This comprehensive guide from the US Department of Education reviews the purpose and elements of a logic model and includes everything you need to conduct a logic model workshop with your team, including a facilitator workbook, a participant workbook, and a slide deck.
Working with Communities
What is Community Anyway?
This article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review helps define "community" and the many ways to think about what makes communities unique. This is important for "outsiders" engaging in community-based work.
What is ‘Community’ and Why is it Important?
This article explores defining community and how community relates to narratives, freedom, diversity, tolerance, and social change.
Community Wise Podcast: Racial Equity episode
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) podcast, titled Community Wise, welcomes PolicyLink President and CEO Michael McAfee to explore the present and future of community and economic development through the lens of racial equity. This is an informative...
Integrating Community Voices into a Research Study: Community Advisory Board Toolkit
The Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute provides a comprehensive guide (including templates) to convening a community advisory board with success.
Best Practices for Convening a Consumer Advisory Board
The Center for Health Care Strategies has a simple infographic to summarize key points for convening a consumer/community advisory board. Great for printing out and posting in your work space to keep things in mind.
Making Community Partnerships Work: A Toolkit
The March of Dimes Foundation created a comprehensive toolkit to learn about, prepare for, begin, and sustain community-based participatory partnerships. The toolkit is intended "for newcomers and seasoned organizers, community-based groups, public and private...