‘Always look up’: Connecting Community for a Win against Gas
Lessons learned from the anti gas campaign in Victoria, Australia from Cam Walker, Campaign Coordinator at Friends of the Earth.
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Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and Four Roles of Activism
Learn about and understand the ups and downs of social movements from Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and the Four Roles of Activism.
Developing Data Capability in Your Not-for-Profit
Walk through the six types of data that not-for-profit organisations most often work with and what you can actually do with that data.
Data Projects from Go to Whoa!
Get things rolling and ensure your not for profit data projects are as successful and sustainable as they can be with this 15 step pathway.
Campaign Case Study Template
A campaign case study template to get you started in capturing the details of your campaign to capture lessons for others and the future.
Learning from Peers and the Past: Writing Case Studies
This article provides tips and template for writing activist case studies that provide campaigners with opportunities to learn from peers and the past.
Measuring What Matters: An Introduction to Project Evaluation for Not-for-profits
Programs that are evaluated give twice: 1st in the impact it has and 2nd in making it possible for you and others to do better next time.
How Emotions Mobilise and Sustain the Anti-Coal Seam Gas Movement
Introduction Emotions play an important role in mobilising people to take action on social and environmental issues. In this study of the anti-coal seam gas movement in regional Australia the authors found that anger about coal seam gas mining mobilised people to take action, but the combination of anger with the joy of connecting with […]
Finding the Needle in the Haystack: Internet Research Tips
Quick tips and tools to improve your internet searching skills including using filters, truncation, phrase searching and hyphens.
Organizing: People, Power and Change – The One on One 1:1 Meeting
Learn how to run a one on one meeting with these tips & best practices from the Leading Change Network and the New Organizing Institute.
Conducting Interviews for Articles, Research & More
This article provides tips on how to run effective interviews for articles, research projects and podcasts.
A Better World is Paintable: How to make banners, stencils, street murals, parachute banners, and more!
Tools, skills, and resources from 350.org to build capacity to run effective campaigns and movements to tackle the climate crisis.
Campaign Wellbeing Bingo
A bingo sheet full of low barrier things folks can do to stay healthier and handle stress better when under pressure.
Build People Power and Capacity to Run Effective Campaigns and Movements to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Tools, skills, and resources from 350.org to build capacity to run effective campaigns and movements to tackle the climate crisis.
The Race Class Narrative: A race messaging framework to engage the base and persuade the middle
Watch a video on Race Class Narrative – an approach that weaves together economic empowerment, racial justice, and gender equity.
Learn how Cosecha raised over $1 million for undocumented immigrants affected by the pandemic
Learn from this webinar from PowerLabs how Movimiento Cosecha raised over $1 million for undocumented immigrants in the US.
Disinformation and 7 Common Forms of Information Disorder
Learn about disinformation, misinformation and mal-information and the 7 forms of information disorder from HiveMind.
10 Great Resources on Activist Wellbeing
Are you an activist experiencing stress or burnout? These articles, videos and tips will help you stay healthy and well while working to change the world.
The Characteristics, Activities and Goals of Australian Environmental Activist Groups
A close look at the Australian environmental movement to help build our understanding about environmental movements at the national scale.
What Helps Motivate People to Take Action?
What helps motivate people to take action? Learn from this research from the University of Queensland that analysed the website communication of almost 500 Australian environmental groups.