Tools & Resources
Worry Free Lobbying for Non-profits Handbook
This tool (from Bolder Advocacy) provides guidance on lobbying for non-profit organizations. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Deliver your message.
What, So What, Now What Reflection Worksheet
This reflection tool (from CHR&R) helps teams understand the implications of what they're learning and decide what action to take next.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under Evaluate Your Partnership and Make Changes.
Unique Methods in Advocacy Evaluation
This tool (from Center for Evaluation Innovation) describes four tools specifically geared for advocacy evaluation.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under ...
Theory of Change Worksheet
This tool (from CHR&R) helps you work through the process detailed the Theory of Change: A Practical Tool for Action, Results and Learning.
Nine Habits of Effective Coalitions Assessment
This tool (from StrategicHealthConcepts.com) asks 21 questions about nine habits of effective coalitions.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under Evaluate Your...
Mementos
This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) is an activity that increases trust and connection across your team by having members share an object that holds personal significance so others can learn more about each other’s experiences and values.
Library of Congress website
This government site (from the U.S. Congress) can help you see how far along a federal policy is in its deliberation. State legislatures have similar websites.
Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health
This tool (from CDC) provides a primer on how to evaluate public health initiatives.
Evaluability Assessment
This tool (from United Nations Development Fund for Women) includes a checklist to assess whether your program is ready for evaluation. It is adapted from the Guidance Note on Carrying Out an Evaluability Assessment by the United Nations Development Fund for Women. It can be found in Evaluate Actions...
Equity & Empowerment Lens 2012
The Equity and Empowerment Lens (from Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, OR) is a set of principles, reflective questions, and processes that focuses at the individual, institutional, and systemic levels to improve planning, decision-making, and resource allocation, leading to more racially equitable...