Leaderful Organizing Tool: Blended Decision Making
Blended Decision making allows for a collaborative, nuanced and power-informed approach to decision making in groups which can strengthen the capacity for leaderful organizing.
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Leaderful Organizing Tool: Body Scanning and Cultivating Somatic Awareness
Body Scanning is a wellbeing tool which can strengthen the capacity for holistic and regenerative leaderful organizing.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Columbian Hypnosis
Columbian Hypnosis is a theatrical group exercise which explores our tendencies and assumptions around power and leadership.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Comfort, Learning and Panic Zones
Comfort, Learning and Panic Zones is a leaderful organizing tool that can support us to create a transformative group culture.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: Conflict Icebergs
Conflict Icebergs is a leaderful organising tool allowing us to understand conflicts and find empowering perspectives within them.
Leaderful Organizing Tool: DARCI Grid to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
The DARCI grid (template) is a leaderful organising tool which allows for clarity in the distribution of roles and responsibilities.
Fundraising: Start Here
Need some fundraising help? The Commons Library has collated a list of fundraising resources for not for profits and crowdfunders.
Journey of Inclusion: Interactive Tool for Organisations
Inclusive Activation Series Card Deck – For organisations seeking to be more genuinely inclusive to their employees, members, & communities.
Direct Action to Voter Registration: Case Study
Timeline case study of direct action to voter registration follows the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SNCC (US) from 1960 – 1962.
Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy
Learn what “red lines” needed to be held during the election, step-by-step information for organizing in your community, and lessons from the field of civil resistance that can be applied to make change on a range of issues.
Golden Dawn: Lessons From Greece in Tackling Extremism
This report discusses Golden Dawn, a far-right party in Greece that engaged in criminal activities and was exposed through civil society efforts, offering lessons for combating extremism worldwide.
Gamestorming: A Set of Innovative Co-creation Tools
Gamestorming is a set of co-creation tools used by innovators around the world. It is for those who want to design the future, change the world, make, create, and innovate.
Movement Support Teams: Examples of Volunteers Supporting Each Other in the Movement
Examples and lessons from 350.org of different ways Movement Support Teams can work. Movement Support Teams are peer-to-peer learning.
Pathways to Repair: Guides to Navigate Healing, Trust building and Human Messiness
These resources from the Pathways to Repair project discuss the challenges of navigating relationships and resolving conflicts within communities, highlighting the need for pathways to repair and reduce harm.
Climate Justice needs an Intersectional Approach: Toolkit
This Intersectionality Toolkit offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and integrating intersectionality into climate action.
Games for Nature: Environmental Education through the Eyes of Young People
40+ games and activities in this toolkit by Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) to inspire and connect kids and people with nature.
How to Create a Successful Digital Campaign: Digital Activism Toolkit
How to Create a Successful Digital Campaign: Digital Activism Toolkit is a practical guide by Youth and Environment Europe.
Climate Impacts: 350 Organising Lessons from Australia, US, Pacific Islands, and UK
These lessons from 350.org share four different organising responses from different countries to climate impacts.
How to Influence a Political “Frenemy”: Lessons from 350 Canada’s Climate Welcome
Lessons learned from 350.org Canada’s “Climate Welcome” protest that pressured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take bold climate action.
Leaderful Organizing: Action Learning Cycle Framework
The Action Learning Cycle is an approach to learning which can strengthen the capacity for leaderful organizing.