Organising: Start Here
Organising builds people power for change. Here is a list of resources to get you started including introductions, different approaches, manuals, tactics, videos and more.
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The Future of Workers’ Rights
Behind-the-scenes lessons from the campaign to secure JobKeeper in response to widespread job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lessons from the Disability Justice Movement
Hear from 3 leaders around the world in the disability justice / rights movement on campaigning and organising.
Online Training Monster Manual
Tired of making new slide decks for interactive tools? Want new ideas on participatory methods online? Looking for new games and warm-ups? The “Online Monster Manual” is a compilation of 80+ online training tools from 350 globally.
Organising in this Moment: Marshall Ganz at Virtual Progress 2020
Hear Marshall Ganz talk at the Virtual Progress 2020 conference about organising and leadership during the time of change in 2020.
What is Organizing?
An introduction to community organising by Marshall Ganz, a key thinker and educator in the field.
Learn About Organising from Marshall Ganz
Marshall Ganz is a key thinker and educator in the field of community organising. This article gathers two informative videos and details of other ways to learn from Marshall Ganz.
Leading Change: Leadership, Organization, and Social Movements
This chapter by Marshall Ganz, lecturer and activist, investigates social movement leadership and takes us through examples from history. He outlines Leadership Practices: Relationship, Story, Strategy, Action; Structuring Social Movements; and Leadership Development.
Why stories matter: The art and craft of social change
Marshall Ganz discusses narrative strategy, story of self & the importance of communicating values through stories in developing social movements.
How to Build a Team: Online Course
Do you want to know about building leadership teams and organising? 12 videos by Marshall Ganz that will help you learn all about setting up a team.
Public Narrative: Online Course
Learn all about public narrative and the power of story through this series of videos from Marshall Ganz and the Resistance School.
Systems Thinking for Campaigning and Organizing
Help campaigns and organising strategies be more effective at driving systems change with this guide from Blueprints for Change on sytems thinking.
Podcasts About Taking Action During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Everyone is talking about the Covid-19 pandemic and the way it is shaking up our lives! You’ll find Coronavirus related content on most podcasts you could listen to. These ones have a particular focus on the implications for social movements.
How are we Measuring People Power in 2020+, and where do we go from here?
How do you measure gifts of time, expertise and leadership? What indicators can you use to assess grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives?
FWD + Organise 2019 Conference Presentations and Papers
A list of presentations and articles from the FWD+Organise conference on organising and digital campaigning held in Sydney, Australia in 2019.
Mass organising calls and webinars
Need to make the most of a hot campaign moment, mobilise people and create local actions? Tips and advice from 3 experts on how to organise mass calls and webinars.
Barnstorming to take Australia by storm
Barnstorms are large campaign events which activate volunteers and supporters to step up and convene actions. Anita Tang shares the model developed by the Bernie Sanders campaign with suggestions for the Australian context.
Momentum Webinars on movements, mass decentralised organising and mobilisation
The Momentum Community has shared webinars on movements, mass decentralised organising, mobilisation, non-violent movements and case studies including the Sunrise movement and Hong Kong democracy movement.
Community Mapping
What is community mapping? Learn from organisers that have used the community mapping model to empower their own communities.
How to make your community space into a hub for local resilience and mutual aid
This guide introduces the vision and model of a resilience hub, a place where neighbours can deepen a sense of belonging, learn new skills together, provide for basic needs, prepare for disasters, and build a more inclusive and joyful community.