TopicWorking in Groups

Making change is a collective endeavour that can bring many challenges! One of the biggest stumbling blocks can be the group itself: passionate individuals trying to work together. These resources will help you set a group up well, tune it up if it already exists, make decisions together, navigate conflict, and develop skills to be an effective participant and facilitator.

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  • Front cover of Pt'Chang's Nonviolence Training Project Trainers' Resource Manual. There are four photos of people giving or participating in training.||||

    Nonviolence Trainer’s Resource Manual

    Nonviolence training manual to support the work of people working to increase the power and effectiveness of grassroots social movements.

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    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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    Strategic Questioning Manual: A Powerful Tool for Personal and Social Change

    Strategic questioning is a powerful tool for social change which helps people discover their own strategies and ideas for change.

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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.

  • Photo of protesters at Leard Blockade. Protestors have arms crossed in 'no deal' sign. There is a banner 'ANZ: Think Again'.

    Facilitation at the Frontlines

    This article includes reflections and tips for ‘extreme sport’ facilitation at blockades and action camps. Includes notes about logistics, comfort of participants, timing, internal organisation within the facilitation team, holding the space, and being transparent about role and power dynamics.

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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 slides and related text outline what can maximise or minimise the effectiveness of feedback and useful phrases. 

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    Stages of Group Development Guide

    A handout and process guide for training workshops focused on working in groups and organisational effectiveness.

  • Diagnostic Tools for Trainers and Facilitators

    Facilitators and activist educators rely on a suite of tools to diagnose the group, to learn about people’s needs and priorities, and to move the group forward.

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