Q. How many signatures do I need to win my online petition? Thanks to Lauryn Drainie for answering this all-too-common question. Lauryn Drainie is a Senior Campaigner at Change.org in Canada. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform with over 70 million users worldwide and over 2.5 million here in Canada starting, signing and winning campaigns on the issues they care about. A. I probably get asked this question several times a week by people starting petitions on Change.org. It’s a … [Read more...]
What workshops do you want us to organize?
Complete our survey and tell us what workshops you want Tools for Change to organize this coming 2014/2015 year. Tools for Change organizes your most requested workshop topics. We are taking your feedback until Monday the 23rd of June. Fill in the survey here: http://bit.ly/1nNn4fG A project of OPIRG Toronto, Earthroots, Greenpeace Canada, and the George Brown Student Association Community Action Centre , Tools for Change helps you develop skills to champion social, economic, and … [Read more...]
How do you nix bad action ideas? Activist advisor responds
Q. I am in a grassroots chapter group. I need advice on how to manage planning meetings when fellow members propose action ideas that are unrealistic and unstrategic. I already have a lot of informal power because I am a staff person for the national organization that is responsible for supporting chapter groups across the country. What do I do? A. I was asked this question in a recent training I led on organizational structure for a national non-profit with chapter groups across the county. … [Read more...]
Leading Change Network shares useful resources and hosts great trainings
The Leading Change network has ramped up its presence and is rocking it. The Leading Change network was founded by former farmworkers union organizer, Marshall Ganz, and is based out of Harvard University. This post provides you with some basic information about the network and how you can benefit from it and get active. Here's some tips: … [Read more...]
Mob Lab profiles Tools for Change
Read Mobilization Lab's report on Tools for Change. The goal of this article is to inform others who might be interested in starting up a similar group in their area. Thank you Anna Keenan for your article. If you’re an activist in Toronto, you probably know Tools for Change. There to “help you develop skills to champion social change,” they are a fabulous example of local collaboration between organizations. And it is leading to both greater efficiency and higher impact for Greenpeace and … [Read more...]