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How Can We Help Our Grantees Strengthen Their Capacity for Evaluation?

This tool highlights suggestions from foundations, including assessing a foundation's own capacity for evaluation; encouraging a sense of ownership among grantees around the evaluation process; and combining group-based and one-on-one training. This link can be found in the Philanthropy &...

How Should I Make a Business Plan?

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides guidance on developing a business plan, including what it should contain, how it should be written, and how it should be packaged.

How To Create a Strategy Chart

This tool (from Greenlining.org) provides a step-by-step process for developing a “campaign roadmap” that can help a group decide what steps to take and when.

How to Create SMART Goals Using a Tree Diagram

This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) assists with creating measurable goals with specific targets. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Develop a strategy to...

How to Write a Letter to the Editor That Gets Published and Read

This tool (from Burness) provides tips on writing letters to the editor.

IAP2’s Public Participation Spectrum

IAP2’s Public Participation Spectrum (from the International Association for Public Participation) helps group define the public’s role in any public participation process.

Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests Checklist

This checklist (from Community Tool Box) includes key points from Section 8: Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and their Interests including what it means to identify stakeholders and their interests, why it’s important to do, and when and how to do it.

Identifying Community Assets and Resources

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides some specific techniques not only to help you identify community assets but ideas for how to use them as well. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Identify community assets and resources.