Pillars Of Support – The Upside Down Triangle
Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.
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Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.
Toolkit aims to support climate organizers in rural & remote communities to transform themselves & their communities into climate leaders.
How to Win Campaigns is a practical guide for creating & running successful campaigns. Written for the new campaigner and the experienced.
A book by Chris Rose (author of How to Win Campaigns) in which he puts forward a model of how to use psychology when creating compelling campaign messages.
Magic Boxes is a simple campaign planning tool, especially useful for new campaigning groups, shared by Chris Rose.
Many community organisations are facing criticism over Israel and Palestine. Governance expert Kate Larsen provides guidance.
Chris Rose explains a model by CDSM Cultural Dynamics Strategy and Marketing called Values Based Segmentation in relation to campaigning.
Some important lessons on dealing with loss from a recent generation-defining struggle in New Zealand: the Save Happy Valley Campaign.
Community Connections – Te Hapori Awhina Tangata produced this video which includes tips for people organising networks inclusive of people with disability.
Stuck with how to start your campaign? Here is a tool by Chris Rose called the Campaign Planning Star Diagram to get you started.
Developing a theory of change for your campaign? Here are 8 pieces of advice from Chris Rose that may help to think about for your campaign.
12 basic guidelines and ideas about campaign strategy by Chris Rose. These guidelines are so fundamental that they are often overlooked.
You’re not failing social change can be slow. Here are resources to explore around time, slow change and the concept of failure.
Book review of “Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions” which examines how human feelings are influenced by the cultures we live in.
How do we encourage activists to celebrate wins, and come back from losses using rest and reflection? Insights and learnings from Global Grassroots Support Network GGSN.
Excerpts from the Cocmo-local work handbook discuss key concepts regarding a form of Commoning and includes a case study about a project which openly shares information and produces technological solutions for small scale, organic agriculture.
A website and toolkit of 6 suggested practices for organizers and organizations to implement in their own spaces to create belonging.
Empower your groups and movements with an A – Z list of training tools for organizing and activist work by Leaderful Organizing.
How populist nationalist leaders across various democracies are employing a playbook involving fear exploitation, institutional undermining, truth erosion, and more to erode democratic values and consolidate power.
The story of the Peace Pilgrims nonviolent protest and arrest in 2016 at Pine Gap, an American military base in the Northern Territory, Australia.