We draw on tools and techniques from a variety of fields. Here are some of our “go to” resources. We welcome your suggestions of other resources to include.
Facilitation Techniques/Participatory Approaches
- Art of Hosting
- Circle Process
- Closing Triangles Raffle
- Creative Approaches to Problem Solving Tool Kit
- Dialogue, Deliberation, & Public Engagement Resources
- Dynamic Facilitation
- Learning Community Resources
- Liberating Structures
- Open Space
- A Pattern Language for Bringing Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings
- A Pattern Language for Wise Democracy
- Tools for On-Line Collaboration
- World Cafe
Conversations
Equity
- Equity-Centered Community Design Field Guide
- Do Nothing About Me Without Me: Action Guide for Stakeholders
- A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
- Opportunity Mapping & work of john a. powell
- Race, Structural Racism, Implicit Bias and More
- Transforming Historical Harms
- Racial Equity Tools and Resources
- Reinventing Organizations - Frederic Laloux
Meeting Design
Networks
- How to Build a Network to Change a System: RE-AMP Case Study
- Leadership & Networks: New Ways of Developing Leadership in a Highly Connected World
- Net Gains: Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social Change
- Network Weaver Free Resources
- Roles of Collaborative "Leadership"
- Evaluating Networks
- Unstill Waters: Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements
- ENGAGE: How Funders Support & Leverage Networks for Social Impact
- Stages of Self-Organizing
Strategic Questions
- The Art of Powerful Questions
- Strategic Questioning – An approach to creating personal and social change by Fran Peavey
- Steps & Questions to Navigate Change – by Tim Merry