Our skill practice sessions are hands-on spaces for you to get on the bike and strengthen your organizing musclesーand this year, we’re expanding the lineup to include new sessions on leadership teams and strategy!

The sessions are exclusively for LCN members, and members can bring up to 3 guests to strengthen the collective learning in your teams, organizations, and communities.

Crafting a story of self is a transformative experienceーa process of discovering and articulating the values and experiences that define who we are and call on us to take leadership. Come craft and share a story of self that enables people to “get you”, and experience the sources of values that move you to act and lead. Read more about the session here.

Imagine crafting a story that connects people, moves them through shared values, and strengthens their resolve to act together. That’s the power of a Story of Us—it can be one of the most profound experiences, but also challenging. Learn how we can create that moment of “Wow… I know why these are my people. I’m in, wholeheartedly!” Read more about the session here.

If not now, when? The world feels like it’s unraveling, and more than ever, we need to tell stories that inspire hope and action. Learn how through a powerful Story of Now, we can make the hope real, experience the urgency to act, and invite people to join you in purposeful and collective action. Read more about the session here.

A leadership team offers a structured way to work together interdependently and generate capacity that is more than the sum of the individuals who make up the team. To lead, we must create a team—but how do we create effective teams? And not just create, but sustain and grow them? Join us to strengthen your ability to build strong teamsーwith a particular focus on setting healthy norms and clear, purposeful roles. Read more about the session here.

Strategizing for change requires us to grapple with questions around who our people are, what is the change we seek, and how we can turn the resources we have into the power we need to achieve our goal. Join our three-part series of skill practice sessions over August and September, where we will apply and practice the process of creating an organizing strategy. Participants must commit to attending all three sessions.

Session #1 (August 21st): People, Problem, Change, Strategic Goal
Session #2 (September 4th): Mapping People, Power & Theory of Change
Session #3 (September 18th): Timeline & Tactics
Read more about the sessions here.

What we count—and how we count it—matters in organizing. Metrics enable us to evaluate success in how we’re developing leaders, functioning collectively, and achieving our goal. They also bridge the challenging process of developing a snowflake structure out of a campaign timeline, through a metrics journey that grounds us in who our people are, and helps us identify how many leaders we need, and where we need them, to reach our campaign goal. Join this 2-hour session for a hands-on practice in developing campaign metrics and structure in organizing. Read more about the session here.

In organizing, if we are to achieve our goals and create change we must put our theory into collective action. But mobilizing our constituency can be challenging. How do I seek commitment from others to join me? And how do I ensure that the commitment is meaningful? Learn how we can move people to action with the “4C’s” —a way to mobilize commitment from your constituency in a way that is impactful and strategic. Read more about the sessions here.