Tools & Resources
Strategic Alliance ENACT Local Database
This searchable database (from Prevention Institute) is an online resource of local policies that can improve opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity.
Tools for Community Action
This website (from CDC) is a one stop site for numerous toolkits and resources for community health issues including topics such as tobacco, physical activity, health equity, and others.
Avoiding Group Think
This tool (from Mind Tools) is a face-to-face process for gaining consensus where the group shares and discusses all issues before evaluation, with each group member participating equally in evaluation. It describes strategies for checking the fundamental assumptions behind important decisions, validating the decision-making process, and evaluating the risks involved.
Mind Maps
This tool (from Mind Tools) describes a useful approach to note-taking that can be used during a brainstorming session to help you break large topics down into manageable chunks.
Brainstorming
This tool (from Mind Tools) describes why and how to use brainstorming to generate ideas.
Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work
This tool (from Stanford Social Innovation Review) is a follow up to the popular Collective Impact article by the same authors. Its focus is on answering commonly asked questions: How do we begin? How do we create alignment? How do we sustain the initiative? It can be found in Act on What's Important and Work Together under...
Succession Planning
This tool (from helpfornonprofits.org) includes tips for accomplishing a systems-focused succession plan.
Catalytic Philanthropy
This tool (from Stanford Social Innovation Review) describes what funders can do to sustain community improvement initiatives.
Putting It All Together: Creating and Working with a Budget Document
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides guidance that can help you manage finances, including five steps for analyzing and adjusting a budget, and steps for creating a budget document.
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.