Sep 2, 2014 | Campaign Strategy, Data & Digital, Events, Media, Online Campaigning, Story-based Strategy, Training
Boost your capacity to tell the story of your campaign or advocacy project. Engage people in action, reach key stakeholders and translate words and ideas into impact. Effective Communication Techniques, the final unit of the Graduate Certificate of Community Advocacy...
Nov 20, 2013 | Events, Story-based Strategy, Training
Tasmanian conservationists, campaigners and change-makers have never needed better skills, strategic thinking and tools at their fingertips. To help develop these skills, Environment Tasmania is hosting a weekend of training in Hobart at the end of November. The...
Mar 12, 2013 | Campaign Strategy, Community Organising, Events, Story-based Strategy
NB: Venue change There’s a lot of talk about the importance of ‘narrative’ these days. But what does that really mean, and how can we harness the power of story-telling to make our campaigns more effective? This new full-day workshop includes: Making story central to...
Feb 25, 2012 | News, Story-based Strategy
It turns out the positioning, tantrums and hot air of leadership struggles in electoral politics are useful for something – they give us an opportunity to look at frames and story-based strategy. Back in 2007 I wrote an article for the Change Agency’s enews about...
Nov 16, 2011 | Art & Creativity, Social Movement History, Story-based Strategy, Sustaining Activism
My friend Anne O’Brien is involved in putting on Songs of Meaning and Power in Sydney, 25 – 27 November. The weekend includes a number of workshops and song sharing circles to connect people with each other and their motivations for activism. This coming weekend I’ll...
Oct 11, 2011 | Melbourne Campaigners' Network, Story-based Strategy, Workshop Reports
The Melbourne Campaigners’ Network got off to a great start last Thursday with the first gathering attracting a diverse group of over twenty activists, campaigners and organisers. The focus of the night was an introduction to story-based strategy. We ran through some...
