
Book review: ‘Fight for liberty and freedom’
In Fight for Liberty and Freedom, John Maynard, describes what is was like to be Aboriginal one hundred years ago. He offers us the story of someone who fought to proclaim the voice and protect the rights of his fellow Aboriginal people
Book burning party (campaign case study)
A great case study of a campaign that effectively mobilised online and offline (in a quick set of slides).
The Three Applications of Nonviolent Action
George Lakey writes: “Nonviolent action has three major applications: social change; social defense; and third-party nonviolent intervention… There are four forms of third-party nonviolent intervention I have so far identified: accompaniment,...
Book review: ‘What Makes People Tick?’
If you want to communicate effectively with people – especially if you want to persuade them to act – you need to start from where they are, not from where you are. The failure to do this lies at the root of many communications damp squibs, disasters and...
Black Power in Redfern (Gary Foley, 2001)
Black Power was a political movement that emerged among African-Americans in the United States in the mid-1960s. The concept sought to express a new racial consciousness, and Robert Williams, of the NAACP, was the first to put the actual term to effective use in the...
Digital eskimos new do gooder toolkit
Create seriously good campaign websites that help you do good, better.
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...