Meetings
The Citizen's Handbook
Submitted by powercamp on Fri, 2008-08-29 14:26"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.
Tools for Organizers, Activitst, Educators and other Hell Raisers
Submitted by powercamp on Fri, 2008-08-29 14:14An 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.
The Community Toolbox
Submitted by powercamp on Fri, 2008-08-29 13:20- Facilitation
- Fundraising
- General Organisational Development
- Participatory Action Research (PAR)
- Grant Writing
- Marketing
- Organisational Development
- Financial Management
- Promotional Activities
- Technology & the Web
- Collaboration & Partner Building
- Organisations & Networks
- Evaluation & Reports
- Legal
- Strategic Planning
- Governance
- Human Resources
- Meetings
A great all-in-one organizational development site. Resources include: outreach, strategic planning, facilitation, managing, advocacy, research, evaluation, and more.
Youth Council Development - A Toolkit for Action
Submitted by powercamp on Tue, 2008-08-26 15:44"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.
HeartWood Institute - Tools for Youth Engagement
Submitted by powercamp on Mon, 2008-08-25 14:55"The following is a list of tools that we have found helpful in our youth engagement work. These are hands-on, how to do… resources such as handbooks, manuals, reports of initiatives that proved successful in an organization or community, and so on."





