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EngageMedia
EngageMedia uses the power of video, the internet and free software technologies to affect social and environmental change. We believe independent media and free and open technologies are fundamental to building movements needed to challenge social injustice.
The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy
The political process is chaotic and often takes years to unfold, making it difficult to use traditional measures to evaluate the effectiveness of advocacy organizations. There are, however, unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and...
Pt’Chang Community Safety Group
Pt’chang is a Melbourne based all volunteer, not for profit community group dedicated to Community Safety. Pt’chang provides trained groups of peacekeepers at community events and provides legal observers when necessary.
experiential learning david kolb
David Kolb’s model of experiential learning can be found in many discussions of the theory and practice of adult education, informal education and lifelong learning. This website set out the model, and examines its possibilities and problems.
Chiapas Media Project
We worked with CMP in 2004 to screen their films in Brisbane and to hear how they use media to create social change working with Zapatista communities.
Community sustainability engagement evaluation toolbox
The toolbox aims to provide a one-stop-site for the evaluation of community sustainability engagement projects that aim to change household behaviours. The toolbox brings together a number of best-practice evaluation methods packaged into a comprehensive,...
Protest Net Activists handbook
This handbook is a useful practical introduction to being politically active and features tips and tactics on communication, organising and protest.
Enabling Change
Resources and tools on activist training and campaign strategy.
Bringing down a Dictator (documentary)
This documentary examines the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October, 2000 by an ingenious nonviolent strategy of honest elections and massive civil disobedience.
Innovation Network ‘Advocacy Evaluation’ Update
Innovation Network is a nonprofit evaluation, research, and consulting firm. We provide knowledge and expertise to help nonprofits and funders learn from their work to improve their results. Publish the excellent ‘Advocacy Evaluation’ update
Project South
A leadership development organisation which provides opportunities for organisers to learn and develop movement building tools.
Democracy in Action technology for the masses
Online campaigning and advocacy tools accessible to all nonprofits to enable people to connect, communicate, take action, and organise.
Big Noise Films
Big Noise Tactical is a collective of media-makers dedicated to circulating beautiful, passionate, revolutionary images.
Blind carbon copy: a biopsy of the climate movement
Structured evaluation and critical reflection are uncommon in social movements. It’s easy to get swept in up in the momentum, urgency and excitement of a campaign. Almost a year after the first Climate Emergency rally we can take stock of how much real progress...
Participatory Research In Asia
An international learning centre based in India promoting participation and democratic governance.
Community unionism
Research papers, training documents, annotated bibliography and weblinke created by Amanda Tattersall, an Australian union and community activist and academic, preparing a PhD on Community Unionism.
Audio Video NGO in a box
Tactical Tech and EngageMedia have collaborated to put together a toolkit that lowers the entry level for organisations and individuals wanting to use audio and video as a tool for social change.
Advocacy ‘logic model’ tool
Developed by Continuous Progress to make the composite logic model more accessible to campaigners. This model allows advocates to select elements from each of the HFRP categories and automatically generates an evaluation framework.