How the Design and Practice of Simulations Can Guide Your Strategy

This training will explore the design and practice of complex simulations, a tool for progressive movement organizations in campaigns and crises. The principle of simulations is simple: participants are asked to play a role within a specific imagined context and under defined rules. This same basic principle applies to kids playing Dungeons & Dragons in the basement or four-star generals playing war games at the Pentagon. In this training, we will play out a simulation of a climate-focused legislative advocacy campaign, and then analyze how design and facilitation choices in simulations can generate useful strategic guidance, deeper relationships among partners and pathways to challenge assumptions.

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