Online activism: insights to guide social movement electronic communication
Twitter and social networking platforms such as Facebook definitely have a place in our community organising toolbox. But they can also be a fatal distraction, consuming people’s time and energy without creating the kind of power and momentum we...
Creative Coalitions: A handbook for change
You know the change is possible – after all, experience across time and examples around the world show the power of smart collective action. Injustices result from human choices, so they can be addressed through human action. But for all the energy that you and your...
Resources to support campaigners and organisers | tCA re-boot
Hello Welcome, new tCA subscribers and welcome back, long-term subscribers. It’s been too long since our last update. Warm greetings! What’s on top? Much has changed since you last heard from us. Our 2021 Community Organising Fellowship kicked off this...
People Power Manual Indonesian
Checkout Shipping Info Terms Cart The People Power Manual has been created to support facilitators and educators working to help local action groups and social movements win environmental and social justice goals. All funds generated by the sale of the manual go back...
Suzanne Pritchard, Coal Point Progress Association
The Change Agency provided a commendable service that enabled our group to engage our community to explore a collaborative housing project. James ensured the community meetings (online and face to face) had a well defined and purposeful structure with clear...
Pricing
Approach People Partners Workshops Mentoring Pricing Pricing We negotiate fees with partners on a sliding scale, according to organisations’ capacity. Our fee ensures a project cycle from initial discussions to face-to-face facilitation then evaluation and...
About the Change Agency
Approach People Partners Workshops Mentoring Pricing The Change Agency is an independent activist education and research project. We work with civil society groups to help people clarify their purpose and develop plans that will enable them to focus their energies and...
People Power Manual
Checkout Shipping Info Terms Cart The People Power Manual has been created to support facilitators and educators working to help local action groups and social movements win environmental and social justice goals. All funds generated by the sale of the manual go back...
Campaigning, complexity and community
What’s on top? Welcome, new subscribers! This month’s enews includes a great blog by our friend Tim Hollo, Marshall Ganz speaking on collective impact and articles on leadership, building diversity and theories of change. Applications for the 2021...
Plenary Recordings from Virtual Progress 2020
Did you miss Australia’s biggest online progressive conference? Or do you want to revisit some of the wisdom and inspiration? Australian Progress has made the plenary videos available on the Commons Social Change Library. Includes First Nations Justice, Lessons...
Apply now for SMT’s Digital Campaigning Certificate
Discounted registration is now available for the 9-month Digital Campaigning Certificate with Social Movement Technologies starting September 2020. The SMT team are recruiting an Australia-Pacific cohort and have generously offered registrations at one-third the...
Locked down? Try organizing
“We’re caring for our communities as best we can – but many of us also find ourselves stuck indoors, looking for new ways to build resilience so we can come out of this crisis into a more just and sustainable world. For some, organizing is a big part of getting...
Don’t give up the fight digital activism in times of COVID 19
“Physical distancing doesn’t have to mean social distancing. Communities are more important than ever and physical distancing should mean getting socially actually closer.” This SOGI blog shares creative ideas and tactics including crowdfunding, flashmobs...
Covid-19 update
All face-to-face Change Agency workshops, including the launch of our new training guide, have been cancelled. During this time of physical isolation, we remain available to support social change organisations remotely. Contact us if you or your organisation seek...
Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual
This 180+ page volume offers progressive organizers 14 vitally important how-to guides containing the strategic and tactical wisdom of over 100 progressive campaigners. These guides focus on in-demand topics (see below) and include strategies and tactics that are...
The Commons Social Change Library
The new Commons Social Change Library recently launched online with hundreds of resources to support community action. The Commons contains articles, manuals, training materials, practical tips, podcasts and videos all in one handy online location. Topics include...
VCOSS Governance Healthcheck
VCOSS has developed this free online tool to assess your organisation’s governance. All Board/Committee members need to do is answer a series of questions, either as individuals or as part of a group. You will then be presented with tailored tips and...
Creating and Sustaining Awareness of LGBTQI Rights
Join the New Tactics community for an online conversation on Creating and Sustaining Awareness of LGBTQI Rights from June 26-30, 2017. LGBTQI rights were only officially recognized as human rights by the United Nations in 2011. Since then the OHCHR’s Free & Equal...