TACTICAL THINKING
TACTICS, STRATEGY & CREATIVITY
ARTICLES & GUIDES
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Tactical Mapping (Article)* Two-pages |
This two-page article provides a brief overivew of Tactical Mapping, a method of visualizing relationships sustaining human rights abuses (ie. institutions, individuals...). Such a map can be used to track the nature and potency of tactics available to affect these relationships. See also 'Visualizing Information for Advocacy' by the Tactical Technology Collective. |
| A guide for creating a tactical map using the example of "A Tactical Map of the Issue of Torture". | |
| Sample Tactical Map* | Image of a tactical map as it is being created. |
| Six reasons that new tactics are needed in human rights work. | |
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The Need for New Tactics (Guide)* [Croatian] [French] [Russian] [Spanish] [Tetum (East Timor)] |
A guide with examples of how others have used new tactics effectively in human rights work. |
| A guide for thinking about why strategies and tactics are important in your work. | |
| Learn, step by step, how to adapt and use innovative strategy to advance and enhance human rights work globally | |
| Publication from The Albert Einstein Institution. |
EXERCISES & GROUP ACTIVITIES
| This trust-building and "get to know you" game can be used a few times over the duration of a multi-day workshop. As trust levels increase, the statements can get more risky... | |
| This quick exercise will allow a group to establish its own set of rules and principles. When self-generated, rules are more likely to be "owned" by the group. If participants do not respect the rules, you can refer back to the list to re-centre behaviour. | |
| Designed by Nancy Pearson and Philippe Duhamel for the Asia Regional Workshop of the New Tactics Project, August 2005. | |
| We will tell stories of our struggles and look at what makes our efforts successful. |
TOOLS FROM TRAINING FOR CHANGE (trainingforchange.org)
| How to set up a Buddy System. | |
| A tool to build trust and learn about group dynamics through a group challenge and a tool that can help define strategy, tactics, and leadership roles. | |
| A tool to help you base a campaign on broader societal values. | |
| A tool to examine social forces and groups, spread across the spectrum from those who are the most active supporters to those who are the most dedicated opponents. | |
| An activity used with "village" groupings (issue-based clusters) to help us envision goals that may feed our strategizing exercises. |
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