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?
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Community Organising Fellowship
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.
Accessibility: Introduction to Thinking about Events and Engagement
Introduction to thinking about accessibility engagement and events, providing a set of principles and key considerations.
Team Effectiveness Conditions Framework
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: A Learning Framework
The Spiral Model is a learning framework for putting our values and principles into action in our social movement training.
The Learning Zone Model
The Learning Zone Model offers three stages we often move through when we are learning something new. Understand how to learn successfully.
The Creativity and Skill of Co-Facilitation
Co-facilitation as an important leadership practice. Here are some tools and processes for effective co-facilitation.
The Art and Craft of Training Workshop Design
Frameworks and key considerations for designing successful training workshops based on Simon Sinek’s Golden Circles.
Building Organising Leadership During Election Mobilisation
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.
Engaging in Elections and Building Community Power
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.
Campaign Monitoring and Evaluation: Measuring What Matters
How can we equip ourselves to design effective monitoring and evaluation approaches for campaigns, movement building and organising work?
The SCARF Model for Psychological Safety in Groups
Learn about the SCARF Model for Psychological Safety in Groups by David Rock. It’s a tool for diagnosing and supporting good group health.
Community Organising Leadership in Uncertain Times
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.
The Case for Laughter in Social Movements
Comedian and community organiser Maxwell J Smith writes about how our movements and campaigns need art, creativity and laughter.