strategy
Periodic table of visualisation methods
The systematic use of complementary visual representations in the analysis, development, formulation, communication and implementation of strategies.
New Tactics in Human Rights
Learn new ways to reach your human rights goals. Connect with other human rights defenders. Learn about strategy. Read about New Tactics in Human Rights.
Movement Action Plan wiki
The Movement Action Plan is a strategic model for waging nonviolent social movements developed by Bill Moyer, a US social change activist. The MAP, initially developed by Moyer in the late 1970s, uses case studies of successful social movements to illustrate eight...
Learning from Obama: Lessons for online communicators
A six part series examining aspects of the Obama election campaign, with particular focus on online communications. Barack Obama declared his candidacy in 2007, not in 1991, and his two-year campaign for the White House could rely on the internet to an unprecedented...
Kumu
Kumu is a powerful cloud-based visualization platform for mapping systems and better understanding relationships.
Campaigners’ guide to financial markets
This 200-page Guide summarises the arguments that are most likely to have an impact; the approaches to campaigning that have proved most effective; and the areas where financial market campaigns are most likely to have results. The Guide includes a comprehensive...
Campaign Strategy Chris Rose 3 of 3
This short YouTube provides a brief introduction to effective campaigning as outlined in his book ‘How to win campaigns’.
Campaign Strategy: Chris Rose (2 of 3)
This short YouTube provides a brief introduction to effective campaigning as outlined in Chris’ book ‘How to win Campaigns’
Community Organising: People power from the grassroots
There are four fundamental strategies available to neighborhood groups to address community problems: community organizing, advocacy, service delivery or development. There is no right or wrong strategy – each organization has to choose among them constantly....
Anatomy of a Modern Campaign
“So lets kick the door down on the secrecy and see how a modern campaign actually runs – the research involved, the technology, the analysis, the logistics of the ground game and the capabilities that get brought to the table when all of these things become...
Five things I wish I knew when I first became politically active
At this year’s awesome George Brown College Labour Fair Conference, I gave a presentation that outlined five things I wish I knew when I first became politically active. What do you think of what I’ve learned? What have you learned that you wish you knew...
Know thine enemy
Noam Cohen dissects right wing attacks on town hall meetings – a curious interpretation of Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’. Republican organizers are adopting Alinsky-style tactics to shut down public meetings organised by public health...
Empowering people not elites: Interview with Saul Alinsky, 1972
In the course of nearly four decades of organizing the poor for radical social action, Alinsky has made many enemies, but he has also won the respect, however grudging, of a disparate array of public figures: French philosopher Jacques Maritain has called him “one of...
How to plan highly effective campaigns
Many people are active organising campaign to achieve social change. But why do some succeed quick while others languish for years? Chris Rose provides tips and examples on how to plan an effective campaign strategy and what needs to be considered.
Would Saul Alinsky break his own rules?
In recent years, Saul Alinsky has become known for of his connections to prominent figures inside Washington, D.C. In the 1980s, Barack Obama cut his political teeth as an organizer in an Alinskyite community organization, an initiative on the South Side of Chicago...
Meeting Daniel Hunter, author of ‘Strategy and Soul’
Anita Tang writes: “When the chance came to meet Daniel in Sydney and to hear more of his insights from the campaign, I leapt at the opportunity! The book itself is full of lessons, insights, and practical tips on almost every page – far too many to summarise....
Confronting Power: The practice of policy advocacy
Confronting Power provides an academically rigorous, yet practical and comprehensive framework and concepts for planning, implementing and evaluating policy advocacy. Based on the author’s experiences both as teacher and activist, the framework is general enough...
Movement campaign template
We developed this template for the Australian climate movement in the mid 2000s and have used it with various campaigns networks. The template includes essential elements of strategy. Ideally co-developed.