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To get a better sense of what we do, here are some examples of our team’s presentations and blogs, to help you judge whether or not we are the right people to take-on your organisation’s particular challenges. Also feel free to check back on the home page for our latest thoughts on news and events in the voluntary and community sectors and public service delivery.
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Anarchism as Management Theory
A blog for ResPublica on applying the organising models found in a range of social movements, to our social change organisations.
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Occupy Sandy: Horizontal lessons in community-based disaster recovery
Interviews by Liam Barrington-Bush, with activists involved in the Occupy Wall Street-birthed disaster relief effort which followed Hurricane Sandy.
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eCampaigning in a leaderless world
A blog for FairSay.com tackling some of the ways traditional campaigning organisations can adapt to an online environment where people are organising around causes, with or without organisations to lead them.
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Censorship just ain’t what it used to be…
A blog at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ (NCVO) website, on the implications of the Trafigura/Carter-Ruck scandal on questions of free speech and the democratising elements of social media.
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Organising Without Organisations
A presentation delivered recently at Birkbeck College on collective forms of leadership and how social media can enable peer-to-peer decision making and action.
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Community Leadership, Community Voice
A workshop presentation on local community activism and campaigning for Birkbeck College.
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Does is matter what politicians do with social media?
A blog on the possible impact of social media in the 2010 general election… but not from the politicians using it.
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Tech4Change
A conversation-starter on the benefits (and possible pitfalls) of using new technology and social media to support a campaign.
