workshop resources
SWOT analysis
An activity to examine internal and external factors that hinder or facilitate a group’s advocacy strategy. This is a useful activity to help you refine goals, objectives, and activities.
Identifying and Addressing Disruptive Behaviour in Groups
This process will be useful to build the confidence of group facilitators in identifying disruptive behaviour issues in groups and developing strategies to addresses them.
Elements of strategy
A set of considerations to critically appraise strategic decisions.
Mobilising for change workshop resources
The 38-page participants resource pack developed for our October 2008 MfC workhops in Melbourne and Hobart.
Vision gallery
A tool for envisioning specific features of the kind of society participants would like to create, and facilitating development of a common vision and shared values.
Consensus decision making
An overview of requirements and guidelines for effective consensus decision-making, as well as some variations and difficulties that may be encountered.
Forcefield analysis / Macro strategy exercise
This activity examines various forces affecting a movement including external groups, internal division, psychological powers and blocks. It’s a terrific way for your group or network to share perspectives and information that will help define what’s...
Problem tree analysis
This exercise is used to analyse the root causes of a problem and to identify the primary consequences. The tree provides a visual structure for the analysis. Developed by Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller.
The wave: Where we stand in relation to…
A great exercise to encourage people to recognise and empathise with different viewpoints relating to a social problem, developed by Christine Herzog of AWEA.
Spectrum of allies handout
This resource is to be used in the Spectrum of allies exercise.
Games, Energisers and Ice Breakers
The games in this section are separated into the categories of introductory games, name games, dynamicas (energisers) and fun ways to get people into groups.
Killer phrases: Keeping a pro-stagnation attitude
A useful reminder to build a healthy sense of our agency and potential.
Ankle walk
Here’s a challenging exercise for practicing making decisions and communication, and deepen a group’s capacity to work more effectively together.
‘I want you to know, I need you to hear’
A creative tool for open sharing within established teams. It’s especially useful for organisations where regular communication about personal needs is not straightforward, such as groups whose members are geographically remote from each other.
Tactics relay
A lively activity to assist participants to think critically and creatively about potential tactics and to reinforce social change frameworks.
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.
Power mapping
An exercise to map who’s who to prioritise points of influence or change, and generate ideas for strategy: a great exercise to focus your campaign efforts.