Advocacy evaluation
Rationale Our advocacy evaluation action research project seeks to support progressive social change organisations to evaluate the impacts and outcomes of their efforts. Compared to other sectors and types of organisation, civil society groups working toward social...
James Whelan’s publications
Edited texts Whelan, J. ed. (2006) Partnership-Based Social Research for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Queensland, State of Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Brisbane. Monographs Whelan, J. (2012) Big Society and Australia: How...
A win! The Herd listen to climate change activists
Some quick and effective online pressure by climate change activists successfully discouraged popular hip hop band The Herd from inadvertently supporting the coal industry. Go Ellie!
Loomio: collaborative decision making
Loomio is a fantastic (and free) online collaborative decision-making tool combining discussion and voting.
Say hello to the Change Agency’s new website!
We’ve revolutionised access to our unique resource collection. The Change Agency team has been creating, collecting and adapting resources for activists and organisers for almost 20 years. Since we created our first website in 2006, it has had almost one million...
Community organizing and strategic communications
The SPIN Academy offers a broad range of resources to grow the communications capacity of your organization. We provide these online resources free of charge to introduce you to the basics of strategic communications.
anticipating and avoiding demoblisation (June/July 2009)
De-mobilisation: Avoiding the post COP doldrums The Australian grassroots climate movement, like its counterparts in other parts of the world, risks a period of serious and substantial de-mobilisation of energy, resources, momentum and strategic direction following...
Slides from the tCA FoE forums in Sydney Brisbane and Melbourne slides
Our ‘Building the Climate Movement Online’ action research project culminated in a series of workshops. Here are our slides from the workshops.
Smart Chart communication strategy tool
The Interactive Smart Chart is based on the Spitfire Strategies Smart Chart 3.0 – a planning tool that helps nonprofits make smart choices and develop high-impact communications strategies. This online version of the Smart Chart offers an interactive approach to the...
The class of nonviolence
Features ‘The Class of Nonviolence’, a free eight lesson online course drawing on classics in peace and justice literature to teach peacemaking.
Democracy in Action technology for the masses
Online campaigning and advocacy tools accessible to all nonprofits to enable people to connect, communicate, take action, and organise.
Planning coalitions
A 7-part framework for organisers working in coalitions [more available online from http://www.communityunionism.org]
Resource manual for a living revolution
An all time favourite of activist educators. Nicknamed ‘the Monster Manual’ this trainers’ manual made a big impact in Australian social change movements during the 1970s when it was used by trainers during the Franklin dam blockade. Coover and her...
Power in coalitions: strategies for strong unions and social change
How can communities organise effectively to promote social change in the 21st century? Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organisations in three countries – Australia, US and Canada – extracting invaluable lessons...
Strategy and Soul [book]
Strategy and soul: a campaigner’s tale of fighting billionaires, corrupt officials, and philadelphia casinos When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of...
Strategy
A map that charts the territory between our current position and the achievement of our intended change objectives can help us achieve our purpose and avoid the sense of being overwhelmed that often accompanies social and environmental activism. Our maps can be simple...
advocacy evaluation
rationale This action research project seeks to support progressive social change organisations to evaluate the impacts and outcomes of their efforts. Compared to other sectors and types of organisation, NGOs working toward social and environmental justice commit...
climate action research
Climate change is the highest priority for most environmental and social justice non-government organisations in Australia. With a high level of community and political attention to the dangers of run-away climate change, the climate movement is growing rapidly in...