Tools & Resources
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.
Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory
This tool (from Wilder Research) is a free online questionnaire that can help you assess how your coalition is functioning generally.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under Evaluate Your Partnership and Make Changes.
Checklist for Sharing Positions and Other Resources
This tool (from Community Tool Box) can help you evaluate how to share resources, including people, time, technology, facilities, training, technical assistance, and money.
Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests Checklist
This checklist (from Community Tool Box) includes key points from Section 8: Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and their Interests including what it means to identify stakeholders and their interests, why it’s important to do, and when and how to do it.
Training for Conflict Resolution
This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes a section titled How Should You Resolve Conflict, which describes seven steps for dealing with conflict in groups.
Tools and Checklists for Conducting Effective Meetings
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides a number of checklists for facilitating, documenting, and evaluating meetings.
Mind Tools
This website includes a variety of tools and resources to make meetings more effective.
Role of a Facilitator
The Role of a Facilitator (from MindTools.com) walks through the role of a facilitator and includes a Facilitators’ Toolbox with ice breakers, group decision-making tools, and tips for avoiding common pitfalls.