Nonviolence unbound: Brian Martin’s latest
Rallies, strikes, boycotts, sit-ins – these and other methods of nonviolent action can be used to bring down dictators. Nonviolence Unbound shows how insights into what makes nonviolent action effective can be applied to four completely different arenas:...
Why some teams are smarter than others
Online and off, some teams consistently worked smarter than others. More surprisingly, the most important ingredients for a smart team remained constant regardless of its mode of interaction: members who communicated a lot, participated equally and possessed good...
Create the ultimate donation page
Online fundraising continues to grow. To get the most out of your digital campaigns, you need an optimized donation page that inspires donors to give more. This free guide will show you how to raise more online by creating an amazing donation page that follows online...
PowerCheck: Community Organizing Capacity Tool
Community organizing can be a complex process. To be successful, it’s important to prepare for success by understanding an organization’s readiness to engage and empower constituents. PowerCheck can help organizers – from beginners to the most sophisticated –better...
Circles of commitment
Mike Pulsford’s article outlines a model for thinking about the different levels of engagement of people involved in a campaign; what kinds of things people at each level can do, and what support they need to do those things; and how people can move from one...
Industrial Areas Foundation > organising tools
Online organising resources (articles, videos and books). The IAF created the modern model of faith- and broad-based organising and is widely recognised as having the strongest track record in the nation for citizen leadership development and for helping congregations...
Using shadow reports for advocacy: New Tactics
The New Tactics online dialogue “Using Shadow Reports for Advocacy” explored the various tactics in using shadow reports for supporting democracy and promoting government accountability in human rights. In the beginning of the dialogue, participants defined what...
The Progressive Exchange
The Progressive Exchange is an online community that was started in 2004 by M+R Strategic Services’ eCampaigns division as a way to share information among people doing online organizing, advocacy, marketing and fundraising on behalf of the public...
Security in a box
Great resources on how to avoid risk, protect your online identity and blog safely. Timely and practical advice for online activists.
Why are so many environmental activists struggling to remain positive?
ABC Online > When environmental researcher Georgie Smith began noticing her sustainability peers lose steam for the fight, she realised the issue manifested similarly for many. “It seems to mimic the grieving process. First there’s denial, then people...
Readings on activism and campaigning
A great reading list crowdsourced by the members of the e-Campaigning Forum and research into UK community activism and organising. The list focuses on campaigning and advocacy, values and frames, communication, online activism, community organising, networks, social...
Participatory learning and action: A trainer’s guide
What a great resource! A fabulous text now available online.
The future of campaigning
Obama’s win showed how important technology and real grassroots ownership will be in future contests — lessons that KevinPM.com hasn’t understood yet. Nick Moraitis’s analysis of Barrack Obama’s online campaign.
Introduction to community organizing
EducationAction’s online course, includes a number of articles to provide a comprehensive overview of community organising.
Gliffy.com
A great online widget for creating attractive graphics. A quick way to present elements of strategy visually (critical path, power map, etc).
FiredUp Media: organising guide for the youth climate movement
This is an experiment! Let’s work together to build an awesome online organizing guide for the youth climate movement.
Community building and community organising
Sandy O’Donnell and Ellen Schumer examine the problem of organizing in housing and community development. The Shelterforce website is a great online resource for community organizers.
Change.org
Helps organisers create and promote online petitions