Sweety-bag
Explores power/ privilege/ powerlessness and competition/ co-operation
View tool »Toolkit
Organising your own training for social action? Here is a sample of tools that former TTT colleagues developed over the years for you to download and use for free. They include workshop activities, group exercises and games.
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If you’ve found these tools useful or have any feedback about what else you’d like to find here, let us know.
You may also be interested in this practical handbook with lots of learning from peace activists in East Africa.
Nonviolent communication roleplay
Basic principles of nonviolent communication and experience using them.
View tool »Trust games
Trust is essential for effective groups. This is a selection of tried, tested and fun group games to help build trust. View tool »
Quick decisions
However well-planned an action might be, there can be unforeseen situations when the group needs to make quick decisions
View tool »Consensus handout
There are lots of ways for communities to make decisions and none of them is perfect. Consensus is where everyone works to reach a decision that all can accept. View tool »
Group types
Effective groups learn to use their personality differences to strengthen the group, not weaken it. This is a good tool to identify different group types and how they relate to each other. View tool »
Making a group decision
What happens when a group tries to make a decision
View tool »Participant evaluation tools
A selection of tools to capture participants’ evaluation of the workshop.
View tool »Pillars of power
A campaign planning tool that identifies goals and breaks an issue down to a level where the group can be effective.
View tool »Social speedometer
A campaign planning tool that identifies allies, potential allies, neutral parties and those in opposition to your goal.
View tool »Arrange the chairs: a cooperation game
A fun group challenge to learn about cooperation and solving a problem together.
View tool »Framework for planning a workshop
This tool can be used for planning a workshop and will help to match the workshop with the needs of the group.
View tool »An action is nonviolent if…
Helps groups to reach a collective understanding about nonviolence.
View tool »Nonviolence spectrum
A simple spectrum line tool to explore what we mean by nonviolence.
View tool »What is spirit-based activism?
Identifies characteristics of spirit-based activism and obstacles to it.
View tool »Spirituality, activism and me
Opens up exploration about spirituality and its relationship with activism.
View tool »Connecting the inner and the outer
Identifies the relationships between inner motivations, promptings and resources, and action for change.
View tool »What sustains me?
Identifies sources of spiritual support, strengthens them, and finds ways round blocks to sustainable activism.
View tool »Why do we obey?
To explore an understanding of power relationships, where power comes from and different sources of power.
View tool »Who has power in a school?
Explores the power that people have in a given organisation or group, and builds understanding of power as relationship.
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