Sep 19, 2017 | Book Review, Campaign Strategy, Events, Movement Building, Nonviolence, Social Movement History
Short provocative sessions for strategists, campaigners and organisers. Does your team need some fresh ideas to inspire your campaigning, organising and movement building? These short taster sessions are designed to enliven team meetings, giving you new perspectives...
Jun 5, 2017 | Book Review, Diversity & Anti-Oppression Work, Events, Social Movement History
Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles is a book by Clare Land. The book is based on interviews with 24 Aboriginal community members and non-Aboriginal activists, and includes what the author has personally learned...
Dec 11, 2016 | Book Review, Community Organising
What’s on your summer reading list? Joel Dignam whets our appetites with this review of Jane McAlevey’s ‘No Shortcuts: Organising for Power in the Gilded Age’. “Organising”, says Jane McAlevey, “is fundamentally about having hard conversations with people and...
Jun 1, 2015 | Book Review, Campaign Strategy, Community Organising, Theories of Change
Holly Hammond and Sam La Rocca presented a workshop at Progress 2015, along with a video presentation from Daniel Hunter. The workshop explored Daniel’s metaphor ‘politicians are like a balloon tied to a rock’. This article from Holly and Sam captures the ideas shared...
May 8, 2015 | Book Review, Campaign Strategy, Community Organising, Featured, Theories of Change
On 7 May Holly Hammond and Sam La Rocca presented a workshop at Progress 2015, featuring Daniel Hunter via a video presentation. The workshop was very well attended (150 plus folks – thanks for coming out!) and the discussion, though brief, was rich....
Jan 26, 2015 | Book Review, Campaign Strategy, Case Study, Community Organising, Events
The online discussion of Strategy and Soul is in full swing – get in touch if you’d like to join. Here’s two opportunities to be part of the face-to-face bookclub. Weekend Workshop: Campaign Strategy with Soul A 1 ½ day workshop to apply the insights from...