Browse Content: Resource, community inventory

This handbook targets community leaders and provides specific information for how to work with the community to undertake three different Asset Mapping approaches: the Whole Assets approach, the Storytelling Approach, and the Heritage Approach.

The Community Heart & Soul™ Field Guide is Orton Family Foundation’s guide to its tested and proven method of community planning and development.

A database of community planning methods, scenarios, projects and further resources, this website hopes to provide accessible, universal advice to a diverse range of community members and encourage more widespread involvement in planning initiatives.

A Comprehensive guide on creating short, personal multimedia stories that are easy to share.

An interactive web document, this guide explains how storytelling can help communities reach a greater understanding and work together towards planning their future.

Rural Sites Network provides a resource for rural educators to inspire place-based teaching in the classroom. The programs and sites of RSN celebrate the stories of students and teachers in a diverse array of rural towns throughout America.

Community Network Analysis is a powerful way to better understand who lives, works, and plays in your town and how best to reach them.

Cause Communications' Online Outreach Tools Guide identifies the benefits and drawbacks of specific online tools in aiding nonprofit communications at various stages in a planning or policy process.

This resource proposes nine strategies and four governing principles to help civic leaders, elected officials, motivated citizens and community-based organizations engage citizens in building an environment where news and information flow freely.