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Many not-for profit organizations resist thinking of themselves as “brands” or “potential brands.” For many, branding is a dirty word that conjures up images of plain old hucksterism and sale…
How to use this kit: This kit has materials to help you raise election candidates’ awareness of the Charities and Democracy Project and convey your concerns about the current restrictions…
Women’s Venture, a self-employment training program, decreases the likelihood participants will need government assistance, subsidized health care and other support services in the future while increasing the likelihood they will…
This workbook offers a template for discovering what kinds of skills, abilities and experiences individuals possess that could be translated into economic activity and increased economic stability for a local…
This workbook tells the story of Savannah’s experience in developing a citizen-centered city government that allowed it to work productively with local residents to improve troubled neighborhoods and build a…
This new volume brings together three articles that explore different aspects of the relationship between local communities and the newspapers that print stories about them. In “A Guide to Developing…
This workbook explores these questions: How do you build your rural community from the inside out? How do you find and mobilize the assets of your small town and rural…
This workbook examines how communities have turned threats to their well-being into opportunities through a process of transformation. It tells the stories of eight communities as they broke out of…
This guide will help any organization strengthen itself by enhancing connections with the community’s assets, strengthen the community by investing in the community’s assets, and strengthen current and future community-based…
An Organizational Capacity Building Toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women The SHOW-21 program was designed to expand on the work of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University’s…
This book presents a simple, inexpensive method for discovering untapped local resources that can be shared among community members. It shows how to design and operate a capacity-listing-and-referral service utilizing…
This guide is written primarily for community-building practitioners from the point of view of an experienced evaluator, but it should also be useful for funders and others who would like…
