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Australian Progress’ Capacity Building Hub supports small nonprofits and grassroots movements to survive the pandemic and thrive beyond it.

The CBH offers tailored capacity building and coaching to grassroots movements and small nonprofits working on issues directly impacted by the pandemic, with a focus on organisations led by people with lived experience of the issues on which they campaign.

The organisations supported by the Hub include advocates for First Nations justice, racial justice, affordable housing, intergenerational equality, disability justice, gender equality, a climate-led recovery and more.

This collection brings together materials from many sources on governance to fundraising to digital campaigning that many small organisations will find useful.

  • Cover of Starhawk's 'The Five-Fold Path of Productive Meetings'

    The Five Fold Path of Productive Meetings

    Productive meetings allow an organization to move forward, keep members engaged and give them a sense of empowerment and efficacy. There are five aspects of structure and interpersonal dynamics we must pay special attention to if we want our meetings to be truly productive.

  • A group of people sit together around a table.

    Maintaining Group Morale and Motivation

    Group morale is a key contributor to the success of a group, increasing cohesion, reducing burnout and preventing activist turnover. Build team relationships; resolve conflicts and improve communication; and celebrate success.

  • Diagram shows 5 arrows pointing to the target of Purpose: Symbols

    Being Purpose Driven

    Nothing precedes purpose. The starting point for every organisation or movement should be the question ‘Why do we exist’? A number of tips for focusing an organisation on vision and purpose. An excerpt from Purpose Driven Campaigning, based on Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Church.

  • Diagram of the Circles of Commitment also known as the Ladder of Engagement. 5 concentric circles labelled from outside to inside: Community; Crowd; Congregation; Committed; Core.

    Levels of Commitment from Community to Core

    Learn lessons on how to build sustainable non-profit organisations and communities from Rick Warren’s 5 ‘circles of commitment’.

  • Two transmasculine people sitting together and having a serious conversation

    Giving and Receiving Feedback

    ‘Feedback’ is a communication to a person or a group which gives that person information  about how they affect others. It is important to be able to give feedback in such a way that people can hear it, take it in, evaluate it, and change behaviour which affects their relationship with others.

  • boy standing on ladder reaching for the clouds

    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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