Vision gallery
Stretches people’s imaginations in envision and articulate the kind of society they would like to create, going beyond vague values to specific features.
Influencing climate policy: The effectiveness of Australian NGO campaigns
Nina Lansbury Hall and Ros Taplin (2006) evaluate the effectiveness of Australian environmental non-government organisations’ (ENGO) campaigns on climate change, and examines their influence on climate-related policies in Australia. This research clarifies the role of...
Larry Olds’ philosophy of education
Developed by Larry Olds, this matrix compares traditional education, humanistic education and education for liberation.
Formation of Freirian Facilitators Phyllis Nobel, 1978
Food for thought for activist educators, including a useful review of literature by and about Paulo Freire.
the Change Agency’s Annual Report 2007/08
click to download
Reflecting on lessons learned
A tool to encourage and share participants’ self-reflection and work with others.
Sample Workshop Agenda: Team Building
A sample agenda for a whole day team-building workshop.
Recruitment workshop
A workshop for developing a shared framework of recruitment and recruiting skills, and an understanding of the importance of these in building a social movement.
Common Cause: The case for working with our cultural values
Whatever the recent successes of civil society organisations in helping to address such challenges, it seems that current responses are incommensurate with the scale of the problems we confront. It is increasingly evident that resistance to action on thes
Fundraising tips
Presentation covering advanced fundraising, including: communications, resources, membership, mail appeals, donations, merchandising and promotions, plus links to useful fundraising resources.
International Nonviolent Direct Action: the middle path between war and appeasement
Marty Branagan (2003) argues that it is possible for the international community to end a dictatorship or totalitarian regime nonviolently, given the many but largely unrecognised historical successes of nonviolence. Such a solution would be more fundamental and...
Wildlife Advocates
Monica Alba Murillo’s case study of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.
Critical path analysis
A critical path charts a sequence of outcomes or changes that are necessary between where we are (here and now) and the resolution of the problem we’re campaigning to solve. This tool helps campaigners to articulate their assumptions about how the intended...
What is strategy
An experiential exercise to clarify the difference between goals, tactics and strategy.
The Australian Student Environment Network: The future of student organising?
A critical appraisal of student organising in the context of voluntary student unionism. Colin invites readers to comment and engage with him in this analysis. (112kb PDF)
Political opportunity structure: Analysis toward strategy
Randy Stoecker’s political opportunity structure helps community organisers to think through strategy on a spectrum of confrontation to consensus.