Organize & Act Resources
This phase turns shared values and relationships into action through storytelling, trust, and shared leadership.
Organizing for Shared Stewardship
Once values are clear and relationships are mapped, the next step is moving from insight to action.
The Organize & Act phase adapts the community organizing framework developed by Marshall Ganz and the Leading Change Network (LCN) for conservation contexts. At its core is the belief that storytelling builds power—by linking personal values to shared identity and urgent collective purpose.
Ganz’s method of Story of Self, Us, and Now is expanded here through two key adaptations:
- Story of Place — Grounding shared purpose in the history, ecology, and lived experience of a specific environment.
- Statement of Shared Stewardship — A collectively crafted commitment to caring for that place and guiding the responsible use of technology within it.
What’s inside:
This section includes ready-to-use worksheets and facilitation guides for:
- Story of Self, Us, and Now — Crafting narratives that connect values to action
- Linking Narrative — Weaving individual stories into a shared movement
- Relationship Building — Creating shared commitment through trust and dialogue
- Kickoff Tactics — Launching coordinated campaigns or initiatives
- Snowflake Leadership Structures — Distributing leadership for resilience and scale
- Mobilizing Shared Commitment — Turning agreements into sustained collective action
