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Engagement Organizing

Harnessing People Power

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Engagement Organizing marries traditional
organizing with technology and a culture of developing leadership in others. It represents a shift away from organizations that are expert-driven
toward a model that focuses on nimble, data-driven, learning organizations that place relationship building and mobilization of supporters at the heart of their work. The result is resilient, effective organizations
that continue to advance their work in an ever-more demanding and challenging world.

Our engagement organizing work is being developed alongside the Gosling Foundation’s Better Organizations for Nature program and includes: Opportunities (workshops, webinars, presentations) for ENGOs to learn about this practice with an emphasis on nature NGOs and land trusts and an engagement organizing community of practice that convenes and supports select NGOs in their consideration of engagement organizing.

This work relies on the skills and talents of contracted resource people and facilitators and on the leadership of Stan Kozak of the Gosling Foundation.

Introduction to Engagement Organizing

April 4, 2017

April 4, 2017

April 11, 2017

Resources

Report by Matt Price on behalf of the Gosling Foundation, Nature Canada and Sustainability Network.

Membership vs. Supportership

Nature Canada's EO Program

The Nature Network Engagement Program

Nature Canada's EO Program

A Guide to Engagement Organizing

Nature Canada's EO Program

An Overview of the Tools of Engagement Organizing

Key Papers for Engagement Organizing

ORG REPORT

Full Spectrum Engagement

2012

Revenge of the Beaver

Networked Change

How Progressive Campaigns Are Won in the 21st Century

Article by Matt Price on the Huffington Post

Canada's New Organizers

2017

The Databse Matrix

Using Data to Build Relationships and Inform Engagement Activities

2017

The Databse Matrix

2016

Digital Outlook Report

20 Years of Social Impact

Dashboards

Database Reviews

Membership Software

Database Reviews

Association Membership Software

Other Learning Opportunities

Applied EO

Regional Organizing Model from Ecology Ottawa

Reference For Further Learning

Engagement Organizing

The Old Art and New Science of Winning Campaigns

People Organizing

Power & Change - Handbook PDF and video series

Nature Canada

The Nature Network Engagement Program

PAST EVENTS

December 2020 Better Organizations for Nature (BONCOP)
December 15, 2020
Velta Tomsons on Door Knocking and how it can Knock your Metrics out of the Park!
March 31, 2020
Recording: Is The Membership Model Dead? Modern public engagement for non-profits
May 21, 2020
Recording: Engagement Organizing: Peter Gibbs of Organize BC on How They Mobilize Volunteers to Create Change
June 2, 2020
Make Room for Nature with Nature Canada
January 30, 2020
Engagement Organizing with Future Majority: Aaron Myran on Field Organizing Tactics and Lessons Learned from the 2019 Election
December 3, 2019
Olivia Chow of the Institute for Change Leaders on Effective Lobbying
November 7, 2019
Engagement Organizing: Harnessing People Power, A Training Workshop for Sudbury Area Environmental Groups
November 28, 2019
Robb Barnes of Ecology Ottawa on Dealing With Data
October 10, 2019
Better Organizations for Nature Community of Practice (BONCOP)
November 8, 2018
Engagement Organizing: Harnessing People Power - A Training Workshop for Windsor Area Environmental Groups
June 9, 2018
Better Organizations for Nature Community of Practice (BONCOP3)
November 14, 2017
Engagement Organizing: Harnessing People Power‚ 2.0 An Advanced Training Workshop for Environmental NGOs
October 14, 2016
Engagement Organizing: Better Organizations for Nature Community of Practice (BONCOP 2)
November 7, 2016
Engagement Organizing Workshop, From Concept to Practice
September 26, 2017
Natasha Madison of New/Mode on an Introduction to Engagement Organizing
September 5, 2019

Resources & Events

2022 Organizational Report
Practical Leadership Skills Workshop Series with Mikhael Bornstein
The True Nature of Environmental Racism with Chúk Odenigbo
Deep Canvassing for Climate Solutions - Skill Building Series
Fundraising Essentials with Mikhael Bornstein

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