Community Planning

Some community planning processes seem to go on forever without results; others build in momentum and generate energy throughout the community. A well designed planning process and skillful leadership can lead to innovation, buy-in throughout the community, and significant results.

Our consultants can help through all stages of community planning. However, we often help with design of the planning process and formation of the overall vision and plan, and then coach people in your community to guide the remainder of the planning and implementation. Steps typically include:

• Assess opportunities for change
• Design change processes
• Convene stakeholders
• Make critical community decisions
• Monitor progress
• Evaluate results

Related resources

Books
We have a large bookshelf of practical, how-to guides on a variety of community-building topics. These publications can be distributed alone as a very inexpensive capacity building resource, or paired with consulting or training approaches for added impact.

Free articles and tools