A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm «
http://www.stanford.edu/~holeton/wired-frosh/ | | Study of how stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building. |
A Librarian At Every Table «
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ | | A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement. |
Asset-Based Community Development Institute «
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html | | Abcd spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders , and by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify , nurture , and mobilize neighborhood assets. |
Berkana Institute «
http://www.berkana.org | | This us-based nonprofit promotes " leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. they provide much high-level discussion of their methodology. |
COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development «
http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/ | | Resources for community organizers. includes discussion , papers , syllabi and links. |
Common Focus «
http://www.commonfocus.org/ | | A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement. |
Community Building Institute (CBI) «
http://www.communitytools.net/cbi/ | | Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive , more collaborative , and more effective. based in annandale , virginia. |
Community Consultation: Best Practice «
http://www.angelfire.com/home/consultation/firstpage/consultationlinks.htm | | Annotated listing of best practice community consultation , consumer participation , community development and qualitative analysis tools , practices and theories. |
Community Development Exchange (CDX) «
http://www.cdx.org.uk/ | | The uk-wide community development membership organisation. works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information , experience and practice , and by representing the community development field in policy work. |
Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States «
http://www.fo-co.info/Cromwell.htm | | This academic-style article characterizes community organizing in the us , describes the author's work in jacksonville , florida , and offers some general instruction for organizers. [english/german] |
Conversation Cafe «
http://www.conversationcafe.org/ | | Includes the background of this structured form of conversation , with a list of existing cafe groups , and information and resources about how to start a new one. |
Global Citizens Circle «
http://www.globalcitizenscircle.org/ | | Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries , which focus on current global issues , with a goal of constructive change. describes organizations history , with details of past program topics and leaders. |
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise «
http://www.ncne.com | | Provides us community-based organizations with training and technical assistance , links them to sources of support , and evaluates their experience for public policy. |
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation «
http://www.thataway.org/ | | Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field. |
National Community Development Institute «
http://www.ncdinet.org/ | | Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities. |
