Radical Human Resources Policies, Guides and Templates
RadHR providing radical, anti-oppressive approaches to human resources and operations. Access policies, guides and templates.
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Management
To create social change we need skills to manage people and projects. With shared purpose, well managed resources, and a skilled and supported team we can have a far greater impact. You’ll find resources here relevant to managers, supervisors, volunteer coordinators and lead organisers – and anyone looking to improve the functioning of their organisation.
Manejando la Renovación de Membresia en Grupos Activistas (Spanish)
Guía elaborada para proporcionar ideas y estrategias a los grupos de activistas a la hora de hacer frente a la rotación de miembros, especialmente en el caso de los grupos dirigidos por estudiantes
Navigating Turnover in Activist Groups
A Guide developed to provide ideas and strategies for activists groups to implement when dealing with turnover, especially with student led groups.
Developing Data Capability in Your Not-for-Profit
Walk through the six types of data that not-for-profit organisations most often work with and what you can actually do with that data.
Data Projects from Go to Whoa!
Get things rolling and ensure your not for profit data projects are as successful and sustainable as they can be with this 15 step pathway.
Measuring What Matters: An Introduction to Project Evaluation for Not-for-profits
Programs that are evaluated give twice: 1st in the impact it has and 2nd in making it possible for you and others to do better next time.
Movements and leaders have seasons – it’s important to know which one you are in
Learning to attune to the cycles of our own leadership can help us know when to do the right thing at the right time.
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?
Vaccination and Pandemic Policies for Not for Profits
Vaccination and pandemic policies to help guide you through the rules that apply to vaccinations in the workplace in Australia.
Governance Resources for Australian Not-for-Profits
The Institute of Community Directors has a comprehensive collection of resources to support good governance by not-for-profits. Check out these links to get started.
Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the Workplace
A resource to help non-profit organisations make their workplaces more inclusive and supportive of transgender and gender diverse people.
Creating a Team Culture
Use this Engagement Pyramid from the Mobilisation Lab to visualise the different ways a person might get involved with your campaign.
Policy Bank: Policy and Procedure Templates for Not for Profit Organisations
Are you working for a not for profit organisation and putting together policies and procedures? Here’s how to avoid reinventing the wheel by accessing the Policy Bank’s comprehensive list of templates.
New Volunteer Checklist
Volunteers are a crucial part of social change organisations, and getting new volunteers off to a good start is critical. This checklist and the prompting questions will help you set up an effective and welcoming volunteer orientation process.
Purpose Driven Campaigning: 40 key principles for Growing Social Movements
Australian Progress has prepared this 40-point summary of Pastor Rick Warren’s bestselling book The Purpose Driven Church. The resource is based on Rick Warren’s experience of growing his church, Saddleback, from scratch to 20,000 members attending every week. Saddleback is now the eighth biggest church in the United States.
Pt’chang Volunteers Manual
Resources for inducting new volunteers into a peacebuilding community project. Includes insights into how one voluntary group operated, consensus decision making, and internal conflict resolution processes.
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.
Tips on how to give and receive feedback
Giving and receiving feedback is a core skill for people engaged in social change projects. These slides and related text outline what can maximise or minimise the effectiveness of feedback and useful phrases.
What makes a good leader for social change?
A training process guide to provide a space for people to think about the role and qualities of leaders in social change. Leaders for social change model the way; inspire a shared vision; challenge the process; enable others to act; and encourage the heart.
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.