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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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Asset Based Community Development is an approach to sustainable community-driven development. Beyond the mobilisation of a particular community, it is concerned with how to link micro-assets to the macro-environment. More information at…

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1. Readiness Runway

This report is a synthesis of learnings and insights from a workshop facilitated by Mark Cabaj and CFI on changing systems, power and potential. The report is a blend of concepts, frameworks, applications and hints organised into three sections: Defining the system; Leading for systems change; and…

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1. Readiness Runway

David Snowden on his Cynefin framework to assist you and others to differentiate between the complicated and the complex.

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1. Readiness Runway

An overview of important things to consider (beyond Cultural Competency) before entering into partnerships between First Nations and Other Multicultural Australians. It includes concepts such as understanding the historical patterns of working, being aware and making decisions about language and…

Deep Collaboration

1. Readiness Runway

This resource is a field guide to the use of participatory and other research tools by Aboriginal research practitioners in Australia.

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1. Readiness Runway

A paper by Mark Cabaj on evaluating scaling efforts.

Tamarack Institute

4. Scaling Up

This tool will help you to identify: • Factors that have contributed to the change you seek. • Evidence demonstrating the contribution. • The strength of the contribution. • Identify new means of and opportunities to exercise leadership.

Collaboration for Impact

3. Creating a Shared Vision

4. Scaling Up

5. Achieving Transformation

This resource provides a guide to using the Most Significant Change (MSC) method, together with an MSC story collection guide.

Clear Horizon

4. Scaling Up

This resource provides a guide to the Most Significant Learning Technique, which is an adaption of the Most Significant Change Technique, and helps to surface assumptions and workshop key lessons. 

Clear Horizon

4. Scaling Up

Logan Together’s 2018 Progress report is an example of the type of reporting that can be achieved through the measurement and learning effort.

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4. Scaling Up

Rubrics are a useful tool for assessing performance, these can be co-designed with the community.

Better Evaluation

4. Scaling Up

This resource is a compilation of tools and techniques for working in groups and facilitating meetings and workshops.

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1. Readiness Runway

This resource describes the theory and objectives of reflection workshops, and provides a step-by-step guide to conducting them, based on three stages of evaluative thinking: What happened? So what? Now what?

Clear Horizon

4. Scaling Up

There are many more tools and approaches that can be used to engage with and learn about your community, have a look through the following websites for inspiration: 100 Conversations, appreciative inquiry, there are also a number of arts-based methods that can be useful…

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1. Readiness Runway

More tools for evaluating complexity can be found here. 

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4. Scaling Up

This resource includes a six-step process for practitioners to understand and gather evidence of the contribution their work made to achieving observed outcomes.

Clear Horizon

4. Scaling Up

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