
Glossaries for Campaign Strategy, Community Organising and Solidarity and Justice
Would you like to gain an understanding of what different terms mean in the world of campaigning and organising?
The mission of the Community Organising Fellowship is to build the power of our movements by training and mentoring a network of highly-skilled community organisers and campaigners in Australia. Each year 25 participants go on a 6-month learning journey with COF that equips them to activate and mobilise communities around shared values to win targeted and strategic campaigns.
Would you like to gain an understanding of what different terms mean in the world of campaigning and organising?
Introduction to thinking about accessibility engagement and events, providing a set of principles and key considerations.
A 7 page handout about the six conditions needed to create a great team based on the work of Richard Hackman and Ruth Wageman.
The Spiral Model is a learning framework for putting our values and principles into action in our social movement training.
The Learning Zone Model offers three stages we often move through when we are learning something new. Understand how to learn successfully.
Co-facilitation as an important leadership practice. Here are some tools and processes for effective co-facilitation.
Frameworks and key considerations for designing successful training workshops based on Simon Sinek’s Golden Circles.
Max Smith, co-director of the Community Organising Fellowship, reviews the Tools for Radical Democracy guide to electoral organising, and draws out some key considerations for deciding whether or how to engage in elections.
Max Smith, co-director of the Community Organising Fellowship, reviews the Tools for Radical Democracy guide to electoral organising, and draws out some key considerations for deciding whether or how to engage in elections.
How can we equip ourselves to design effective monitoring and evaluation approaches for campaigns, movement building and organising work?
Learn about the SCARF Model for Psychological Safety in Groups by David Rock. It’s a tool for diagnosing and supporting good group health.
Max Smith, co-director of the Community Organising Fellowship, outlines his thoughts on the practice of leadership for community organisers, and what it’s like to practice leadership during uncertain times created by the pandemic.
Comedian and community organiser Maxwell J Smith writes about how our movements and campaigns need art, creativity and laughter.