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How Organizations Develop Activists: Book Review
Joel Dignam reviews Hahrie Han’s How Organizations Develop Activists. A key finding of Han’s research is that high-engagement organizations practise both organizing and mobilizing. The Voice for Indi campaign is considered as an Australian example of combining these two approaches.
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Lessons from the Greensboro Student Sit-ins
The Greensboro student sit-ins had nonviolence at their heart and succeeded, not only in their immediate goal, but also in building a lasting organisation in the SNCC. It stands now as yet another example of the successful use of nonviolence to stand against oppression.
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In the Tiger’s Mouth Empowerment Guide: A Book Review
A review of Katrina Shield’s ‘In The Tiger’s Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action’. What most distinguishes this books is its emphasis on three elements not often considered in other campaigning texts: self-awareness, collaboration, and self-care.
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Lessons from Hahrie Han’s ‘Moved to Action’
Joel Dignam reviews Hahrie Han’s Moved to Action. Han tackles the question of what motivates political participation by people who face significant barriers. Han provides a toolkit for those seeking to empower and work with, or within, marginalised communities.
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Decentralisation: The Starfish and the Spider
The book ‘The Starfish and the Spider’ delves into ideas & language around decentralisation with useful examples from history & social movements. Joel Dignam reviews the book, ‘The Starfish and the Spider’ by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom.
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Stop Adani and the Suffragettes Reflections on Targets and Tactics
Joel Dignam analyses two campaign moments: Stop Adani’s targeting of the ALP in the 2018 Queensland state election and the UK women’s suffrage campaign targeting of Liberals in 1905. The lesson? Target those most likely to give you what you want, and sometimes that means creating political risk for them.
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Campaigning and the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
Joel Dignam explains the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion (ELM) and how it relates to and shapes campaigns.
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No Shortcuts Organising for Power in the Gilded Age: Book Review
Joel Dignam reviews Jane McAlevey’s No Shortcuts: Organising for Power in the Gilded Age. McAlevey outlines a critique of most contemporary union campaigning, using case studies and other analysis to argue for a deeper more rigorous approach to organising.
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Designing Motivational Work for Staff and Volunteers
Workshop summary of the 5 dimensions for designing motivational work for staff and/or volunteers by Anita Tang and Joel Dignam.
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