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Articles by IAF Organizers
"From Woodrow Ave. to Woodrow Ave.: The Path of an Organizer and a Jewish Community" by Ari Lipman **
"Obama's Chicago Tactics" by Michael Gecan	Boston Review
"The COLA conundrum: Social Security payment doesn't really reflect inflation" by Mike Gecan and Eric Kingson	Read in the NY Daily News
"The Future of Freedom" by Michael Gecan	Australian Broadcast Company
"The grand canyon: Our leaders can't fix the economy because they live in opposing fantasy lands" by Michael Gecan	Read in the NY Daily News
"The Triangle" by Michael Gecan	Boston Review

Books on Organizing
"After America's Mid-life Crisis" by Michael Gecan	Buy on Amazon
"Engaging Citizens to Ensure Our Democracy" by Neil Jameson and Sebastian Chapleau **
"Reveille for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky	Buy on Amazon
"Roots for Radicals" by Edward Chambers	Buy on Amazon
"Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky	Buy on Amazon
Going Public by Michael Gecan	Buy on Amazon

Core Teams
Core team briefing sheet **

Evaluation
How to evaluate an action **

House Meetings
House meeting briefing **
House meeting training slide show **

Leadership
Levels of Leadership Grid**

Organizer Development
IAF Organizer Fundraising Matrix
Organizer Development Chart

Organizing Articles
"Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg" by Malcolm Gladwell **
"Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted" by Malcolm Gladwell **
On the Importance of Being Unprincipled
Organizational Democracy Overview

Relational Meetings
Advanced Individual Meeting Tips for Organizers **
Advanced Relational Meeting training slide show **
Individual Meeting Overview
Relational Meeting training slide show **
Relational Meetings briefing **
Sample relational meeting training agenda **
Spanish language individual meeting briefing **

Relational Power
Relational Power training slide show **
Three Sectors diagram **

Self Interest
Self Interest training slide show **

Storytelling
Storytelling workshop **

Training Materials
Overview of organizing universals **