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A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Associations in Local Neighborhoods

Organization: 
ABCD Institute
Author: 
Nicol Turner, John L. McKnight and John P. Kretzmann

A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Associations in Local NeighborhoodsThis workbook outlines the steps for collecting, organizing and using information about a neighborhood's citizen associations.

Year: 
1999
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Regional Development
Research & Development
Source: 
Weblink

A Guide to Mapping Local Business Assets and Mobilizing Local Business Capacities

Author: 
John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight, and Deborah Puntenney

This workbook outlines a plan for understanding what businesses exist in a community, what kinds of resources they possess, and to what extent they are, or could be, mobilized toward community development efforts.

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Year: 
1996
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Regional Development
Research & Development
Urban Development
Source: 
Weblink

A Guide to Mapping Consumer Expenditures and Mobilizing Consumer Expenditure Capacities

Organization: 
ABCD Institute
Author: 
John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight, and Deborah Puntenney

It presents a model for exploring how individual make choices about the purchase of products and services, and about how much they spend on specific kinds of items.


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Year: 
1996
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Finance
Source: 
Weblink

A Guide to Evaluating Asset-Based Community Development: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities

Organization: 
ABCD Institute
Author: 
Tom Dewar

This guide is written primarily for community-building practitioners from the point of view of an experienced evaluator, but it should also be useful for funders and others who would like to be helpful to community builders. It provides guidance about how evaluation strategies can actually improve the work of community builders, identifies and clarifies the most important issues and dilemmas in evaluating community-building projects, and suggests 10 important principles for those wishing to implement evaluation strategies which are appropriate for this work.

Year: 
1997
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Planning and Evaluation
Source: 
Weblink

A Guide to Creating a Neighborhood Information Exchange: Building Communities by Connecting Local Skills and Knowledge

Organization: 
ABCD Institute
Author: 
John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight and Deborah Puntenney

This book presents a simple, inexpensive method for discovering untapped local resources that can be shared among community members. It shows how to design and operate a capacity-listing-and-referral service utilizing volunteers, donated space and a minimal budget. This model can be modified and expanded for larger groups with greater resources.

Year: 
1998
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Communications
Community Capacity Building
Regional Development
Source: 
Weblink

Discovering Community Power: A Guide to Mobilizing Local Assets and Your Organization’s Capacity

Organization: 
ABCD Institute
Author: 
John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, with Sarah Dobrowolski and Deborah Puntenney

Report CoverThis guide will help any organization strengthen itself by enhancing connections with the community’s assets, strengthen the community by investing in the community’s

Year: 
2005
Format: 
Guidebook
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Organizational Development
Partnership Building
Research & Development
Source: 
Weblink

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