Theory of change in ten steps—I found crafting a ToC for EAN was very helpful in forming our strategy and focusing our work
Rumelt’s Good Strategy Bad Strategy—we complement our ToC and our quarterly OKRs with an annual strategy, and we use this to do that. Anytime we’re approaching a new challenge and need a strategy for tackling it, I consult Rumelt.
My recommended readings/resources for community builders/organisers
I’ve put the ones I think others are less likely to know towards the top.
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party—the best handbook I’ve seen for organising a meetup (Spencer Greenberg interviewed him on his podcast recently)
LifeLabs’s coaching questions—great for 1-1s with organisers you’re supporting/career coaching
This handbook on community organising—written by the guy responsible for Obama’s 2008 organising efforts
Centola’s work on social change, e.g., the book Change: How to Make Big Things Happen
Han’s work on organising, e.g., How Organisations Develop Activists (I wrote up some notes here)
High Output Management by Andrew Groves—great book on management written by the guy who made Intel a major player
Theory of change in ten steps—I found crafting a ToC for EAN was very helpful in forming our strategy and focusing our work
Rumelt’s Good Strategy Bad Strategy—we complement our ToC and our quarterly OKRs with an annual strategy, and we use this to do that. Anytime we’re approaching a new challenge and need a strategy for tackling it, I consult Rumelt.
IDinsight’s Impact Measurement Guide
This 80k article on community coordination
@Michael Noetel’s forum post - ‘We all teach: here’s how to do it better’
CEA’s groups resource centre, naturally
How to Launch a High-Impact Nonprofit, naturally
Nice list! I often also see Art of the Gathering as recommendation but it didn’t make yours?
Thanks! And yeah, I didn’t find it valuable. It’s been a while since I read it but I wrote some thoughts here recently.