Nerdy Movement Info Sessions
Join this call to learn about Nerdy Movement — a six-week program for experienced organizers who want to build high-participation, high-commitment organizing programs where members thrive.
⚡ Thursday, January 9th at 1-2 pm ET
⚡ Thursday, January 16th at 11 am - 12 pm ET
⚡ Wednesday, January 22nd, at 1-2 pm ET
⚡ Friday, March 28th at 10-11 am ET
If you join Nerdy Movement you'll learn:
How to make the recruitment and retention of members or volunteers more effective,
How to make it more likely that teams produce excellent work and get stronger over time,
How to increase people's commitment, leadership capacity, and ability to act in the face of uncertainty,
And other practices that develop leaders and build the power of your organization.
A recent participant said:
“This is the most comprehensive course I’ve experienced. You will practice the theory and techniques on what you need to build and coach effective teams as you go along, helping you to experience what it will be like to bring the approaches into your own organisation and with volunteer teams.
The course material is expertly designed and thought-provoking, drawing on a wide range of evidence and real-life examples. You’ll come away with actionable plans and a ton of reading material and session plans to keep drawing from. Randall and the team hold the spaces safely and are always on hand to follow up on queries and explain the materials.
Highly recommend!”
Join an info session for an overview of the program and get answers to your questions.
⚡ Thursday, January 9th at 1-2 pm ET
⚡ Thursday, January 16th at 11 am - 12 pm ET
⚡ Wednesday, January 22nd, at 1-2 pm ET
⚡ Friday, March 28th at 10-11 am ET
When are the next cohorts of Nerdy Movement?
📚 Cohort 11: February 27th to April 3rd, 2025.
📚 Cohort 12: May 8th to June 12th, 2025
📚 Cohort 13: July 3rd to August 7th, 2025
📚 Cohort 14: October 16th to November 20th, 2025
The calls are Thursdays from 1:00–3:00 PM EDT. Find your local time.
Who will be there, anyway?
Hi, I’m Randall Smith: I’m a director at PowerLabs, where I help organizations design and run high-participation, people-powered campaigns.
I got my start as an activist when I joined a walkout to protest the first Gulf War in middle school. Later, I interned with a youth organization doing the spade work that contributed to a high profile and inspiring fight, and my future in organizing was sealed.
Since then, I’ve helped dozens of organizations apply insights from the science of motivation to their work, and they have used those insights to:
Introduce and popularize the Green New Deal and pass historic climate legislation,
Win state-level legislation and ballot measure campaigns,
Grow from 50 volunteers to 150 chapters in 18 months, and
Create 500 teams building the organization in their community.
I’ve been privileged to work with incredible organizations, from Courage California, Forward Together, Free Press, IfNotNow, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Movimiento Cosecha, Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Sunrise Movement, and United for Respect.
But my favorite thing is to introduce new organizations to this work through calls like this, as well as Nerdy Movement, where organizers show up in community to reimagine how they partner with their members to thrive as they pursue a collective purpose.
I hope you’ll join us.
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