Resources: Guides

This guide offers insights and ideas on how to get people interested in your project, onboard them, and engage them in activities; while also looking out for group dynamics.  Each…

This guide provides suggestions on working effectively as a virtual team. Virtual collaboration involves using online tools to connect, share ideas, and build collective intelligence. This has been made possible…

Often the initiating group evolves into a supportive core group which provides 'services' to Seed Projects and Theme Groups.  The core group often takes on new roles like: coordinating activities…

How do you assess how well your projects and activities are working? How might they be improved? How can your group plan, implement, and reflect on monitoring and evaluation (M&E)? …

Being part of the Transition movement is  about joining a global movement and building a future everyone can live in. Transition is both a huge challenge and a huge opportunity.…

Anyone can run effective meetings with a little bit of practice and planning. Meetings are important for building relationships, getting to know the people in your community; they save time,…

Groups go through different stages related to when people got involved. Founders, first supporters, and later generations can have different perspectives.  Roles may significantly change as a group grows and…

Succession is the process of passing over responsibility for 'holding' a project and is one of the key issues for long term success. Some might call this a leadership role…

Building networks is about identifying people and groups who are aligned with your project and others like it, and building mutual friendships to support each other. With some of these…

Working in partnership with others is a great way to build a collaborative culture in your community. Why are partnerships are important? What are different types of partnerships? What makes…

A timeline is a useful way of setting down some of the practical steps needed to introduce changes in your community. It is a way of realising your vision in…

Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit. To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to…