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  • "A" Frame for Advocacy

    This publication defines six steps to an effective public policy advocacy effort:

    • Analysis,
    • Strategy,
    • Mobilization,
    • Action,
    • Evaluation, and
    • Continuity.

    For each step, the tool offers key questions to be considered or actions to be taken. For example, in the second step, Strategy, one of the key actions is "Establish a working group to develop a strategy and plan activities."

    Author: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 1999  

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  • 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study: An Analysis of Online Messaging, Fundraising, Advocacy, Social Media and Mobile Metrics...

    Note: This resource is free, but you must supply your name and email to download it from the authors' website.

    2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study: An Analysis of Online Messaging, Fundraising, Advocacy, Social Media and Mobile Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations

    Author: M+R Strategic Services; Nonprofit Technology Network Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2012  
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  • Advocacy & Policy Change Composite Logic Model and associated materials

    This collaborative work by more than 50 advocates, grantmakers, and evaluators offers a way to improve communication in the advocacy evaluation field by articulating common goals, outcomes, and indicators. Supplements to the Model include guiding questions, definitions, and samples based on hypothetical advocacy situations—one each for the intended "strategy" and "evaluation" uses of the Model. There is also an online tool based on the Model.

    Author: Coffman, Julia, et al. Type:
    Date: Apr 1, 2007  

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  • Advocacy Capacity Tool

    The Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) is for organizational assessment. ACT, released in May 2012, is a self-assessment tool that allows organizations of any size and issue area to gauge their advocacy skills, knowledge and abilities.

    The Tool includes four sections of assessment, and gives users an individual scoring report as well as the ability to compare results with other organizations of similar size, issue area, and location. 

    Author: Bolder Advocacy (an initiative of Alliance for Justice) Type:
    Date: May 1, 2012  
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  • Advocacy Capacity Tool (ACT) Report: First 100 User Groups (Executive Summary)
    In September 2013, Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Initiative released a report offering a glimpse into how nonprofit organizations view their capacity for public policy work. The report is based on data from the first 100 groups to complete AFJ’s online self-assessment tool, the Advocacy Capacity Tool.
    Author: Alliance for Justice Type:
    Date: Sep 1, 2013  
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  • AEA Presentation on Advocacy Progress Planner

    The following slides were presented on behalf of David Devlin-Foltz at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference by Johanna Morariu of Innovation Network. This presentation provides a brief overview of Continuous Progress' Advocacy Progress Planner, which is available at www.continuousprogess.org.

    The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:

    Author: Devlin-Foltz, David; Weissburg, Josh Type:
    Date: Jan 15, 2009  
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  • AEA Presentation: "Online Evaluation Resources: Knowledge Sharing for the Field"

    Sue Hoechstetter of Alliance for Justice presented the following slides at the American Evaluation Association 2008 conference. The presentation provides a brief overviews of AFJ's online tools for advocacy evaluation.

    The following resources were also presented during the same session at AEA:

    Author: Hoechstetter, Sue Type:
    Date: Nov 5, 2008  
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  • Alliance for Justice Advocacy Capacity Tool 2013: Public Aggregate Report
    In September 2013, Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Initiative released a report offering a glimpse into how nonprofit organizations view their capacity for public policy work. The report is based on data from the first 100 groups to complete AFJ’s online self-assessment tool, the Advocacy Capacity Tool.
    Author: UW-Stout Applied Research Center Type:
    Date: Sep 1, 2013  
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  • Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Evaluating

    This kit is a self-help tool for Aboriginal people who want to get a community development project off the ground. The series of six manuals contains information, tips, examples and ready-to-use charts that you can copy and use for yourself or to train others in your community. It is intended to be user-friendly, emphasizing questions such as what, why, when and how to accomplish the different steps of a community development project.

    Author: Health Canada Type:
    Date: May 7, 2007  

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  • Community Tool Box

    The Community Toolbox offers a wide range of free information and tools to support you in your work:

     

    • Browse 46 Chapters through which you can obtain more than 300 different sections providing practical, step-by-step guidance in community-building skills.
    • Access succinct guidance on 16 core competencies for community work, including how to conduct a community assessment, develop a strategic plan, write a grant, or evaluate your efforts.

     

    Author: University of Kansas, Community Health and Development Workgroup Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2015  
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  • Continuous Progress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation
    Continuous Progress is an online collection of planning and evaluation tools and services for advocates and funders.  Continuous Progress "Strategic Services" is a consulting practice that provides planning, evaluation, and communications expertise. Their featured project, the "Advocacy Progress Planner," is an online tool based on the Advocacy & Policy Change Composite Logic Model (q.v.) The website also offers guides for domestic (U.S.) and global advocacy efforts.
    Author: Global Interdependence Initiative Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2006  

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  • Evaluation Resource Guide

    This listing and description of resources has been developed to help Department staff evaluate and monitor the performance of Department programs. It also is intended to be useful for county staff and other service providers. Resources in the Guide range from evaluation manuals providing basic information to books with detailed information on specific topics such as logic models, data analysis or sampling. Also included are resources on identifying effective programs/best practices, evaluation standards, and contracting for evaluation.

    Author: Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Type:
    Date: May 1, 2010  
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  • Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center - Program Evaluation Briefing Series

     This Program Evaluation Briefing Series includes several documents:

    Author: Justice Research and Statistics Association Type:
    Date: Dec 31, 2004  
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  • Keystone's Feedback App
    This free and easy web-based tool from Keystone Accountability is a simple way of getting anonymous feedback from your partners on what they really think about your work. The application starts by asking you to choose from a standard list of questions, such as "How strongly would you recommend [your organization] to a colleague or friend?" Answers are on a scale of 1 to 10 or open-ended. You can also add questions. Next, you provide a list of respondents to receive the short survey. Keystone keeps data anonymous and confidential.
    Author: Keystone Accountability Type:
    Date: Oct 31, 2009 Point K Pick Point K Pick
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  • NPower Network

    NPower's website offers resources on many different aspects of technology planning. The site features:

    • Guides (on topics including business continuity and disaster recovery, technology literacy benchmarks, and program-area specific technology guides for nonprofit leaders);
    • Links; and
    • Tools, including TechAtlas (a technology planning tool), a Total Cost of Ownership Calculator, and a Return on Investment Calculator.
    Author: NPower Network Type:
    Date: Jan 18, 2008  
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  • Online Outreach Tools Guide
    This quick-reference guide from Cause Communications is for those considering how to use the Internet and online tools to further their policy change agenda. Demystifying "high-tech" terms, the guide takes a high-level look at Web 2.0 tools like wikis, blogs, social networking sites, and Twitter, and their relative strengths and weaknesses for achieving different communications and policy objectives. The guide also suggests quantitative and qualitative metrics to use with each tool.
    Author: Cause Communications Type:
    Date: Oct 27, 2009 Point K Pick Point K Pick
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  • Smart Chart 3.0

    Spitfire Strategies produced Smart Chart (now in version 3.0) as "a tool to help nonprofits make smart communications choices." This free online tool is built around a chart with five "strategic decision sections":

    Author: Spitfire Strategies Type:
    Date: Feb 1, 2004  

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  • SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

    The Community Tool Box is a service of the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. Their SWOT Guide is comprehensive, user friendly and a great resource for any evaluator within the public health or community development field.
    Author: The Community Tool Box Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2014  
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  • Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact (TRASI)

    TRASI is a browsable and searchable database of approaches to impact assessment, guidelines for creating and conducting an assessment, and ready-to-use tools for measuring social change.

    It features more than 150 assessment tools and resources, community networking services, and informational videos and podcasts.

    Author: The Foundation Center Type:
    Date: Jan 1, 2010  
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