Helping people who want to make
the world a better place.
Making Open is a platform to connect advocates, community, industry, and government changemakers through events, workshops, design and stories.
It’s for people who want to improve transparency and access to information, and design systems to prevent corruption, increase integrity and public participation in areas like government funding, contracting, natural resources, land use, energy transition and climate change planning.
Making positive change possible
Over 150 advocates from around the world were involved in the research phase that was the foundation for the Making Open content and design kit.
Mostly, we heard people that don’t have the time or skills and budget to create the advocacy materials they need to simply explain new concepts and join the dots between different local and global initiatives.
In response to this, we’ve created useful content, workshops, and guides to help people learn new ways of working and effectively communicate with different audiences.
We help
access useful explainers and stories that connect with audiences
learn new approaches and how to make transformational change
find leading environmental, social and good governance standards
Our goal
We want to make it easier for people to learn and share inspiring stories, tools, innovations, and connect with partners who can help.
We focus on positive messaging and simply explaining the benefits of openness and participation to support people who want to transform data, systems, policies, and processes.
“This is an excellent resource to help transparency advocates communicate complex issues more clearly. It is very useful and easy to use - with great messaging and illustrations. ”
Serena Lillywhite,
Transparency and
Accountability Advocate,
Australia
Simply explain and connect concepts
transparency
Participation
transformation
Clancy Moore,
Chief Executive
Officer,
Australia
“Great storytelling is at the heart of all social change.
Advocates need compelling frames, clear messages and engaging
designs to power our campaigns.
Making Open gives us the tools to help keep governments
and companies accountable and make the world a better place ”
Be part of making positive change happen
How funding will help
You can help Making Open be available for everyone.
We need funding to launch the kit online, make it interactive so it’s easier for people to use, share and contribute feedback. We are developing workshops and learning pathways, and a series of animations and short films.
With your help we can expand the content and make the platform so people can connect, add their own stories, case studies, and design assets representing different countries, cultures and contexts.
