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	Tom Wolff and Associates URL: http://www.tomwolff.com/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Collaborative Solutions for Healthy Communities by Tom Wolff and Associates Page description: Healthy communities require collaborative solutions. Tom Wolff and Associates have the tools and resources necessary to mobilize the power of collaborative processes and coalition building. These processes are the key to addressing the critical challenges that confront our communities, our states and our nation today.
	Streets Alive URL: http://www.streetsalive.net/ ODP description: Bristol, England-based group that promotes car-free street events. They provide a detailed guide for a successful neighborhood street party, with photos, anecdotes, and discussion of community development. Page title: Streets Alive - Creating Participatory and Meaningful Activities in Streets
	National Community Development Institute URL: http://www.ncdinet.org/ ODP description: Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities. Page title: NCDI
	Asset-Based Community Development Institute URL: http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html ODP description: 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. Page title: IPR Research: Asset-Based Community Development Institute
	Community Development Exchange (CDX) URL: http://www.cdx.org.uk/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Community Development Exchange (CDX) Home Page description: Formerly known as the Standing Conference for Community Development (SCCD), CDX is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development. The CDX website includes news, events, resources and policy information on community development and related topics.
	Community Building Institute (CBI) URL: http://www.communitytools.net/cbi/ ODP description: Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia. Page title: Home
	Berkana Institute URL: http://www.berkana.org ODP description: 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. Page title: Berkana - The leaders we need are already here Page description: Joomla - the dynamic portal engine and content management system
	Shelterforce Online URL: http://www.nhi.org/online/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Shelterforce Magazine Online Page description: Shelterforce magazine, the magazine for community development, affordable housing, and community building.
	The World Cafe URL: http://www.theworldcafe.com ODP description: This process for leading collaborative dialogue and knowledge-sharing, particularly for larger groups, is described, with a bibliography and resources for implementation. Page title: Welcome to the World CafÃ©!
	The Citizen's Handbook URL: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/ ODP description: Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group. Page title: The Citizens Handbook Table of Contents
	The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC) URL: http://www.capablecommunity.com/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Association for the Study and Development of Community Page description: Association for the Study and Development of Community provides leadership in urban communities for self-improvement and success. We train leaders to develop a working support system for community participation.
	Community Consultation: Best Practice URL: http://www.angelfire.com/home/consultation/firstpage/consultationlinks.htm ODP description: Annotated listing of best practice community consultation, consumer participation, community development and qualitative analysis tools, practices and theories. Page title: Community Consultation: Best Practice
	The Community Organizing Toolbox URL: http://www.nfg.org/cotb/ ODP description: A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources. Page title: The Community Organizing Toolbox - Table of Contents
	A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~holeton/wired-frosh/ ODP description: Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building. Page title: Rich Holeton's Home Page:Research:Wired-main Page description: Study of how college students who live together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and building community.
	Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO) URL: http://www.opicco.org/ ODP description: Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing. Page description: OPICCO - the Ontario Project for Inter Clinic-Community Organizing, a work group composed of workers in the community legal aid system
	Conversation Cafe URL: http://www.conversationcafe.org/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Conversationcafe.org Page description: At Conversation Cafes, we will learn together how to create a culture of conversation, which is a culture of intelligence, peace, and political awareness.
	What is Community? URL: http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ94/krasny.html ODP description: Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America. Page title: What is community? Page description: Krasny hosts "Forum," a West Coast public affairs radio show recognized for its discussion of serious issues. He is a regular contributor to Mother Jones.
	Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States URL: http://www.fo-co.info/Cromwell.htm ODP description: 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] Page title: CO in USA/ D
	Common Focus URL: http://www.commonfocus.org/ ODP description: A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement. Page title: Common Focus - Building Community Page description: Founded in 1995, Common Focus is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.
	A Librarian At Every Table URL: http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ ODP description: A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement. Page title: A Librarian at Every Table Page description: A Librarian at Every Table