- Mark Parker is a community organiser in the London Borough of Southwark. I am just setting out on the journey toward becoming an effective organiser and this is a place for me to reflect on the experience and what I am learning. I hope you will join in and offer your thoughts, so that we can turn my comments and ideas into a conversation.
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Stories that really count
Last time, I explored three narratives that are currently being propagated across the UK, giving the powerful and influential opportunity to construct a debate that favours their interests. This week I want to explore how organisers can take action through … Continue reading
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Tagged collective identity, Common cause, culture, emotion, frames, heroes, human scale, myths, organisers, testing, values
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The Imperative of Now
Over recent weeks, we’ve been looking at storytelling and its place in community organising. As we arrive in the New Year, its time to finish outlining the approach to organising developed by Marshall Ganz of Harvard University. We have seen … Continue reading
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Tagged frames, leadership, Marshall Ganz, myths, practice, Story of Now, taking action
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Memes and Merchandising
As we enter Advent and our TV sets are filled with advertising for Christmas, the figure of Santa Claus looms large. The red clothes, white beard, round and cheery figure appears on everyone’s idealised Christmas list of symbols for the … Continue reading
Frames for change
Last week we started looking at story and story-telling by exploring the ubiquitous and pervasive nature of story in our family life to our national identity. This week, I want to focus down on the shape of our stories – … Continue reading
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Tagged circumplex, controlling, episodic, extrinsic, frames, intrinsic, motivation, power, principles, thematic, values
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Southwark Organising 