Strategic Planning

This is a "how-to" book, intended for community mobilizers who want to stimulate social change in a community in the direction of more development, poverty eradication, better governance, increased integrity and transparency in the management of community affairs; in short, empowerment of that community.

It includes great handouts, modules and even PowerPoint's.

Features step by step guides and videos on how to grow your organization.

This article explores different types of collaborations.

A series of manuals about sharing information and skills to empower people so they can better care for Aboriginal communities.

"As far as we know, this is the best quick guide to community organizing on the web." And they may be right...a very popular resource, with lots of great resource on literally organizing your community. Including the nuts & bolts on doing activities like door knocking for your communities issue, block parties, visioning, with interesting links to articles to building your knowledge on issues like "not in my backyardism", information sharing, child-minding co-ops etc.

An awesome compilation of links for community organizing. Well explained and easy to read and follow, with topics including protests and demonstrations, media activism, event planning, tabling, and anti-oppression.

A great collection of non-profit organizing / organizational development including Start Up, Planning, Fund Raising, Management, Human Resources Development, Volunteer Management, Marketing, Partnerships, 

A great all-in-one organizational development site. Resources include: outreach, strategic planning, facilitation, managing, advocacy, research, evaluation, and more.

"The intent of the toolkit is to support youth between the ages of 15 to 29 establish a voice in their community through the formation of a youth council. The toolkit can also be an effective guide for persons involved in the development of youth initiatives."

There are also lots of resources listed under "Resource Information" including First Nation Youth Councils, First Nation Youth Networks, Youth Resource Links
First Nation Links, Funding Sources, Technology, and Contact Lists.

This toolkit was created by the Ontario First Nation's Young People's Council in 2007.

Some good links on starting up your non-profit from the Voluntary Sector Knowledge Netowork in British Columbia. Also, follow the links to learn about starting a nonprofit, community & gov't relations, fund raising,financial management, accountability & evaluation, managing people, information technology