Tools & Resources

Guidance Note on Carrying Out an Evaluability Assessment

This tool (from United Nations Development Fund for Women) provides guidance on assessing whether your program is ready for evaluation.

Community Organizing: People Power From the Grassroots

This tool (from Center for Community Change) discusses the principles, rules, and strategies of community organizing.

Community Organizing Game

This tool (from Organizing Game) teaches the basics of door knocking and helps you practice your skills.

Communicating with Policymakers

This tool (from Academy Health) provides tips for preparing for the challenge of communication with policymakers.

Collective Impact Case Studies

This tool (from Foundation Strategy Group) is a series of case study reports and videos that feature collective impact initiatives across a range of issues areas. It can be found in Work Together under...

Appreciative Inquiry Commons

This site (from Case Western Reserve University) has extensive resources on the principles and tools of Appreciative Inquiry.

Appreciative Inquiry

This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) outlines key principles, typical questions and options for using this strength-based process.

Find it in Evaluate Actions under...

After Action Review

This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) helps teams celebrate their successes and learn from their mistakes.

User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning

This tool (from Harvard Family Research Project) provides a step-by-step process for evaluating advocacy/policy initiatives.

Handbook of Data Collection Tools: A Companion to Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy

This tool (from Organizational Research Services) includes a number of tools for measuring advocacy and policy initiatives.