The Library

CCP recommends these resources for the following subject topics:

— ABCD - Asset-Based Community Development
— Advocacy

— CCP Newsletters
— Children's Health
— Collaboration
— Community Building
— Evaluation
— Facilitation
— Leadership
— Media
— Strategic Planning
— Technology
— Women's Health

ABCD - Asset-Based Community Development

Community Assets Map Sample. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Dewar, Tom. "A Guide to Evaluating Asset-Based Community Development: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1997.

The Gifts We Bring. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Hallett, Stanley. "On the Conduct of Forums." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1992.

Kretzmann, John and Green, Mike. "Building the Bridge from Client to Citizen: A Community Toolbox for Welfare Reform." Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University,1998.

Kretzmann, John and McKnight, John. "Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1993.

Kretzmann, John. "Community-Based Development and Local Schools: A Promising Partnership." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research Working Paper, 1991.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, et al. "A Guide to Capacity Inventories: Mobilizing the Community Skills of Local Residents." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1997.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Creating A Neighborhood Information Exchange: Building Communities by Connecting Local Skills and Knowledge." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1998.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Mapping Consumer Expenditures and Mobilizing Consumer Expenditure Capacities." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1996.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Mapping Local Business Assets and Mobilizing Local Business Capacities." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1996.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Turner, Nicol. "A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Associations in Local Neighborhoods." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1999.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Economic Capacities of Local Residents." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1996.

Kretzmann, John and McKnight, John. "Mapping Community Capacity." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1990.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Puntenney, Deborah. "Newspapers and Neighborhoods: Strategies for Achieving Responsible Coverage of Local Communities." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1999.

Kretzmann, John, McKnight, John, and Turner, Nicol. "Voluntary Associations in Low-Income Neighborhoods: An Unexplored Community Resource." Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1996.

Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network Capacity Inventory. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Lyons, Arthur and McKnight, John. "An Accounting System Designed to Monitor the Environments We Invest in for Labeled People." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1989.

Lyons, Arthur and Kallenback, Diane. "Government Spending for the Poor in Cook County, Illinois: Can We Do Better?" Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1989.

McKnight, John. "A Twenty-First Century Map for Healthy Communities and Families." Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1996.

McKnight, John. "The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits." New York: Harper Collins, 1995.

McKnight, John. "A Primer for a School's Participation in the Development of Its Local Community." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1988.

McKnight, John and Birk, Xandria. "School Participation in Local Community Economic Development: Ideas for Getting Started." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1990.

McKnight, John and Pandak, Carol. "New Community Tools for Improving Child Health: A Pediatrician's Guide to Local Associations," Institute for Policy Research and Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999.

Moore, Henry, and Puntenney, Deborah. "Leading By Stepping Back: A Guide for City Officials on Building Neighborhood Capacity." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1999.

O'Connell, Mary. "Community Building in Logan Square." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1990.

O'Connell, Mary. "Getting Connected: How to Find Out About Groups and Organizations in Your Neighborhood." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1988.

O'Connell, Mary. "The Gift of Hospitality." Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1988.

Puntenney, Deborah, and Moore, Henry. "City Sponsored Community Building: Savannah's Grants for Blocks Story." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1998.

Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Building Sustainable Organizations from the Inside Out: An Organizational Capacity Building Toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 2000.

Snow, Luther, with Ukaegbu, Uchenna. "Community Transformation: Turning Threats into Opportunities." Evanston, IL: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2001.

Snow, Luther with DicKard, Shirley. "The Organization of Hope: A Workbook for Rural Asset-Based Community Development." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 2001.

We Already Know - Building Our Communities From Our Strengths. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Who's in the Neighborhood? Mapping Local Associations. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

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Advocacy

Action Alliance for Children/The Children's Advocate — www.4children.org

Alliance for Justice — www.afj.org

California Association of Health Plans — www.calhealthplans.com

California Budget Project — www.cbp.org

California Legislative Info & Bill Tracking — www.leginfo.ca.gov

California Voter Foundation — www.calvoter.org/

Children Now — www.childrennow.org

Children's Advocacy Institute — www.sandiego.edu/childrensissues

The Children's Partnership — www.childrenspartnership.org

Congress.org — www.congress.org/

Connect for Kids — www.connectforkids.org

The Democracy Center — www.democracyctr.org

Family Literacy — National — www.famlit.org

Family Support America — www.familysupportamerica.org

Finance Project — www.financeproject.org

Health Policy Coach — www.healthpolicycoach.org

MediaRights.org — www.mediarights.org

National Association of Child Advocates — www.childadvocacy.org

OMB Watch: Promoting Voter Accountability — www.ombwatch.org/

Policy Link — www.policylink.org

The Right Question Project — www.rightquestion.org/

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet — thomas.loc.gov/

Votenet — http://www.votenet.com/

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CCP Newsletters

Connecting Point, Spring 2005, Volume I, Issue 1. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Connecting Point, Fall 2005, Volume I, Issue 2. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Connecting Point, Spring 2006, Volume II, Issue 1. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Connecting Point, Fall 2006, Volume II, Issue 2 . Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

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Children's Health

American Academy of Pediatrics — www.aap.org/ (Committee on Native American Child Health -- nativeamerican@aap.org)

California Adolescent Health Collaborative — www.californiateenhealth.org/

California Children and Families Commission — www.ccfc.ca.gov/

Ceres Partnership for Healthy Children — www.cphc.info/

Child Welfare Services/Case Management System — www.hwcws.cahwnet.gov/

Child Health Foundation — www.childhealthfoundation.org/

Children NOW — www.childrennow.org/health/index.html

Children's Environmental Health Network — www.cehn.org

Community Partnerships for Healthy Children Initiative — www.cphconline.org

Community Planning & Advisory Council — www.compacinc.org

The Future of Children — www.futureofchildren.org/

Kid Source — www.kidsource.com/

National Black Child Development Institute — www.nbcdi.org/

National Center for Policy Research (CPR)for Women and Families — www.center4policy.org/childnews4.html

Robertson Road Healthy Start — www.monet.K12.ca.us/Healthy_Start/rrd_intro.htm

Tahoe/Colonial Collaborative for Healthy Children — www.tcc4healthykids.org

Trinity Kids First — www.trinitykidsfirst.org

Yuba Community Collaborative for Healthy Children — www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cpt/Community/yuba/index.html

YouthLearn — www.youthlearn.org/

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Collaboration

AHEC/Community Partners — www.ahecpartners.org/

The Balloon Game. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Chrislip, David D. and Larson, Carl E. Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make A Difference. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994.

The Citizens Handbook, A Guide to Building Community in Vancouver — www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/

Collaboration Concepts to Consider. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Collaborative Decision-Making. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Community Tool Box — ctb.ku.edu

Creating a Shared Vision. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Healthy Start Field Office, University of California, Davis. Collaboration: A Guide to Authentic Partnerships and Real Change. Davis, CA: Healthy Start Clearinghouse, 2001.

Kaye, Gillian and Wolff, Tom. From the Ground Up! A Workbook on Coalition Building and Community Development. Amherst, MA: AHEC/Community Partners, 1995.

Kouzes, James and Posner, Barry. The Leadership Challenge. 3rd Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, Inc., 1995.

Marois, Deb and Littlefield, Diane. (October 2002). Making the Path: A Guidebook to Collaboration for School Readiness. UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities and Center for Collaborative Planning.

Mattessich, Paul and Monsey, Barbara R. Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2001. Call 800-274-6024 to order ($29.95).

Principles of Working Collaboratively. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning. http://www.connectccp.org

Winer, Michael and Ray, Karen. Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1994. Call 800-274-6024 to order ($37.95).

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Community Building

Alliance for National Renewal — www.ncl.org/anr

The Asset Based Community Development Institute, Institute for Policy Research — www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html

The Citizens Handbook, A Guide to Building Community in Vancouver: — www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/

Center for Civic Partnerships — www.civicpartnerships.org/

Civic Practices Network — www.cpn.org/

Community Tool Box — ctb.ku.edu/

Kettering Foundation — www.kettering.org/

National Civic League — www.ncl.org/

National Community Building Network — www.ncbn.org/

Neighborhoods Online — neighborhoodsonline.net/

Study Circle Resource Center — www.studycircles.org/

Together We Can — www.togetherwecan.org/

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Evaluation

Action Research Resources — www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html

Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research (CPEPR) — gse.berkeley.edu/research/pepr/home.html

Collaborative Self-Assessment. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Community-Based Participatory Research Network — www.mapcruzin.com/community-research/

Community Toolbox from the University of Kansas: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives — ctb.ku.edu/about/en/

Conducting Self-Assessment Conversations. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Developing Outcomes. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Dewar, Tom. "A Guide to Evaluating Asset-Based Community Development: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities" Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 1997.

Empowerment Evaluation — www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html

Evaluation — What is it and Why do it? Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Keeping Fit in Collaborative Work: A Survey to Self-Assess Collaborative Functioning. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

The Living Knowledge Organization — www.livingknowledge.org/

Participatory Action Research — www.goshen.edu/soan/soan96p.htm

Selecting Indicators. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

The University of Colorado Action Research — carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/act_res.html

Using Stories in Evaluations. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

We Did it Ourselves: Guidelines for Successful Community Collaboration. Sacramento, CA: Sierra Health Foundation, 2000.

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Facilitation

Cardstorming. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

The Consensus Process. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Coping with Conflict. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Facilitating Effective Communication. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Fisher, Roger, Ury, William, and Patton, Bruce. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Penguin, 1991.

A Gifted Facilitator. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Ground Rules and Agreements. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

The Facilitation Factory — www.facilitationfactory.com/

Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation— www.authenticityconsulting.com/pubs/SP_gdes/SP_pubs.htm

Free Management Library — www.mapnp.org/library/index.html

Making Meetings Work. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Schwarz, Roger M. The Skilled Facilitator: Practical Wisdom for Developing Effective Groups. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.,1994.

Stimulating Dialogue. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

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Leadership

Advancing Women in Leadership — www.advancingwomen.com

Campbell, Gerry, Leaders and Learning: Leadership Without Easy Answers. Center for Community Economic Development. University of Wisconsin - Cooperative Extension. April 1998.

Center for Community Economic Development — www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/

Communities Can! Annotated Bibliography. Leadership Academy Georgetown University Child Development Center.

Drath,Wilfred. Changing Our Minds About Leadership. Issues and Observations, Vol. 16, No. 1. Center for Creative Leadership. 1996.

Grassroots Leaders: Growing Healthy and Sustainable Communities. Kellogg Foundation, April 1999.

Hesselbein, Frances. Barriers To Leadership. Leader to Leader, No. 3. Winter 1997.

Howe-Murphy, Roxanne. Leading with Wisdom: Connecting Our Inner Lives with the Higher Good. LifeWise Learning Institute. El Granada, CA.

Howe-Murphy, Roxanne. Shared Leadership: Calling Upon the Power of the Collective. LifeWise Learning Institute. El Granada, CA.

Kouzes, James and Posner, Barry. The Five Fundamental Principles and Ten Commitments of Leadership. Adapted from The Leadership Challenge. 1995.

Lepage-Lees, Pamela. Education and Women's Resiliency: Exploring the Experiences of Successful Women from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. Advancing Women In Leadership. Summer, 1998.

Pointer, Dennis & Associates. Fabricating A Personal Vision. La Jolla, CA.

Women's Health Leadership Pre-Self-Assessment of Leadership Values, Beliefs, Knowledge, and Skills. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

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Media

AlterNet — www.alternet.org/

Berkeley Media Studies Group — www.bmsg.org/

Center for Investigative Reporting — www.muckraker.org/

Independent Press Association — www.indypress.org/

Media Alliance — www.media-alliance.org/

MediaChannel — www.mediachannel.org/

Media Rights — www.mediarights.org

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Strategic Planning

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management — www.allianceonline.org/faqs.html

Allison, Michael and Kaye, Judy. "Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook." Support Center for Nonprofit Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.

Barry, Bryan. "Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations, Revised & Updated." St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1997. Call 800-274-6024 to order ($32.95).

"Best Practices Report #3: Strategic Planning." Community Associations Institute Research Foundation, 2001.

Bryson, John M. and Alston, Farnum K. "Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations." Jossey-Bass Public Administration Series, 1995.

Civic Practices Network — www.cpn.org/

Community Tool Box — ctb.ku.edu/

"Community Visioning / Strategic Planning Handbook." Denver, CO: National Civic League, NCL, 2000.

Eadie, Douglas. "Beyond Strategic Planning: How to Involve Nonprofit Boards in Growth and Change." National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1993.

Ensuring A Comprehensive Approach to Strategy Development. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation— www.authenticityconsulting.com/pubs/SP_gdes/SP_pubs.htm

Free Management Library — www.mapnp.org/library/index.html

Howe, Fisher, and Shrader, Alan. "The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning: A Practical Approach to Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations." San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.

Innovation Network: Helping Nonprofits Succeed — www.innonet.org/

Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative. "Evaluation Cookbook." Edinburgh: Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative, 1998.

Martinelli, Frank. "Strategic Planning Manual." The Center for Public Skills Training, 1999.

McNamara, Carter, PhD. " Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation." Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits,1997.

McNamara, Carter, PhD. "Strategic Planning (in nonprofit or for-profit organizations)." Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits, 1999.

Non Profit Genie — www.genie.org/

Puntenney, Deborah. "A Guide to Building Sustainable Organizations from the Inside Out: An Organizational Capacity Building Toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women." Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 2000.

Strategic Planning. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

TechSoup: The Technology Place for Nonprofits — www.techsoup.org

Understanding Community Issues. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

Working Collaboratively — Prioritizing Strategies. Sacramento, CA: Center for Collaborative Planning.

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Technology

Assistive Technology Industry Association — www.atia.org/

Bobby Worldwide — bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/

Breeden, Laura, et.al. Computer and Communications Use in Low-Income Communities: Models for the Neighborhood Transformation and Family Development Initiative. Education Development Center, Inc. Newton, MA: December 1998.

Brown, Ronald H. et.al. FALLING THROUGH THE NET: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America. U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.: July 1995.

Cashel, Jim. "Top Ten Trends for Online Communities." 2001.

Chandler, Karen. Center Start-Up Manual. Education Development Center, Cambridge, MA: 2000.

CompassPoint — www.compasspoint.org/content/index.php?pid=59

Cravens, Jane. Accessibility Online: Why It's an Issue Nonprofits Should Make a Priority. TechSoup Special Report: January 02, 2001.

DiscounTech — www.techsoup.org/DiscounTech/default.asp

NPower — www.npower.org/about/index.htm and www.npowerseattle.org/about/index.htm

Online Community Report — www.onlinecommunityreport.com

Osten, Marc. Mission Based Technology Planning. TechSoup.org: January 09, 2001.

Ringstaff, Kathy with Kelley, Loretta. Investing in Technology: The Learning Return. WestEd: August 2002.

TechSoup — www.techsoup.org/

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Women's Health

Black Women for Wellness — www.bwwla.com

California Black Women's Health Project — www.cabwhp.org/

California Center for Research on Women and Families — www.ccrwf.org/

California Office of Women's Health — www.dhs.ca.gov/director/owh

Center for Women's Health Research — www.son.washington.edu/centers/cwhr

EPA, a Division of the California Family Health Council — epa.cfhc.org

Global Reproductive Health Forum (web site also in Spanish) — www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet

Gloria Cox Crowell - Crowell & Associates — croglo@pacbell.net

National Council for Research on Women — www.ncrw.org

National Women's Health Network — www.womenshealthnetwork.org

National Women's Health Information Center — www.4woman.gov

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