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Paper Boats

Design Ideas for Actions Design Elements

Origami can be used to great effect to send messages to people in positions of power. This protes...

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Group Activities - To Build Our Own Community

Community Building Community Building Tools

Community is something we build and create for each other. Here we have outlined a few examples o...

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Cornwall's NVDA Assembly to Local Government Representation

Community Assemblies Case Studies

Cornwall local XR group were the first to really get success in using NVDA as a tactic, running a...

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Massembly 2024

Community Assemblies Case Studies

Over 450 people took part in our incredible Massembly at Upgrade Democracy, to discuss the quest...

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What are Community Assemblies?

Community Assemblies

Community Assemblies (also known by other names) are a structured way for a group of people to d...

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Moderation & Community Management

Social Media

General Guidelines Moderating entails keeping the comments on posts positive and constructive by ...

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Big Blue Button Basics

Other Online Tech Tools Big Blue Button

Big Blue Button, or BBB, is an alternative to Zoom. It is free to use, and there are no time limi...

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Zoom Advice - Hosting Meetings

Other Online Tech Tools Zoom

Make a plan Send out calendar invites to everyone you expect to be on the call. Think about add...

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Simple, practical guidance to keep online meetings safe

Local Groups Meetings and Decision Making

Take a risk-based approach to online meetings in order to assess the overall risk to Extinction R...

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How to Run a People's Assembly - Step-by-Step

People's Assemblies

This is the basic framework for creating and running a People’s Assembly. This ‘Quick Start Guide...

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Direct Action or Occupations

People's Assemblies

Depending on the size and duration of the protest and the level of police presence, these assembl...

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Decision making

People's Assemblies

This is the deliberative phase of the process where the participants discuss how they feel about ...

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Street Scripts and other useful links

Outreach Street Speakers

Guidance for street speakers You can download the Street Speaker's Guidance Google doc to help yo...

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Polis: In Depth

Guide to Polis for XR

Deep Dive - Representative Balance Spoiler alert! No system of democracy is perfect. However, any...

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Guide: Polis for Assembly Organisers

Guide to Polis for XR

This guide is for anyone wanting to organise an assembly and use an interactive poll on Polis, or...

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Guide: Polis for Participants

Guide to Polis for XR

How does Polis work? You get a link to a Polis poll on a particular topic which includes a numbe...

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Hide your phone number from others using Telegram

Other Online Tech Tools

By default, when you join a Telegram channel your phone number is visible to all others in the ch...

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Choose Your Target & Demands

Where is your closest insurance office? The first step is to figure out which insurers are near y...

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What are Movement Assemblies?

Movement Assemblies

Based on the Community Assembly format, the UK Assemblies team will support our movement to conti...

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Accommodation

Action Support Production & World Build

Working on providing indoor accommodation for groups or individuals and setting up and running pr...

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