Feb 26, 2013 | Art & Creativity, Theories of Change
“Humour is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.” Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals In January I was asked by New Tactics in Human Rights to be a conversation leader in their international online...
May 21, 2012 | Melbourne Campaigners' Network, Theories of Change, Workshop Reports
Our last Melbourne Campaigners’ Network was on Theories of Change, ably facilitated by Naomi Blackburn. The topic was a great discussion starter, very relevant to anybody seeking to make change in the world. It was especially good to see folks from a mix of...
May 7, 2012 | Book Review, Campaign Strategy, Theories of Change
Aidan Ricketts was in town last week to launch his new book The Activists’ Handbook. The launch was hosted by the Wilderness Society at Kindness House and included a presentation by Aidan on the fast growing and impressive movement to stop coal-seam gas. For...
Apr 16, 2012 | Campaign Strategy, Social Movement History, Theories of Change
Lately I’ve been thinking about frameworks for social change, and I’ve been intending to write about them here for some time. As always, it pays to start with research – and I see the good folks from Training for Change have already put together information on...