Publications

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Community Building, Community Organizing & Social Change
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Community Building: Hope and Caution (Bill Traynor - 1995)
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Reflections on Community Organizing & Resident Engagement (Bill Traynor - 2002)
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Strengthening Social Change through Organizational Learning & Evaluation (Andrew Mott)
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What's Faith Got to Do With It? (Scheie & Kari)
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What is a Great Community-Building Arts Project? (Grassroots Grantmakers)

For & About Funders
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Building to Last: A Grantmaker's Guide to Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations
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Community Change Makers: The Leadership Role of Community Foundations
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Embedded Funders & Community Change: Profiles (Chapin Hall)
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Moving Foward While Staying in Place: Embedded Funders & Community Change (Chapin Hall - 2004)

From the Asset Based Community Development Institute Faculty
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A 21st Century Map for Healthy Communities & Families (John McKnight)
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Building the Road as You Walk It (Mike Green)
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Community Based Development and Local Schools: A Promising Partnership (Jody Kretzmann)
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Features of an Evaluation Appropriate for Asset Based Community Development (Tom Dewar)
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Jody Kretzmann on Small Grants Programs
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Mapping Community Capacity (McKnight & Kretzmann)
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Voluntary Associations in Low Income Neighborhoods (McKnight, Kretzmann & Turner)
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Working in the Institution-Community Gap (Reynard, Mosgaller & Dewar)

Grassroots Leadership Development
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Coaching Grassroots Leaders: The Community Fellows Experience (Viola Barnes-Gray)
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Grassroots Leadership Development: A Guide..... (W. K. Kellogg Foundation)
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Fertile Ground: Reflections on Grassroots Leadership Development (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation)
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Why Invest in Grassroots Leadership Development (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation)


Organizational Development for Grassroots Grantmakers

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Values Based Grassroots Leadership Development (Mac Legerton, Center for Community Action)
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Organizational Life Cycles Revisted (Gross, Mathiasen, Franco)

$  Evolution & Revolution as Orgnanizations Grow by Larry Greiner
      Published in the May 1998 issue of the Harvard Business Review.
      This article is available for purchase from Harvard Business Online.  
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Partner Newsletters

Produced by Rainbow Research for the Mott Community Foundations & Neighborhoods Initiative
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Inaugural Issue
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McKnight Neighborhood Self Help Initiatives Program
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Organizing in the Eighties: Toward Post Alinsky Agenda
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When the Pilot Light Goes Out
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Dilemmas in Doing Good in Community Development
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Partnerships: A Key to Maximizing Impact
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The Fruits of Resident Participation in Neighborhood Organizations
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Styles of Supporting Community Building in Low Income Neighborhoods: Report from a Special Conference
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Women Setting Development Priorities
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Neighborhoods Get Active in Housing Development
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Building Neighborhoods: Three Workshops from a Special Conference
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Taking Flight: Community Foundations Stay Involved with Neighborhoods After Leaving Mott Nest
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Using Technical Assistance to Strengthen Neighborhood Grants Programs and Neighborhood Organizations


Public Dialogue

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Thriving Communities: A Guide for Public Dialogue & Problem Solving (Study Circles Resource Center)

Working in a Multi-Cultural Context
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Interpretation & Translation: Power Tools for Sharing Power in Grassroots Leadership Development (Alice Johnson)