L'esprit de la noticeboard - some links from the Campaigns Contacts' Weekend

Back in July I helped out at the MND Association's Campaigns Contacts' Weekend - a get-together for the Association's marvellous campaigning volunteers.

I facilitated (or assisted with) sessions on mindfulness and involving others in your campaigning. Over the course of those sessions I referred to quite a bit of external material. While I've already shared the following links with the Campaigns Contacts I'm also adding them here as an aide-memoire.

L'esprit de la noticeboard and all that.

Mindfulness

Here is the mindfulness exercise we tried - why not give it a go yourself? http://www.meditationinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Mindfulness-Relaxation-Exercise-Script.pdf

And here is the summary I shared with participants of what mindfulness is and how it can help with anxiety, stress and self-care: http://www.thesf.org.uk/documents/Emotional-Health/So%20what%20is%20mindfulness.pdf

Involving others in your campaigning

In this session I referred to a number of models and approaches about involving other people in our campaigning.

1. Lone wolves, organisers and mobilisers (Hahrie Han) - https://medium.com/organizer-sandbox/what-is-organizing-55dc0d05b522#.zgxv29b52

2. The three circles model of high-performing teams by John Adair - http://www.chimaeraconsulting.com/adair.htm

3. Circles of commitment for campaigns and groups - http://www.thechangeagency.org/circles-of-commitment/

4. Video (TED Talk) about the community organising approach and how that can involve people - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNdVx_s0SOs

5. Basics of community organising in one page! http://www.citizensnyc.org/sites/default/files/public-attachments/workshop/community_organizing_-_1_page.pdf collapse