Convergence program sneak peek

Join us at the eclectic, funky converted greenhouse Grub Food Van for a warm welcome and ample vegetarian morsels.

• You'll get a chance to speak to like-minded people and meet our special guest (to be announced!)
• As a group, we'll co-create our principles for how we work together on the weekend.

• Be warmly welcomed to country by Wurundjeri Traditional Owners. 
• ACF's Kelly O'Shanassy will set the scene on why stopping Adani, repowering Australia, and speaking out for our air, water and wildlife matters so much right now.

Learn how public narrative works and share your own story in a way that motivates others to act.

• Understand storytelling as an act of leadership.
• Practice telling your public narrative and giving feedback to others.
• In this session, you will hear unforgettable stories from the people in the room.

• The big picture and the inside view on our strategy.
• Understand your role and the change you can create in your community.

• Think about power. Identify our resources.
• Learn the circles of commitment model to build a welcoming movement 
• Overcome the barriers which stop people getting more involved.

• Create a strategy, critical path and measures of success for a local campaign.
• Stay focused on effective strategy so your group doesn't not get distracted.

• Examine how the polluter lobby deliberately frame people who care in i.
• Learn models for telling a powerful collective story of your group, of ACF and of our movement.

• Explore why values matter and shape attitudes and behaviour.
• Use specific, active language.
• Dismantle the dominant story of disconnection, self-interest and despair.
• Tell stories of connection, action and hope.
• Find out why we often lose on the story and how to turn it around.

• Form local groups and work to set team norms – the values and behaviours your group will work to.
• Use roles to share work so your volunteering is sustainable. 
• Transform what can be a frustrating experience to an effective one. 

In this high energy session, you'll work together to make concrete plans.

• Create tactics and a timeline to reach your local goals.
• Plan your kick off action and assign roles to deliver it.

• Learn how to engage media from former Fairfax environment reporter Tom Arup.
• Plan effective advocacy meetings with your elected representatives.
• Get a formula for running great events where more than the usual suspects show up from community organising legend Max Smith.
• Spark your creative activism with former film festival director and mobilisation guru Livia Cullen.

• Have enjoyable and persuasive conversations.
• Practice the "four C's" model of conversations that get commitment.

Reflect on your experience over the weekend and share your thoughts.

• Celebrate our commitments to action for a more beautiful world.
• Go forth and get active in your local community! We’ll be there to support you on your journey.