Recommended Readings

We recommend the following readings from the Community Tool Box:

1. Toolkit: Improving Organizational Management and Development
2. Chapter 3, Section 14: SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
3. Chapter 6, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Communication
4. Chapter 6, Section 2: Using Principles of Persuasion
5. Chapter 7, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Increased Participation in Community Action
6. Chapter 8, Section 3: Creating Objectives
7. Chapter 9, Section 1: Organizational Structure: An Overview
8. Chapter 9, Section 2: Choosing a Group to Create and Run Your Initiative
9. Chapter 9, Section 3: Developing Multisector Task Forces or Action Committees for the Initiative
10. Chapter 9, Section 4: Developing an Ongoing Board of Directors
11. Chapter 9, Section 5: Welcoming and Training New Members to the Board of Directors
12. Chapter 9, Section 6: Maintaining a Board of Directors
13. Chapter 9, Section 7: Writing Bylaws
14. Chapter 9, Section 8: Including Youth on Your Board, Commission, or Committee
15. Chapter 9, Section 9: Understanding and Writing Contracts and Memoranda of Agreement
16. Chapter 10, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Hiring Staff and Training
17. Chapter 10, Section 2: Preparing Job Descriptions and Selection Criteria
18. Chapter 10, Section 3: Advertising for Positions
19. Chapter 10, Section 4: Interviewing for Positions
20. Chapter 10, Section 5: Developing Personnel Policies
21. Chapter 10, Section 6: Developing Staff Orientation Programs
22. Chapter 10, Section 7: Developing Training Programs for Staff
23. Chapter 11, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Involving Volunteers
24. Chapter 11, Section 2: Recruiting Volunteers
25. Chapter 11, Section 3: Developing Volunteer Orientation Programs
26. Chapter 11, Section 4: Developing Training Programs for Volunteers
27. Chapter 12, Section 8: Choosing a Consultant
28. Chapter 14, Section 4: Understanding People’s Needs
29. Chapter 15, Section 1: Developing a Management Plan
30. Chapter 15, Section 2: Providing Supervision for Staff and Volunteers
31. Chapter 15, Section 3: Providing Support for Staff and Volunteers
32. Chapter 15, Section 4: Promoting Internal Communication
33. Chapter 15, Section 5: Day-to-Day Maintenance of an Organization
34. Chapter 16, Section 1: Conducting Effective Meetings
35. Chapter 20, Section 6: Training for Conflict Resolution
36. Chapter 36, Section 4: Choosing Evaluators
37. Chapter 38, Section 4: Rating Member Satisfaction
38. Chapter 40, Section 1: Achieving and Maintaining Quality Performance
39. Chapter 40, Section 3: Obtaining and Using Feedback from Participants
40. Chapter 41, Section 5: Honoring Colleagues
41. Chapter 41, Section 6: Honoring Community Champions
42. Chapter 43, Section 1: Planning and Writing an Annual Budget
43. Chapter 43, Section 2: Managing Your Money
44. Chapter 43, Section 3: Handling Accounting
45. Chapter 43, Section 4: Understanding Nonprofit Status and Tax exemption
46. Chapter 43, Section 5: Creating a Financial and Audit Committee