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From: Ivan Boothe <iv...@quixoticlife.net>
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Subject: [phillysds] Social change organizing spring institute
To: Philly SDS <phil...@googlegroups.com>
For those following the Movement for a New Society article/discussion,
Training for Change was started in part based on the work of MNS.
Apart from that, though, they've got four really excellent trainers
who have been involved in dozens of effective (!) social change
campaigns and helped facilitate direct action planning literally
around the world.
--ivan
TRAINING FOR CHANGE ORGANIZING SKILLS INSTITUTE
http://trainingforchange.org/node/401
Even the best ideas fail when leaders do not have the skills to
organize – to pull together a group, develop a healthy organization,
cultivate new leaders, and understand how to plan strategically. The
Organizing Skills Institute will teach you organizing skills to help
your group succeed.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN AT THE INSTITUTE
* Proficiency in advanced leadership skills, such as how to delegate
work and developing a sustainable organization;
* Strengthen your technical skills in developing and running a new
social justice project, such as how to facilitate energizing group
meetings and how to use conflict to grow an organization;
* One-on-one personal mentorship with organizers to help your group;
* Stories and experiences about what works in practice, including
theories from the field of nonprofit management; and
* A chance to network and connect with others doing interesting social
justice projects from around the region.
WHO SHOULD COME
This institute is for experienced or lesser-experienced folks actively
involved in a social justice group who want to develop stronger
leadership and organizing skills.
ABOUT OUR APPROACH
Leaders need skills. Yet knowing how to write a press release is not
sufficient if you do not also understand a reporters’ needs. Our
approach goes beyond mere skills and into the world of organizing as
an art.
A core competency in our approach is understanding small and large
group dynamics. These dynamics are meaningful in meetings, an
organization, and society at large. Good leaders can make use of those
principles: e.g. knowing how to facilitate an energizing meeting, how
to set up a motivating rally, or how to read a political landscape.
Using experiential education, we teach participants to apply these
skills to their work.
SPRING 2010 SCHEDULE
The institute has three workshops over a half-year period (semester).
Between workshops, experienced activists will receive three hours of
one-on-one, personalized coaching and technical assistance. Attendance
at all workshops is required.
For Spring 2010 the dates are:
* January 29-31 Fri 6pm to Sun 3pm 3-day session focusing on
organizational development, facilitation, and theories of change
* March 19-21 Fri 6pm to Sun 3pm 3-day workshop going deeper into
shaping organizational culture, core principles of organizing, and
strategic planning
* May 1 Sat 9am - 6pm 1-day workshop on organizational sustainability,
plus remaining skills and evaluation
The small number of participants – under twenty per semester – allows
for individual attention in the context of the group. By the end,
participants will have more skills, greater confidence, and increased
mastery in organizing.
TOPICS COVERED
The skills cover a wide range, applicable to groups whether they focus
on education, direct action, organizing, or political advocacy.
The skills include:
* Making a Healthy Group
* How to facilitate energizing meetings and large groups
* How to handle conflict (e.g. de-escalation, conflict resolution)
* How to support direct feedback
* How to develop a sustainable organization
* Principles of Organizing
* How to be persuasive (inc. how to group your group)
* How to delegate work and use volunteers
* How to handle handle rank and diversity
* How to cross cultures in working with new people
* When and how to use different approaches to social change
* Organizational Development
* How to use and assess the stages of organizational development
* How to set a budget and develop organizational resources
* How to develop new leaders
* Strategic Planning
* How to evaluate outcomes and effectiveness
* How to set meaningful goals to develop campaigns
TRAINERS
DANIEL HUNTER is co-director of Training for Change and past director
of Casino-Free Philadelphia. He has organized on sweatshop issues on
college campuses, co-founded Unite for Peace against the USA Patriot
Act and served as strategist for diverse campaigns, including Canadian
Union of Postal Workers, Campaign for Labor Rights, and affordable
housing groups.
JETHRO HEIKO is the Strategic Organizing Director of Action Mill. He
is an organizer in Philadelphia with over ten years of organizing
experience. He is a founder of Casino-Free Philadelphia, a city-wide
movement to protect Philadelphia's neighborhoods, riverfront and
democracy.
JENNINE MILLER, MSW is the Coordinator of Advocacy and Education at
Project H.O.M.E., which advocates for the political and social rights
of the poor and homeless. She has served in that role for ten years,
including co-chairing the Votes for Homes Coalition. She previously
was a career counselor at Frankford Group Ministries.
NICO AMADOR is co-director of Training for Change. He has worked on
youth anti-oppression issues in California with Just Communities. He
leads anti-oppression, direct action, training of trainers and
organizational retreats with groups such as Choice USA, ACT-UP, and
Prometheus Radio Project. He is currently campaigning to change SEPTA
policies that discriminate against transgender people.
COST
Limited scholarships available, especially for working class people
and people of color.
If your income is... You pay...
Under $15,000 $300
$15,001-$25,000 $350
$25,001-$35,000 $425
$35,001-$45,000 $500
$45,001-$55,000 $725
over $55,000 $900
TO REGISTER
The Organizing Skills Institute is offered to community members
involved in social justice projects, groups or campaigns. An
application process is required as part of the registration process.
Attendance at all workshops is required.
Download the application form at the bottom of this page:
http://trainingforchange.org/node/401
To register or ask questions, please contact Daniel Hunter at dan...@trainingforchange.org
or 267-825-0807.
From: Ivan Boothe <iv...@quixoticlife.net>
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Subject: [phillysds] Social change organizing spring institute
To: Philly SDS <phil...@googlegroups.com>
For those following the Movement for a New Society article/discussion,
Training for Change was started in part based on the work of MNS.
Apart from that, though, they've got four really excellent trainers
who have been involved in dozens of effective (!) social change
campaigns and helped facilitate direct action planning literally
around the world.
--ivan
TRAINING FOR CHANGE ORGANIZING SKILLS INSTITUTE
http://trainingforchange.org/node/401
Even the best ideas fail when leaders do not have the skills to
organize – to pull together a group, develop a healthy organization,
cultivate new leaders, and understand how to plan strategically. The
Organizing Skills Institute will teach you organizing skills to help
your group succeed.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN AT THE INSTITUTE
* Proficiency in advanced leadership skills, such as how to delegate
work and developing a sustainable organization;
* Strengthen your technical skills in developing and running a new
social justice project, such as how to facilitate energizing group
meetings and how to use conflict to grow an organization;
* One-on-one personal mentorship with organizers to help your group;
* Stories and experiences about what works in practice, including
theories from the field of nonprofit management; and
* A chance to network and connect with others doing interesting social
justice projects from around the region.
WHO SHOULD COME
This institute is for experienced or lesser-experienced folks actively
involved in a social justice group who want to develop stronger
leadership and organizing skills.
ABOUT OUR APPROACH
Leaders need skills. Yet knowing how to write a press release is not
sufficient if you do not also understand a reporters’ needs. Our
approach goes beyond mere skills and into the world of organizing as
an art.
A core competency in our approach is understanding small and large
group dynamics. These dynamics are meaningful in meetings, an
organization, and society at large. Good leaders can make use of those
principles: e.g. knowing how to facilitate an energizing meeting, how
to set up a motivating rally, or how to read a political landscape.
Using experiential education, we teach participants to apply these
skills to their work.
SPRING 2010 SCHEDULE
The institute has three workshops over a half-year period (semester).
Between workshops, experienced activists will receive three hours of
one-on-one, personalized coaching and technical assistance. Attendance
at all workshops is required.
For Spring 2010 the dates are:
* January 29-31 Fri 6pm to Sun 3pm 3-day session focusing on
organizational development, facilitation, and theories of change
* March 19-21 Fri 6pm to Sun 3pm 3-day workshop going deeper into
shaping organizational culture, core principles of organizing, and
strategic planning
* May 1 Sat 9am - 6pm 1-day workshop on organizational sustainability,
plus remaining skills and evaluation
The small number of participants – under twenty per semester – allows
for individual attention in the context of the group. By the end,
participants will have more skills, greater confidence, and increased
mastery in organizing.
TOPICS COVERED
The skills cover a wide range, applicable to groups whether they focus
on education, direct action, organizing, or political advocacy.
The skills include:
* Making a Healthy Group
* How to facilitate energizing meetings and large groups
* How to handle conflict (e.g. de-escalation, conflict resolution)
* How to support direct feedback
* How to develop a sustainable organization
* Principles of Organizing
* How to be persuasive (inc. how to group your group)
* How to delegate work and use volunteers
* How to handle handle rank and diversity
* How to cross cultures in working with new people
* When and how to use different approaches to social change
* Organizational Development
* How to use and assess the stages of organizational development
* How to set a budget and develop organizational resources
* How to develop new leaders
* Strategic Planning
* How to evaluate outcomes and effectiveness
* How to set meaningful goals to develop campaigns
TRAINERS
DANIEL HUNTER is co-director of Training for Change and past director
of Casino-Free Philadelphia. He has organized on sweatshop issues on
college campuses, co-founded Unite for Peace against the USA Patriot
Act and served as strategist for diverse campaigns, including Canadian
Union of Postal Workers, Campaign for Labor Rights, and affordable
housing groups.
JETHRO HEIKO is the Strategic Organizing Director of Action Mill. He
is an organizer in Philadelphia with over ten years of organizing
experience. He is a founder of Casino-Free Philadelphia, a city-wide
movement to protect Philadelphia's neighborhoods, riverfront and
democracy.
JENNINE MILLER, MSW is the Coordinator of Advocacy and Education at
Project H.O.M.E., which advocates for the political and social rights
of the poor and homeless. She has served in that role for ten years,
including co-chairing the Votes for Homes Coalition. She previously
was a career counselor at Frankford Group Ministries.
NICO AMADOR is co-director of Training for Change. He has worked on
youth anti-oppression issues in California with Just Communities. He
leads anti-oppression, direct action, training of trainers and
organizational retreats with groups such as Choice USA, ACT-UP, and
Prometheus Radio Project. He is currently campaigning to change SEPTA
policies that discriminate against transgender people.
COST
Limited scholarships available, especially for working class people
and people of color.
If your income is... You pay...
Under $15,000 $300
$15,001-$25,000 $350
$25,001-$35,000 $425
$35,001-$45,000 $500
$45,001-$55,000 $725
over $55,000 $900
TO REGISTER
The Organizing Skills Institute is offered to community members
involved in social justice projects, groups or campaigns. An
application process is required as part of the registration process.
Attendance at all workshops is required.
Download the application form at the bottom of this page:
http://trainingforchange.org/node/401
To register or ask questions, please contact Daniel Hunter at dan...@trainingforchange.org
or 267-825-0807.
--
writer - "The End of Capitalism"
http://endofcapitalism.com
organizer - Philly Students for a Democratic Society
"Believe in yourself. Trust in one another."
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