I’m giving a workshop at Power Shift this weekend entitled “Becoming a New Organizer” and thought I would post the resources that I am handing out to folks…
Email, the Internet and cellphone technology are revolutionizing the way activism is done and the advocacy world is desperate for smart young new organizers to help run the campaigns that will restore our country and heal our world.
Below are some resources to help get you rolling on the road to becoming a new organizer. And remember the best resource is your own curiosity and imagination, have fun!
Training Resources for New Organizers
New Organizing Institute – In person and webinar training for NGO and campaign organizers.
http://www.neworganizing.com/
Aspiration – Great new organizing trainings, mostly in the bay area.
http://www.aspirationtech.org/
Idealware – Lots of good articles and frequent webinars.
http://www.idealware.org/
NTEN – Lots of articles, resources and webinars (costs money to join though)
http://www.nten.org/
W3 Schools – Online tutorials for the building blocks of online media.
http://www.w3schools.com/
Tech Soup – Lots of great resources and free webinars.
http://www.techsoup.org/
Events and Conferences for New Organizers
Roots Camp – The ‘un-conference’ for new organizers.
http://www.rootscamp.org
http://www.nten.org/ntc
South by Southwest (SXSW) – Learn about new media all day, party all night.
http://sxsw.com/
Netroots Nation – Bloggers, techies and politicos converge to wonk out and drink beer.
http://netrootsnation.org/
NSY4 – NetSquared’s annual conference.
http://www.netsquared.org/conference/n2y4
Small Groups/Meet-ups
Net Tuesdays – Tuesday evening meetups affiliated with NetSquared.
http://www.netsquared.org/share/meetup
Meet Up – All kinds of local tech groups to plug into here. Just search or start one.
http://www.meetup.com/
New Organizing Job Boards
NOI Jobs List – Lots of fulltime jobs listings.
http://groups.google.com/group/noi-jobs
Progressive Exchange – All kinds of jobs.
http://www.progressiveexchange.org
Other Resources
Social Source Commons – Database of tech tools and services for new organizers.
http://socialsourcecommons.org
Mobile Active – Resources and information for mobile phone organizing.
http://mobileactive.org/
OneNorthwest Toolkit – Lots of articles and best practices for online organizing
http://www.onenw.org/toolkit
