CONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS
Problem description:
A. BUILDING
1. How to start a group which is going to be the core of your future movement?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#01
Response/Solution:
Gather people together, reach a consensus, then focus on strategic planning.
Stages in the formation of groups & teams by SRDS
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._of_Groups.doc
Campus Organizing Guide by Center for Campus Organizing
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...zing_Guide.doc
Organising Guide - How to Start a Group by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...tart_Group.doc
2. How to increase the number of activists?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#02
Response/Solution:
Recruit and train in order to upgrade your human resources base.
Volunteer Management by Regan McClure
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...Management.doc
Recruitment and Outreach Manual by Community Action Training
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...ach_Manual.pdf
Why to Recruit? by PCYF
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...To_Recruit.doc
Building your Membership and Support Base by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...pport_Base.doc
Mobilization Kit - Volunteers by Peace, Earth & Justice
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...Volunteers.doc
3. How to build up a strong movement?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#03
Response/Solution:
Building the grassroots organization brick-by-brick.
Manual for Party Building by NDI
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...y_Building.pdf
Resistance in the Neighbourhood by Otpor
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...ghbourhood.doc
Activist Tool Kit by Peace, Earth & Justice
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...t_Tool_Kit.doc
4. How to secure access to critical material resources?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#04
Canvas Total Index - Critical Resources by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._Resources.doc
Basic Elements of Grant Writing by Corporation for Public Broadcasting
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...nt_Writing.doc
Fundraising Resource Materials by Peggy Mathews
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._Resources.pdf
Fundraising by PCYF
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...undraising.doc
Developing and Writing Grant Proposals by US General Services Administration
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._Proposals.doc
Grant Proposal Self Assessment Tool by U.S. Department of Energy - CAO
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-conv/GrantSAT.pdf
Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D.
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...g_Proposal.pdf
B. COMMUNICATION
5. How to communicate with wider audience?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#05
Response/Solution: Defining your message.
What is a Message? by J. Brian O' Day
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...is_Message.doc
Message Development & Delivery by NDI
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...t-Delivery.ppt
6. How to let the world know about your message?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#06
Response/Solution: Build your communication strategy.
Canvas Total Index - Communications With a Wider Audience by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...unications.doc
Let the World Know - A Beginner's Guide to Getting Media Coverage by NDI
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...World_Know.doc
Communications and Policy by Peace, Earth & Justice
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...and_Policy.doc
Eleven Steps to Organizing a Media Event by Jason Salzman
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...edia_Event.doc
Media and Press Releases by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...s_Releases.doc
Tips on Giving Speeches & Presentations by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...g_Speeches.doc
Say it on the Radio by Skipp Porteous
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._the_Radio.doc
C. ACTION
7. When and How to organize the demonstration?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#07
Response/Solution:
Picking the right time and the place with a proper campaign for the demonstration, and get prepared for your opponents violent response.
Planning the Demonstration by the Mass Defense Committee
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...onstration.doc
Event Planning Made Easy by Mary McGhee
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._Made_Easy.doc
At the Demonstration by Mass Defense Committee
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...onstration.doc
You are Under Arrest by Ronald Kuby & William Kunstler
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...der_Arrest.doc
An Activists' Guide on Basic First Aid by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._First_Aid.pdf
CANVAS Demonstration Warning!
The value of demonstration as a method of nonviolent struggle is often misunderstood, if not fit within a wide strategy. Demonstration message is often just a number (of present protesters), which is more likely to be below the organizer's expectation, while the visual message is VIOLENT CONFLICT (for some reasons photos or videos of police brutality and few demonstrators throwing bricks are mostly the choice of media editors).
8. How to plan and organize public events and campaigns?
http://www.canvasopedia.org/content/...nv-prob.htm#08
Response/Solution:
Events and campaigns are organized by using three main points: human resources , material resources and time planning.
Canvas Total Index - Symbolic Public Acts by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...ublic_Acts.doc
Planning a Campaign - Know Your Terminology by Canvas
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...erminology.doc
Event Planning Made Easy by Mary McGhee
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-..._Made_Easy.doc
Eleven Steps to Organizing a Media Event by Jason Salzman
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...edia_Event.doc
Steps to making a Campaign by Act Up
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...g_Campaign.doc
Organize to Win by Jim Britell
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...ize_To_Win.doc
The SOA Watch Handbook for Non-Violent Action and Civil Disobedience Training
by SOA
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...h_Handbook.doc
Political Campaign Planning Manual by NDI (J. Brian O'Day)
http://www.canvasopedia.org/files/w-...n_Planning.doc