Tools & Resources

Conducting Focus Groups

This tool (from Community Tool Box) describes strategies for holding small group discussions to hear feedback on specific issues and to guide future action.

It can be found in Assess Needs & Resources under...

Public Forums and Listening Sessions

This tool (from Community Tool Box) describes methods for holding public meetings to secure citizen feedback on health issues.

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).

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...

Use the Data

This tool (from CHR&R) provides suggestions for finding more detailed information about key areas in your community’s rankings.

Description of Meeting Roles

This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) describes responsibilities for a meeting facilitator, timekeeper, notetaker, and scribe.

Guidelines for Creating Team Norms

This tool (from SMART Learning Systems) includes strategies and suggested categories for creating team norms.

Multivoting

This process (from SMART Learning Systems) is a tool for narrowing a large list of ideas.

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.