What is Community? Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America.
National Community Development Institute Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.
The Community Organizing Toolbox A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.
Common Focus A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.
Asset-Based Community Development Institute ABCD spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders, and by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.
A Librarian At Every Table A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
Community Development Exchange (CDX) The UK-wide community development membership organisation. Works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information, experience and practice, and by representing the community development field in policy work.
Community Building Institute (CBI) Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia.
Conversation Cafe Includes the background of this structured form of conversation, with a list of existing cafe groups, and information and resources about how to start a new one.
Global Citizens Circle Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organizations history, with details of past program topics and leaders.
Berkana Institute This US-based nonprofit promotes "leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. They provide much high-level discussion of their methodology.
The World Cafe This process for leading collaborative dialogue and knowledge-sharing, particularly for larger groups, is described, with a bibliography and resources for implementation.
National Park Service - Civic Engagement US agency offers resources and case studies for using historic sites as venues for civic dialogue on sensitive topics, along with calendar of events.
Tom Wolff and Associates US-based consultant offers services in collaboration-building and community planning. Provides overview of experience and philosophy, with client list, resource links, and description of areas of work.
The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC) A US-based research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving. They describe their methodologies, list recent clients, and provide research publications.
Streets Alive Bristol, England-based group that promotes car-free street events. They provide a detailed guide for a succesful neighborhood street party, with photos, anecdotes, and discussion of community development.
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise Provides US community-based organizations with training and technical assistance, links them to sources of support, and evaluates their experience for public policy.
Community Consultation: Best Practice Annotated listing of best practice community consultation, consumer participation, community development and qualitative analysis tools, practices and theories.
