Digital Campaigning: Start Here
Digital campaigning leverages technology to create change through emails, petitions, and platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here is a list of resources to get you started.
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Antje Dun
Activist Archiving: Start Here
A list of articles and ideas from the Commons Librarians about resources to explore in archiving your work in social change.
How to Report on Conferences and Other Events
Online presentation on skills related to documenting social change & social justice events so that learnings can be shared beyond the event.
Measuring Your Impact
How do you measure the impact of activism and advocacy work? Here are some ideas, resources and organisational examples to get you started.
Coronavirus COVID-19 related art to use for your campaigns
Do you need to find images & artwork related to COVID-19? Here is a list of websites where you can find coronavirus-COVID-19 art to use for your campaigns.
Framing Issues for Social Justice Impact: Directory of Messaging Guides
Looking for research on how to frame an issue on a certain topic area? This collection of reports, articles, videos and podcasts on issues including climate, crime, equality, nature, poverty and health will help you develop powerful messages and narratives.
Improve your Website Accessibility
A comprehensive list of tools, checklists and websites to improve your website accessibility, e,g, standards, colours, documents, design, images, etc.
Creating your Brand Identity
Have you been trying to create and/or build upon your brand identity for a campaign or your organisation? Great tips and a checklist from Principle Co.
Barnstorming in the Australian Context
Insights from the ‘Barnstorming in the Australian Context’ workshop at FWD+Organise 2019. Includes information about what barnstorming is, tips for running them well, and examples from four Australian organisations.
How ActionStation (Aotearoa NZ) became a Values-led Organisation
Insights from ActionStation in Aotearoa New Zealand about how it transformed from a members-based to a values-led organisation using crowdsourcing.
Where do I find images and illustrations reflecting diversity?
Want to produce social media graphics and publications which are inclusive and representative? Here’s a list of stock image libraries that reflect greater diversity, especially Australian images.
Tips and tools for archiving video and social media
Grab it before it’s gone! With the ephemeral nature of platforms you may want to think about archiving your social media and videos now.
Documenting social change in Australia: A list of archives at your fingertips
A list of mainly electronic archives that document social change in Australia. e.g Aboriginal History Archive, Women’s Web, Radical Times Archive, etc.
Crowdsource your archives: 3 examples of community-based approaches
There has been a shift from institutional to participatory archives – communities rising up and documenting their own histories. Here are 3 examples of how communities are speaking their own truths.