Tools & Resources
Assessing Community Needs & Resources
This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes 21 sections mostly dedicated to different methods for collecting information (e.g., Conducting Focus Groups, Conducting Surveys, and Qualitative Methods to Assess Community Issues).
Program Development & Evaluation Logic Models
This tool (from the Univ. of WI Extension) includes tools and templates for drafting logic models.
Public Forums and Listening Sessions
This tool (from Community Tool Box) describes methods for holding public meetings to secure citizen feedback on health issues.
Multivoting
This process (from SMART Learning Systems) is a tool for narrowing a large list of ideas.
Community Assessment Tools
This tool (from Rotary International) provides detailed descriptions, planning tips and, in some cases, samples for several types of assessment. It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under Prepare to Assess...
Brainwriting a Mission Statement
This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) is an alternative brainstorming method that helps groups consider Aim/Audience, Action and Reason.
Historygram Process
The Historygram Process (from SMART Learning Systems) helps groups capture what community partners want to keep, start, and stop doing. It also celebrates different perspectives from the community.
Guidelines for Creating Team Norms
This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) includes strategies and suggested categories for creating team norms.
Description of Meeting Roles
This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) describes responsibilities for a meeting facilitator, timekeeper, notetaker, and scribe.
Mobilizing Action Through Partnership and Planning (MAPP) Assessment Overview
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships is a community-driven strategic planning tool developed by the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) for improving community health. This tool provides guidance for communities in each of the six MAPP phases: Organize for Success; Visioning; The Assessments; Strategic Issues; Goals/Strategies; and Action...