workshop resources
Rising Tide popular education resource pack
Spring 2007 Rising Tide North America spent four months touring the US & Canada. This pdf contains step by step explanations of the popular education games, exercises, topics & many of the resources we used.
Power map template
Map out who’s who to prioritise points of influence or change, and generate ideas for strategy: a great exercise pre- or mid-campaign.
Sierra Club Training Academy
Would you like to become a more effective advocate on an issue? Ever wondered about the best way to organize a campaign? Would you like to increase your communication skills? If so there is a great resource available to you: The Sierra Club Grassroots Organizing...
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.
Resources for activists and organizers
Joshua Kahn Russell’s great resource collection of learning resources, including some from the Energy Action Coalition and Rainforest Action Network.
Nonviolence 101: an experience based manual
In the hope that interchange of the growing number of course syllabi and study outlines on nonviolence might be of mutual benefit to activists and academics — encouraging university-level-competence in nonviolence classes and courses…
A Force More Powerful (documentaries)
Award winning documentaries tracing the history of nonviolent conflicts around the world.
water glass exercise
This activity is used by Ouyporn Khuankeaw, a trainer in Thailand who most often works with village development workers, women leaders, monks and nuns, and NGO staff. She finds that popular education/experiential education is easier for participants to get the most...
Training for Change
Training for Change provides activist training for groups standing up for social, economic, and environmental justice through strategic nonviolence.
Organising for Power
Organizing for Power is a project of The Alliance of Community Trainers. ACT offers knowledge, tools, and skills to individuals, organizations and communities to empower sustainable transformation. Great collection of resources, especially on anti-oppression.
Wild mountains campaign roleplay
A comprehensive role play outlining various scenarios in a fictitious development project and various stakeholder roles with the aim of developing participants’ environmental advocacy skills.
Strategy board game
This people-sized board game developed by Karen Ridd (Training for Change) is useful to introduce a strategic framework, review issues and practice creative brainstorming.
Problem tree analysis
This exercise is used to analyse the root causes of a problem and to identify the primary consequences. The tree provides a visual structure for the analysis. Developed by Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller.
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Strategies for enhancing effective feedback whilst reinforcing acceptance, confidence, and contributions from participants.
Recruitment workshop
A workshop for developing a shared framework of recruitment and recruiting skills, and an understanding of the importance of these in building a social movement.
Media training notes
A comprehensive media manual designed to help develop media management skills with examples of how to prepare for interviews and write press releases.
Team types
An opportunity to reflect on behaviour and work together to understand each other more deeply.