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  • Cover of the Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.|Text excerpt from the Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook.

    Nonviolent Community Safety and Peacebuilding Handbook

    Resource for activists engaged in work for peace including practical ways to intervene in violence, to transform conflict and to build peace.

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    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.||screenshot of Circles of Commitment worksheet|Book cover - Title reads 'The purpose driven church: Growth withous compromising your message and mission'. There is a sun behind the title. 'Rick Warren' is the author.

    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’.

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    Affinity Groups for Non-Violent Direct Action

    Affinity groups are a feature of many large scale non-violent actions. An affinity group is a small group of people (eg: 5-15) who have something in common who take action together. Groups could focus on a specific theme eg street medics or legal observers or more commonly it is a group of people that take…

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    Photolanguage: Communicate through Images

    Photolanguage is a means to communicate through images. It has many uses – facilitating self-­awareness, deepening engagement & relationships.

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    Games and Energisers for your Workshop

    The games in this handout are separated into the categories of introductory games, name games, dynamicas (energisers) and fun ways to get people into groups.

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    Tips on How to Give and Receive Feedback

    Giving and receiving feedback is a core skill for people engaged in social change projects. These tips can improve the effectiveness of giving feedback.

  • The Tyranny of Structurelessness: Book Review

    Joel Dignam reviews Jo Freeman’s “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” which explores some of the key structural problems facing groups. Recognising that power dynamics are present in all groups Freeman proposes formal structures, transparency and accountability.

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    Retain Volunteers with Intrinsically Motivating Work

    Civic associations depend upon volunteers to get their work done. Joel Dignam distils insights from Ruth Wageman and Richard Hackman’s “Designing work for individuals and for groups” from Perspectives on Behavior in Organizations.

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    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.

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