Tools and resources
How to change the world - one conversation at a time
Prepared for the Australian Conservation Foundation - a short guide to hosting conversations that lead people to action in their lives, businesses and communities. Download. (292k PDF)
How-to tip sheets for community groups
Starting a community group? These 18 practical how-to sheets simplify the key tasks in community organising. Everything from starting a committee to getting members to attend meetings. The tip sheets page.
A crib sheet for brainstorming program objectives
It can be so hard to think outside the square! Every project planner needs a little help when developing program objectives. The crib sheet. (100k PDF)
5 steps to create motivation
I was writing a guide for starting parents' self-help groups and it occurred to me that this bit was a neat summary of what it takes to create motivation (which, after is, is a change agent's main job). Here 'tis.
How to make a theory of change
An engaging and collaborative method for designing programs to tackle complex social and environmental problems. (508k PDF)
Test your changeABILITY
Take this enjoyable quiz to check whether your next behaviour change project is likely to achieve its goals.
Summary of Diffusion Theory
A handy summary
of the change theory that focuses on the qualities of the innovation. (259k PDF)
Who are the Green Hats? - an investigation into the motivations of early adopters of sustainable business practices
A study on how to better promote sustainable business programs. (630k PDF)
The CoCreate Guide
The complete facilitator's guide to collaborative projects.
This comprehensive step-by-step guide provides the tools, methods and approaches to facilitate collaborative
projects at the neighbourhood and catchment level where high levels of stakeholder ownership are vital.
The 218 page guide can be downloaded in full. (2Mb PDF. It's free)
Success factors for community engagement
These two checklists will help maximise community
participation in your next planning, decision-making or hands-on project. (72k PDF)
Enabling EcoAction
By Les Robinson and Andreas Glanznig, published by WWF Australia.
An easy, complete guide to anyone working with the public for environmental action.
It's addressed to program managers and includes: communicating action, change models,
the arts of facilitation, leadership, action research, measurable programs, understanding audiences,
the program cycle, program planning, message and campaign design, and working with diverse cultures. (176pp)
Download entire book! (1Mb PDF).
The voluntary adoption of new practices
Report on a unique research project that explored 93 personal stories with
fascintating insights into the nature of voluntary change.
Download the study (484k PDF).
13 steps to good practice
A best practice checklist for environmental educators and change agents.
Download the checklist (176k PDF).
Zestful activities for environmental educators
A collection of 15 fun activities
to help build groups, explore values and strategise (188k PDF).
What's best?
A decision tool
for choosing the best community education strategy (352k PDF).
When to share decisions?
Two decision tools for choosing the right level of public participation in decision making. (PDF 348k).
Get Read
The popular guide to writing and designing reader-friendly publications (52pp).
Download the full guide (276k PDF).
Working the Media
A short sharp guide to media management (38pp).
Download the full guide (72k PDF).
Open Your Council
How councils are rediscovering local democracy.
Download the full booklet (360k PDF).
Geoff Brown's weblog
Inspiring ideas from one of Australia's great facilitators.
Link
The Change Agency's resources for activists
An excellent Austalian site with change, facilitation and advocacy tools.
Link
The Earthshare training manual for change activists
A really useful Australian guide - especially for NGOs.
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Talks and papers
The secret to being engaging
You can't make people engage with you or change their behaviours. But you can satisfy their über-wants. Address to Enviro 08 Convention, Melbourne 2008.
Outrage and control
What causes community outrage, and how to minimise it.
Talk to LGPro Conference, Melbourne, 2008.
The power of buzz
Talk to Coast to Coast Conference 2006.
Behaviour change rarely happens 'in a bubble'. People need to meet each other and talk. Here's how can we help this process along. (124k PDF)
Consultation: what works
Address to Local Government Public Relations Conference, Wollongong, NSW, Feb 2003. (PDF 540k)
And here's the consultation checklist
we developed in the conference workshop (PDF 144k).
Public outrage, public trust
Keynote address to Waste and Recycle 2002 conference, Perth WA, Oct 2002. (PDF 528k)
Four Universal Laws of Communication
Keynote speech to Steel Can Recycling One-Day EE Conference, July 2002.
On making social change
A popular paper with insights on social change and evaluation.
The future of government
A talk to Marrickville Council's management team on 21st century challenges for local government, Feb 2002.
From education to social change
Presentation to Waste Educate Conference, Brisbane, Nov 2001.
Planning or democracy? Or why great planning ideas wither and die.
Talk to Communities and Places Forum, Sutherland, Nov 2001
10 tips for organisational insurgents
A talk to Hunter council stormwater managers on the art of leading change from below, Oct 2001.
Who are the Green Hats?
An insightful study on how to reach early adopters in business.
Download the full study (268k PDF)
How not to save the environment
A lecture on resisting the seduction of information.
(The inaugural Allen Strom lecture, NSW Environmental Education Conference, August 2000)
Lessons from social marketing
Things campaigners can learn from the field of social marketing - includes a summary of current social marketing theories.
(Australian Association for Environmental Education Conference, Jan 1999)
Strategy for campaigners
Taking off the gloves...mindfully, and other lessons for grass-roots campaigners
(NSW Local Government Public Relations Conference, Picton 1997)
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