Tools & Resources
Decision-Maker Analysis
This tool (from Working Partnerships USA & Community Catalyst) helps you identify who can give you what you want, what their “rules” are, which specific individuals are key decision-makers and how you may influence them. The document also includes helpful information sources for researching decision makers.
Theory of Change: A Practical Tool for Action, Results, and Learning
This tool (from Organizational Research Services) describes a process for developing a theory of change for a community.
Underage Drinking Logic Model Example
This (from the University of Wisconsin Extension) is an example of a logic model that focuses on underage drinking reduction.
Tearless Logic Models
This tool (from the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice) takes the traditional logic model approach and translates it into a less daunting process that breaks the logic model process down into a series of manageable, jargon-free questions. Justin Greenleaf, one of the authors of this article, has also created a short presentation...
Program Development & Evaluation Logic Models
This tool (from the Univ. of WI Extension) includes tools and templates for drafting logic models.
Community Readiness
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides an overview of the Community Readiness Model and maps other Community Tool Box chapters and sections to the stages of readiness. It can be found in Choose Effective Policies & Programs under...
Community Readiness Model
This tool (from Tri-ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University) assesses how ready a community is to address an issue. The basic premise is that matching an intervention to a community’s level of readiness is absolutely essential for success. It can be found in...
Criteria for Choosing Promising Practices and Community Interventions
This tool (from Community Tool Box) defines promising practices and interventions and suggests strategies for finding them. It can be found in Choose Effective Policies & Programs under...
What Drives Health
This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...
Defining and Analyzing the Problem
This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes guidance to help communities define a problem and determine whether an identified problem is a priority. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under Prepare to...