Tools & Resources
Communicating Information to Funders for Support and Accountability
This tool (from Community Tool Box) discusses sharing your evaluation results with audiences, choosing a format for the audience, and the steps in developing presentations.
Checklist for Ensuring Effective Evaluation Reports
This tool (from the Framework for Program Evaluation) includes format and content considerations for developing your evaluation report.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under:
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Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation
This tool (from DHHS) is a comprehensive manual exploring all aspects of program evaluation. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under Learning and Resources.
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
This site (from NIST) describes an award process for communities using “Total Quality” principles.
Gathering and Using Community-Level Indicators
This tool (from Community Tool Box) identifies the types of community-level indicators that may be helpful to your evaluation and directs you to data sources for possible indicators.
Find it in:
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One on Ones
This tool (created by Working Partnerships USA) provides tips on how to prepare for successful one to one recruitment of individuals.
Meeting the Match: A Guide to Fundraising for the Tobacco Policy Change Program
This tool (From RWJF) contains guidelines and approaches for accessing multiple sources of funding that are easily adapted to any policy area. It can be found in Act on What's Important under...
Activation Point
Activation Point (from Spitfire Strategies) builds on the Smart Chart™ and focuses specifically on analyzing the type of public support needed for your campaign to succeed and strategies for mobilizing concerned people to action.
Becoming a Line Item in the State Budget: Tool 1
This tool (from Community Tool Box) explains why becoming a line item should be a last resort.
Storytelling and the Art of Emailing
This tool (from M + R) includes specific strategies for continuing to engage donors. It can be found in Act on What’s Important under Develop a resource plan.