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• Computers: Internet: Cyberspace: Online Communities  (114)
• Society: Law: Organizations: Community Service  (1)
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Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives - - Forum for discussing challenges, discerning lessons, and working on problems related to individuals and families as well as improvements in neighborhood conditions.

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.

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.

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.

A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm - - Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building.

The Center for Consensual Democracy - - Provides a proven way to renew, revive and sustain a local community. Promotes a grassroots approach that empowers local citizens to build the communities they want.

Child Play International - - Establishes and maintains play spaces in impoverished communities and for hospitalized children.

The Citizen's Handbook - - Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group.

Common Focus - - A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.

COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development - - Resources for community organizers. Includes discussion, papers, syllabi and links.

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.

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.

The Community Organizing Toolbox - - A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.

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.

Kentucky Association for Community Action - - Aims to build and strengthen the network of Kentucky's community action agencies resulting in the improvement in the lives of the people there.

A Librarian At Every Table - - A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.

National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation - - Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field.

National Community Development Institute - - Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.

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.

Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO) - - Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing.

Shelterforce Online - - Online version the nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine. A primary forum for organizers, activists, and advocates in the affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization movements.

Southern Hills Business Association - - Organized to bring together business owners and managers in the Shreveport, Louisiana area for the purpose of promoting economic development.

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.

What is Community? - - Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America.

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.

Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States - - This academic-style article characterizes community organizing in the US, describes the author's work in Jacksonville, Florida, and offers some general instruction for organizers. [English/German] (October, 2004)