Tools & Resources

Tearless Logic Models Presentation

This tool (from Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice) is a short presentation of the tearless logic model. 

Communicating Information to Funders for Support and Accountability

This tool (from Community Tool Box) discusses sharing your evaluation results with audiences, choosing a format for the audience, and the steps in developing presentations. 

Checklist for Ensuring Effective Evaluation Reports

This tool (from the Framework for Program Evaluation) includes format and content considerations for developing your evaluation report.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under: 

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Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation

This tool (from DHHS) is a comprehensive manual exploring all aspects of program evaluation. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under Learning and Resources.

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

This site (from NIST) describes an award process for communities using “Total Quality” principles.

Gathering and Using Community-Level Indicators

This tool (from Community Tool Box) identifies the types of community-level indicators that may be helpful to your evaluation and directs you to data sources for possible indicators.

Find it in: 

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Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook

This tool (from CDC) offers prompts to help you identify the purpose of your evaluation and potential uses for evaluation results.

Meeting the Match: A Guide to Fundraising for the Tobacco Policy Change Program

This tool (From RWJF) contains guidelines and approaches for accessing multiple sources of funding that are easily adapted to any policy area. It can be found in Act on What's Important under...

Activation Point

Activation Point (from Spitfire Strategies) builds on the Smart Chart™ and focuses specifically on analyzing the type of public support needed for your campaign to succeed and strategies for mobilizing concerned people to action.

Becoming a Line Item in the State Budget: Tool 1

This tool (from Community Tool Box) explains why becoming a line item should be a last resort.