Tools & Resources

Communicating with Policymakers

This tool (from Academy Health) provides tips for preparing for the challenge of communication with policymakers.

Collective Impact Case Studies

This tool (from Foundation Strategy Group) is a series of case study reports and videos that feature collective impact initiatives across a range of issues areas. It can be found in Work Together under...

Appreciative Inquiry Commons

This site (from Case Western Reserve University) has extensive resources on the principles and tools of Appreciative Inquiry.

Appreciative Inquiry

This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) outlines key principles, typical questions and options for using this strength-based process.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under...

After Action Review

This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) helps teams celebrate their successes and learn from their mistakes.

User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning

This tool (from Harvard Family Research Project) provides a step-by-step process for evaluating advocacy/policy initiatives.

Handbook of Data Collection Tools: A Companion to Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) includes a number of tools for measuring advocacy and policy initiatives.

Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) provides a framework for thinking differently about advocacy and policy work and directions for evaluation design.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under...

Developmental Evaluation Primer

This tool (from J.W. McConnell Family Foundation) provides guidance for conducting evaluation of innovative practices and strategies in changing, unpredictable environments. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...

Clare County, MI

In Michigan, Health Director Mary Kushion seized Clare County’s poor performance in the County Health Rankings as an opportunity to host a public health summit and begin generating ideas for improving the health of the six counties served by the Central Michigan District Health Department.