Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College

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Articles

Beyond Collaboration: Strategic Restructuring of Nonprofit Organizations by David La Piana. National Center for Nonprofit Boards, rev ed.

Building Coalitions to Bring About Change. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2001.

Collaborating for Successs-Evaluation for Collaborations by Thomas E. Backer. Human Research Institute. 2004.

Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation: Concepts, Prospects, and Challenges. Urban Institute. Early Findings Report. 1999.

Developing Effective Coalitions: Eight Step Guide by Larry Cohen et al. Prevention Institute.

Evaluating Collaboratives: Reaching the Potential. Ellen Taylor-Powell et al. University of Wisconsin-Extension. 1998.

Meeting the Collaboration Challenge: Developing Strategic Alliances Between Nonprofit Organizations and Business. The Drucker Foundation. 2001.

Nonprofit Sector and Business: New Visions, New Opportunities, New Challenges. The Aspen Institute.

Nonprofit Sector and Government: Clarifying the Relationship. The Aspen Institute.

Nonprofits Need to Foster Corporate Partnerships. San Luis Obispo Community Foundation. Dec 2005.

Perfect Fit or Shotgun Marriage?: Understanding The Power and Pitfalls in Partnerships (Strategy Tool #1) by Xavier de Souza Briggs. The Art and Science of Community Problem-Solving Project at Harvard University, May 2003.

Planning Together: How (and How Not) to Engage Stakeholders in Charting a Course (Strategy Tool #2) by Xavier de Souza Briggs. The Art and Science of Community Problem-Solving Project at Harvard University, June 2003

Working the Middle: Roles and Challenges of Intermediaries (Strategy Tool #3) by Xavier de Souza Briggs. The Art and Science of Community Problem-Solving Project at Harvard University, June 2003

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Websources

Community Problem-Solving, Harvard University - The Art and Science of Community Problem-Solving, a learning space for people and institutions worldwide. The users of this site work in all three sectors--public, nonprofit (or non-governmental), and private--and across them. They work on a wide variety of issues, from housing and health care to education and the environment, from labor and economic development to crime and public safety and "comprehensive" community change. They are managers, organizers, supporters, investors, educators and trainers, evaluators, everyday citizens, and more, working in cities and rural communities around the globe to tackle important social problems and seize opportunities to promote change.

Here you can access, at no cost, information to support your learning and effectiveness, including useful tools for problem-solving in your community or field. The three main resources for learning here are: (1) Strategy Tools to help you approach issues and work with other stakeholders more effectively. (This is the main section of the site in terms of original materials available only here.); (2) Program Tools for responding to specific, substantive problems by learning what works and what doesn't in a given area (housing, health, education, etc.), often through the clearinghouses and exchange sites available on-line; and (3) Learning Community, with discussions to help you learn from other problem-solvers and make new connections

Community Tool Box by U of Kansas - The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, check-lists, and related resources.

Making the Network - Making The Net Work aims to help organisations, centres, neighbourhoods or networks plan and use the Net effectively. There are free tools, techniques, and games for collaborative group planning activity. This site offers sets of workshop games, a routemap for planning development, and other tools for use on the journey.

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