Tools & Resources

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This library of helpful tools and resources was curated from thought leaders and change-makers around the world. We are working continuously to add helpful information.

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This website contains links to a diverse range of videos, written descriptions, templates, and tools for understanding and delivering Asset Based Community Development (ABCD).

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2. Building the Foundations

This resource briefly describes the four key steps in Appreciative Inquiry: discover; dream; design; and deliver.

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2. Building the Foundations

This video explores how understanding the idea and impact of ‘roles’, and separating yourself from a ‘role’ you are in a group, supports resilience and sustainability in collaborations. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians…

Deep Collaboration

2. Building the Foundations

Working in the dynamics of cross-cultural partnerships can be challenging, and this video speaks about ways you can foster resilience in the work of Deep Collaboration. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways…

Deep Collaboration

2. Building the Foundations

This video explores how conflict – often seen as the enemy – can be an asset to partnerships when understood and harnessed. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

Deep Collaboration

2. Building the Foundations

This resource will walk you through the philosophy of an Appreciative Inquiry, and how to facilitate one or more phases of the exercise.

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2. Building the Foundations

This resource is a comprehensive toolkit for planning, delivering and analysing Harwood Community Conversations.

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2. Building the Foundations

This tool will help you to map and interpret stakeholder dynamics in your initiative. This tool can be useful at the start of an initiative when you are working out the ‘lay of the land’, if things go wrong, if there is conflict, or if you are not making progress.

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1. Readiness Runway

2. Building the Foundations

3. Creating a Shared Vision

This resource explores different ways of assessing a community’s readiness for collaborative work and includes links to tools and resources for assessing and building community readiness.

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2. Building the Foundations

This resource describes the ABLe Change Framework for systems change, and provides a package of simple rules, processed and tools for applying the approach. 

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4. Scaling Up

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