Track Metrics that Build Power

If you’re organising without tracking your progress, you’re missing one of the most powerful tools you have. Data in organising isn't about numbers for their own sake – it's about understanding whether you’re building real power and using that insight to sharpen your strategy.

This training explores what data really means for people power, how to measure what matters, and how to use it to develop leadership and collective accountability. Through practical exercises and real scenarios, you'll tackle the challenges organisers face around data – from getting people to input it consistently to keeping it secure – and discover how to turn numbers into shared learning and celebration. You'll leave with practical tools and a clearer sense of how data can strengthen your organising.

Outcomes:

• Understand why we use data for leadership and power building in organising.
• Practise how to use data in organising and to support collective accountability.
• Reflect on how you can apply these principles to your own work.

This training is part of our foundations series, designed for both new and experienced organisers who are ready to develop practical organising skills. We recommend taking the introduction training first to understand the core concepts of transformative community organising.