COMMUNITY CONSULTATION:
Community Development
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Creating On-line networks
Making The Net Work aims to help those planning to get their organisation or neighbourhood online, or create local technology centres. We are also interested in virtual teams and networks.
http://www.makingthenetwork.org/
Techsoup: The Technology Place for Non-Profits

TechSoup provides a range of technology services for nonprofits, including articles, a blog, discussion forums, Webinars, and discounted and donated technology products. To take full advantage of TechSoup's services, we recommend you do the following:

  1. Join TechSoup and Create a member profile. Once you have a member profile, you will able to post and reply to our discussion forums and you have taken the first step to becoming an authorized buyer of donated products for your organization.
  2. Get a product donation. After you have created a member profile, register your organization to get donated products with TechSoup Stock. If your organization is already registered, you can apply to become an authorized agent.
http://www.techsoup.org/

Community Development Journal
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Community Development Journal.
http://www3.oup.co.uk/cdj/
Centre for Community Change
Helping low-income people build powerful, effective organizations through which they can change their communities and public policies for the better
http://www.communitychange.org

Guide to Organising a Community Group
Here are some things to think about when setting out on a new campaign or starting a new group: http://www.getactive.org.nz/guide/getting.htm
Intute: UK
Intute is a free online service providing you with a database of hand selected Web resources for education and research.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Processes for Deliberative Democracy
Representative and Participatory Democracy
http://www.angelfire.com/home/consultation/firstpage/del.dem.4.htm
Idealist.org: Action without Borders
Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
http://www.idealist.org/
Public Meeting Guidelines
A comprehensive list of issues to consider when setting up and running public meetings
http://www.angelfire.com/home/consultation/MEETING_PLANNING_GUIDELINES.htm
Community Media Association (UK)
Welcome to the Community Media Association ONLINE - bringing you news, information, services and a gateway to community media organisations in the UK and world wide.
http://www.commedia.org.uk/
Links To Participatory  Action Research Sites
Web Links To Participatory Action Research Sites:
An action-research resource for both students and practitioners
http://www.goshen.edu/soan/soan96p.html
Steven Clift-Publicus.Net
Welcome. I build e-democracy. I coined the term back in 1994. Now it is 2008 and the opportunity to improve communities and democracy using the Internet has never been better. This site is a bit "dusty," but dig in for dozens of articles, speeches and more. – Steven Clift
http://www.publicus.net
The Pew Partnership for Civic Change: Resources
The Pew Partnership  for Civic Change is a civic research organization that provides consulting and program support to communities, governments, foundations and nonprofit agencies. We help clients identify and implement solutions and strategies crucial to making communities stronger.
http://www.pew-partnership.org/resources/index.html
The Pew Partnership for Civic Change: Inventing Civic Solutions
A how-to guide on launching and sustaining successful community programs. In 1999 the Pew Partnership identified and began documenting successful solutions to problems in 19 American communities. Inventing Civic Solutions examines eight of these solutions, what made them successful, and offers some cautionary advice to others
http://www.pew-partnership.org/resources/inventing_solutions.html

Smart Communities (Blog)
Smart Communities blog. This blog began in March 2005 as a way to share all sorts of useful information related to these seven strategies for building thriving communities. We report on effective strategies, new initiatives, funding opportunities, and nationwide events that are affecting our communities. We often hear from readers about their work and ideas and blog on that as well.
http://smartcommunities.typepad.com/
The Ensure Guidebook
The ENSURE guidebook for regeneration of urban deprived neighbourhoods is the result of the
Innovative Urban Planning Management  project, 1998-2001, co financed by
Interreg IIC European Regional Development Fund
and the Danish Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and based on the experience of its partners.
http://www.ensure.org/guidebook/
Program Development and Evaluation

Evaluation is a core function of University of Wisconsin-Extension Cooperative Extension with support provided by the Program Development and Evaluation Unit (PDE).
Two key resources form the framework for evaluation within the organization:

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/
Programme Evaluation: An Introductory Guide for Health Promotion (1998)
This manual has been written for those planning and implementing health promotion programmes where evaluation activities will be undertaken largely within their organisation.
http://www.aphru.ac.nz/services/services/manual.htm
Community Futures
It is our role to develop and support balanced and sustainable communities with our colleagues in the voluntary sector and in partnership with public and private organisations.
http://www.communityfutures.org.uk
Community Participation in Social Inclusion Partnerships
This paper presents a summary of the findings and recommendations of research carried out in 1999-2000 into community participation in Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs). The topics covered include principles for effective community participation, and ways to address the training and information needs of communities and partner organisations.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/drf117-00.asp
The Democracy Center
The Democracy Center has made available on this site a broad selection of free advocacy support materials that are ideal for use in trainings, as newsletter inserts and other educational activities. Based on more than a decade of worldwide advocacy training these materials include -- how to develop an advocacy strategy, a primer on policy analysis, media advocacy, organizing and coalition building, lobbying and influencing public officials, and more.
http://www.democracyctr.org/advocacy/index.htm
Community Development Xchange
Formerly known as the Standing Conference for Community Development (SCCD), CDX is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development.CDX works to ensure that community development (CD) is recognised and supported as a powerful way of tackling inequality and achieving social justice. As an organisation with members from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, CDX reflects a diverse range of interests in community development across all sectors and fields.
http://www.cdx.org.uk

Grassroots Networking
Grassroots Networking is an Infoxchange Australia initiative developed to:
improve the social, economic and environmental circumstances of low-income and disadvantaged communities;
strengthen the capacity and cohesiveness of these communities and their social networks.

http://www.grassroots.org.au/

DMOZ Open Directory: Community Building
A series of links to Community Building websites, compiled by DMOZ
http://dmoz.org/Society/Activism/Community_Building/


Caledon Institute of Social Policy
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy does rigorous, high-quality research and analysis; seeks to inform and influence public opinion and to foster public discussion on poverty and social policy; and develops and promotes concrete, practicable proposals for the reform of social programs at all levels of government and of social benefits provided by employers and the voluntary sector.
http://www.caledoninst.org/


Action for Neighbourhood Change
Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) was a unique learning initiative that explored and assessed approaches to locally-driven neighbourhood revitalization that can enhance the capacity of individuals and families to build and sustain strong, healthy communities.
http://www.anccommunity.ca/index_english.html


Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement
Tamarack is a dynamic organization that develops and supports collaborative strategies that engage citizens and institutions to solve major community challenges, and to learn from and share these experiences.We believe we can find a better way forward if different sectors work together strategically and comprehensively to build stronger communities.The Institute sponsors projects and provides learning resources, training, coaching and strategic consulting that enable people to collaborate and learn with and from each other.
http://tamarackcommunity.ca/

Learning for Sustainability
Social learning is increasingly cited as an essential process for addressing the complexity and uncertainty inherent in many sustainability issues, for developing understanding between the different perspectives involved, and for supporting collective action. This guide to on-line resources (formerly NRM-changelinks) includes a number of topic areas that are relevant to social learning. A short introduction to each section outlines the nature of the resource links provided, and provides pointers to other topic areas which are closely related in use.
http://learningforsustainability.net/

Community Building (Dept of Planning and Community Development: State of Victoria; Australia
The Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) has been established to closely link planning with community development to build active, confident, and inclusive communities.
The Victorian Government is committed to delivering improvements in urban planning and development, particularly in the outer suburbs and regional areas where we are expecting strong growth.
http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/web14/dvc/dvcmain.nsf/headingpagesdisplay/building+stronger+communities

This web page was last edited by Paul Martin in March 2009