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18:4418:44, 12 November 2025 Rights and Use (hist | edit) [789 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "We welcome your suggestions for improving this guide. We also welcome you to use it and adapt it for your own training subject to the following terms and conditions: * You may reproduce and distribute the work to others for free, but you may not sell the work to others. * You may modify the guide, but may not remove the attributions and citations. * You include a copy of these restrictions with all copies of the work that you distribute. * A copy of any significant modi...") Tag: Visual edit
18:3118:31, 12 November 2025 Tying It All Together (hist | edit) [1,639 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This guide has provided an introduction to organizing as '''leadership that''' '''enables people to turn the resources they have into the power they need to make the change they want'''. We’ve also outlined the five key leadership practices – '''telling stories, building relationships, structuring teams, strategizing''', and '''taking action''' – that together, make up a framework for effective community organizing. We practice telling stories, building relationsh...") Tag: Visual edit
18:2918:29, 12 November 2025 Taking Action: Tactics & Timelines (hist | edit) [12,418 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * For a tactic to be effective, it should implement your theo'''ry of change,''' '''add resources to your organization, develop leaders, align with your values''', and '''prioritize movement building'''. * To effectively engage our people in action, we need to get their '''commitment''' and use '''motivational engagement'''. * An '''organizing sentence''' summarizes your campaign and provides clarity on your people, strategy, tactics, and timeline. =...") Tag: Visual edit
18:0518:05, 12 November 2025 Strategizing (hist | edit) [21,605 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * We focus resources by strategizing in the context of a '''campaign'''. * We devise strategy by asking first, “who are our '''people''' and what is their '''problem'''?” before deciding on our '''goals'''. * '''Strategy is made up of nested goals''': smaller, measurable goals that we achieve incrementally in order to meet our larger, mountaintop goal. * '''Power''' as a relationship between resources and interests is fundamental to strategizing....") Tag: Visual edit
17:3517:35, 12 November 2025 Structuring Teams (hist | edit) [13,794 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * Teams are critical to organizing, in part because they deepen '''relationships''' that help us commit to action. * Effective teams are '''bounded''', '''stable''' and '''diverse'''. * Starting a leadership teams requires establishing '''shared purpose''', '''interdependent roles''', and '''explicit norms'''. * The '''snowflake model''' is defined by mutual accountability and commitment, a sustainable number of relationships, clearly defined roles, a...") Tag: Visual edit
17:1117:11, 12 November 2025 Coaching (hist | edit) [9,095 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * Coaching is key for '''leadership development'''; the goal of coaching is to help people find their own solutions to meet challenges, and the role of the coach is to ask questions to get people to uncover the answers in themselves. * Coaching can be thought of as a '''five-step process''' – inquire and observe, diagnose, plan, action, and check-in – and these five steps provide a simple framework for effective coaching in organizing. * Developin...") Tag: Visual edit
16:4516:45, 12 November 2025 Building Relationships (hist | edit) [29,238 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "“Organizing is a fancy word for relationshipbuilding.” – Mary Beth Rogers == Key Concepts == * Long-term '''intentional relationships''' rooted in shared values are central to building power in organizing, and require consistent work and attention. * The “4Cs” of a '''hard ask''' are an effective way to ask for commitment * Supporters move up the '''pyramid of engagement''' into leaders through '''leadership tryouts'''. * '''Relational strategies''', buildin...") Tag: Visual edit
16:1016:10, 12 November 2025 Telling Stories (hist | edit) [16,644 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * We use stories in organizing to communicate '''values''' and motivate people to take '''action'''. * A story comes alive when a character faces a '''challenge''', makes a '''choice''', and experiences the '''outcome'''. * The '''Public Narrative''' framework consists of a Story of Self, a Story of Us, and a Story of Now. * Learning to craft and recraft your Public Narrative is a leadership practice. == Storytelling in Organizing == We turn to story...") Tag: Visual edit
15:3515:35, 12 November 2025 Introduction to Organizing (hist | edit) [18,602 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Key Concepts == * '''Mobilizing''' and '''organizing''' are two key approaches to creating change. * Organizing is '''leadership''' that enables people to turn the resources they have into the power they need to make the change they want. * Organizing is a practice, and there are '''five key leadership practices''' within this practice: telling stories, building relationships, structuring teams, strategizing, and taking action. * The first question an organizer asks...") Tag: Visual edit
14:5814:58, 12 November 2025 Foreword (hist | edit) [4,810 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Historical}} ''Hello and welcome!'' The following guide aims to support you in developing your capacity for effective community organizing. Our goal is to provide you with an introduction to organizing and encourage you to explore answers to the following questions:<blockquote>Why am I called to leadership in my community? How will I move others to join me? How will we strategize and structure our work together? And how will we achieve our goals?</blockquote>To start...") Tag: Visual edit originally created as "Foreword (Historical)"
14:5414:54, 12 November 2025 Forward (Historical) (hist | edit) [4,697 bytes] SebastianPersonal (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Historical}} ''Hello and welcome!'' The following guide aims to support you in developing your capacity for effective community organizing. Our goal is to provide you with an introduction to organizing and encourage you to explore answers to the following questions: Why am I called to leadership in my community? How will I move others to join me? How will we strategize and structure our work together? And how will we achieve our goals? To start, here’s how we def...") Tag: Visual edit

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