{"id":7631,"date":"2016-11-10T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=7631"},"modified":"2016-11-11T22:50:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T09:50:59","slug":"small-group-action-getting-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=7631","title":{"rendered":"Small Group Action: Getting going"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I need your help.<\/p>\n

I’ve been working for a bunch of years now on an idea to help us turn our feeling that things aren’t right into real action that has an impact on the world. It’s a toolkit that I call Small Group Action. It’s been used in workplaces and in classrooms and by groups of friends, and it works. It was the basis of my Masters research and I know it can make a difference. <\/p>\n

It’s time to get SGA out into the world, so people can put it to work. I’d welcome any support you can give me.<\/p>\n

What is Small Group Action?<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s very simple: you get a few people into a small group, say 4 or 5 people. You agree to do one action together – a short-term commitment only. You choose the action together, and plan how to get it done. Then you go for it.<\/p>\n

4 or 5 people is big enough to do small but substantial things. (You can chain actions together for added effect.) It’s also small enough the group is easy to manage. Short-term means it’s an easy commitment to make, and you get the satisfaction of doing something sooner rather than later.  Group effects help keep you on task – you can actively motivate each other, and no-one wants to let the others down. <\/p>\n

All simple stuff, but harnessed together, all pointing in the same direction? It makes for a powerful engine. <\/p>\n

(There’s more than this, of course, but this is the heart of it.)<\/p>\n

What am I trying to do?<\/b><\/p>\n

The goal is to get the SGA toolkit out into the world. I’m in need of advice about the best way to do this! Some ideas: <\/p>\n