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Change always comes at a cost. And raising the resources you need to drive action can be a fruitless pursuit without the right tools.

Understanding when to ask for money, how to do it and who to speak to is just the beginning, but it's a great place to start. To help you, we've picked the brains of Australia's champion of cause-based crowdfunding, Tom Dawkins.

Tom is the co-founder of StartSomeGood, a platform that helps social impact projects get funded and social activist and entrepreneurs sharpen their offerings.

Before you ask anyone for a buck, make sure you wrap your ears around this illuminating convo.

Making deliberate decisions about your approach to change is integral to the success of your action.

By understanding the activism avenues of Revolution, Reform and Withdrawal, and deciding which one (or which combination), you'll know what kind of vision to set, which demands to make and how to take action.

Talking us through it is the University of Melbourne's Sociology and Anthropology specialist, Dr. Nick Pendergast. Nick's also a passionate activist, prolific podcaster and a pragmatic vegan.

This is a must for anyone considering starting any kind of movement.

Instincts alone are no longer enough to lead. Our modern era requires modern leaders.

We live in the VUCA era, where leaders must contend with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. Knowing how to contend with these forces is what will separate leaders from losers.

As a master practitioner of leadership and organisational change, Dr Linda Matula has coached leaders of Europe's biggest organisations to lead their teams in the VUCA. In this episode, she shares her knowledge as it relates to social movements.

This is mandatory listening for anyone leading a movement.

If you’ve ever seen an issue splashed across the front page and thought “I should do something about this!” then this is the episode for you.

To help you work out how to pick your battles, we’ve checked in with one of Australias’s most seasoned social activist organisations.

Getup is an organisation dedicated to social equity with over 1 million members across Australia. In this episode, we sit down with GetUp’s Head of Campaigns, Emily Mulligan, to hear how she and her teams pick their battles.

In 2013, a highly visual global movement exploded out of a Sydney backstreet.

DIY Rainbow was an inclusive, community-building movement that sparked important conversations around LGBT issues and inclusion on the whole.

In this episode, we hear from the movement’s founder, James Brechney, and uncover some of the actions and insights that made this idea a global phenomenon.

On September 20, the global #climatestrike hits cities across the world, led by students.

In this episode we hear from high school students Varsha and Ambrose, two of the organisers of the Sydney Climate Strike. They’ve been working hard over the past 12 months to mobilise students, parents and private industry on this incredibly important issue.

Aged just 14 and 16, these guys have wisdom beyond their years.