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Helpful Resources
Standards
Building
Capacity for Local Decisionmaking.
(CSSP Learning Guides series.) Washington, D.C., Center for the
Study of Social Policy, 2001.
LG1:
Theory and Purpose of Community Decisionmaking
LG2: Working with Members
LG3: Setting a Community Agenda
LG4: Strategies to Achieve Results
LG5: Financing and Budgeting
LG6: Using Data to Ensure Accountability
http://www.cssp.org/resources.html
http://learningguides.cssp.org/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
(Click on "Learning Guides" on the toolbar)
Collaborative
Development
Bylaws.
Georgia Center for Nonprofits
http://www.nonprofitgeorgia.org/startup.html#12
Building Capacity for Local Decisionmaking. (CSSP Learning
Guides series.) Washington, D.C., Center for the Study of Social
Policy, 2001.
LG2:
Working with Members (pages 81-86; 143-144)
http://www.cssp.org/resources.html
http://learningguides.cssp.org/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
(Click on "Learning Guides" on the toolbar)
Board
Governance.
Transition Guide for Board Leaders.
http://www.transitionguides.com/boards/boards.htm
Family
Engagement and Support.
Making the Case for Family Support helps make the case
with your community, state, and potential funders with this concise,
clear explanation of why family support is what America needs,
with the facts, figures, and reasoning to back it up. It's a great
resource for letters to the editor, funding proposals, candidates'
forums, and hundreds of other advocacy situations.
http://www.familysupportamerica.org/downloads/
Making the Case.pdf
Putting
Parent Engagement Into Action: A Practical Guide, the first
in Family Support America's Shared Leadership series, is of value
to local programs, neighborhood networks, and state agencies and
programs.The booklet shares concrete recommendations on promoting
parent leadership, along with real life stories and personal testimonials
showing the strategies in action. This Family Support America
publication is available from FCP through engagement workshops
for collaboratives.
FCP
Parent Involvement Guidebook and Activity Book
FCP
Fact Sheet: "You're More Than Just a Parent"
Planning
Community
Assessment
"Know Your Community: A Step-by-Step Guide to Community Needs
and Resources Assessment" by Bryan Samuels, Nilofer Ahsan & Jill
Garcia has sample surveys, format for community assessment. Ordering
information is available at www.familysupportamerica.org.
Strategy
Development
Building Capacity for Local Decisionmaking. (CSSP
Learning Guides series.) Washington, D.C., Center for the Study
of Social Policy, 2001.
LG4:
Strategies to Achieve Results
http://www.cssp.org/resources.html
http://learningguides.cssp.org/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
(Click on "Learning Guides" on the toolbar)
Funding
The
Balancing Act: Strategies for Financial Stability for Family Connection
Communities, Spring 2003 Edition, part of the community capacity
development series by the Georgia Family Connection Finance Team
Resourcing
the Community Plan
Building Capacity for Local Decisionmaking. (CSSP Learning
Guides series.) Washington, D.C., Center for the Study of Social
Policy, 2001.
LG5:
Financing and Budgeting
http://www.cssp.org/resources.html
http://learningguides.cssp.org/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
(Click on "Learning Guides" on the toolbar)
Reporting
Kirk,
Raymond S. (1999). Evaluating and Reporting Outcomes: A
Guide for Respite and Crisis Care Program Managers. Chapel
Hill, NC: ARCH National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis
Care Services.
Herman,
Joan L., Ed. The Program Evaluation Kit. Sage Publications.
Newbury Park. Book 9. How to Communicate Evaluation Findings.
Evaluating
Evaluator's Handbook. Second Edition. Joan L. Herman,
Lynn L. Morris and Carol T. Fitz-Gibbon. Sage Publications, 1987.
Handbook
of Practical Program Evaluation. Second Edition. Joseph
S. Wholey, Harry P. Hatry, Kathryn E. Newcomer (Editors). Jossey-Bass,
2004.
Pathways
for Assessing Change evaluation guide.
Evaluating
Evaluation
Toolkit Evaluation Handbooks and Texts
Promoting
Web
Sites:
www.wordone.com
www.wordbiz.com
www.instituteforpr.com
www.dotorgmedia.com
www.uwex.edu/li/learner/sites_marketing.htm
www.gcn.org
www.connectforkids.org
Reference
Books:
Strategic
Communications for Nonprofit Organizations: Seven Steps to Creating
a Successful Plan by Janel M. Radtke
How
to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for
Every Situation by Roselie Maggio
Streetwise
Do-It-Yourself Advertising by Sarah White and John Woods
The
Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual
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