training
Tools For Change: Media Strategy Workshop 101
Media Strategy Workshop 101
Location: University of Toronto St George Campus
(Room location is given upon registration.)
Register at the Tools for Change website here
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Political Writing 101
Sunday May 27, 10am – 1pm OR 3pm - 6pm. (We are running the same
workshop back-to-back.)
*15 participants per session—register now!*
Get on the Mic: Public Speaking 101
Thursday April 12, 6pm - 8.30pm.
Public speaking can be intimidating and difficult, especially when
you’re talking about radical social change and inspiring people to action. Come learn some tips that will help you build your confidence and get you on that mic or megaphone!
Trainer: Sarah Vance is a long-time organizer with the Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty.
Rally Organizing
Sunday March 25th, 1pm – 5pm.
How do we design rallies that are entertaining, empowering, and
effective? This workshop will cover the basic steps to organizing a
rally, show examples of creative innovation in rally design, and
explore setting tone and encouraging responsible participation without
unduly imposing on personal autonomy. It will also offer tips on
chanting on a bullhorn, planning routes, and dealing with the police,
escalation and de-escalation, promotion, and visuals.
Direct Action Workshop
Saturday, March 17, 2012 From 11:00am To 5:00pm.
Great Meeting Facilitation Workshop
Saturday, March 3, 2012 From 1:00pm – 5.00pm.
A major part of social change work is lots of meetings. Meetings can
be inspiring, hellish, or somewhere in between. The quality of a
meeting depends a lot on good facilitation. Facilitators aren’t
supposed to run the show, and they do more than keep track of who
wants to speak. In this workshop you’ll learn and practice some steps,
tools, techniques and approaches that can help you effectively
facilitate meetings – and that includes those difficult meetings.
Grassroots Financial Management Workshop
Sunday February 12, 2012, 1pm – 5pm.
In the whirl of everyday demands, it’s easy to loose track of our
finances. The consequences are bad enough when we mismanage personal
money, and the stakes are just as high when we’re dealing with the
limited budgets of grassroots activist organizations. Come learn about
the basic steps you must take to manage your group’s finances,
including an introduction to bookkeeping.
Self-Defense: Politics And Practice
Sunday, January 29, 2012 From 1:00pm To 4:00pm.
Our experiences of violence impacts our lives, and our activism. To
challenge patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism we need to be able to
defend ourselves and our communities. Join us for a physical
self-defense workshop and a discussion about gender norms and the
right to anger, to healthy aggression and to countering the
pathologizing of women who fight back.
Avoiding Activist Burnout Workshop
Thursday, January 26, 2012 From 6:30pm – 8.30pm.
An activist culture that emphasizes passion and unwavering commitment
can be alienating to those members who have lost some of that initial
spark. This workshop aims to break down the stigma surrounding
activist burnout, offer some constructive solutions for how to get
back from the brink of burnout, and tips how to prevent it in yourself
and members of your group.
Trainer: Angela Bischoff is the Outreach Director for the Ontario
Clean Air Alliance.
Group Decision Making Workshop
Sunday, January 22nd, 1pm – 4pm.
How movement groups make decisions has a big impact on our politics,
our effectiveness, and the quality of our activist experience. It can
be a major challenge to find the model that has the right mix of
inclusiveness, accountability, and efficiency for your group. This
workshop will explore different decision-making and organizational
models used by activist and advocacy groups, such as consensus,
voting, spokescouncils, and hybrid varieties.
