Tools

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Phase I: Prepare To Mobilize

Defining Community Mobilization

Questions To Get Started
Decision-Making Checklist
Introduction to Community Mobilization
Training Overview and Icebreaker

Elements of Community Mobilization

Do we need a partner?
My organization: Guidelines for a More Human Organization (Organizational Culture)
Principles of Community Mobilization
Questions To Consider

Designing the Community Mobilization Plan

Budget Worksheet
Setting Objectives

Managing Community Mobilization

Assessment Guide
Learning About the Community
Test Your Educational Instincts
Communication Skills: Open and Closed Questions
Developing Feedback Skills
Facilitation Methods
Team-Building Questionaire
Team-Building Exercises
Approaches and Strategies of Community Mobilization
A Call for Help: Request for Community Assistance
Team Effectiveness Questionnaire
Is Community Mobilization for Us?

Phase II: Organize Community

Assessing Capacity

Assessing Group Capacity

Establishing Trust

Emotional Bank Account
Ownership

Getting To Know The Community

Interview Questionnaire
Planning A Checklist For A Community Meeting
Identifying The Most Affected
Planning A Community Orientation

How To Invite The Most Affected

Are all voices being heard?
Attracting the Most Affected

Group Selection and Development

Assessing Community Capacity
Core Group Norms
Generating Participation in Groups

Phase III: Explore Health Issues

All Tools

Collecting Information in the Community
Analyzing Information
Planning Worksheet

Phase IV: Plan Together

Design An Action Plan

Designing an Action Plan
What Are Our Goals

Planning Process

A Monitoring Tool
Planning for the Planning

Workshop Logistics

Community Mobilization Strengths and Challenges
Planning Checklist for a Community Meeting
Preparing Your Team as Participatory Facilitators of the Community Mobilization Processes
Workshop Invitation Form Letter

Phase V: Act Together

All Tools

Capacity Building Worksheet
Role of the Team
Umoyo CM Assessment
Conflict Resolution and Prevention
Margolis Wheel

Phase VI: Evaluate Together

Disseminating Results

Consolidating and Analyzing
Documenting Lessons Learned
Developing Evaluation Report
Developing Evaluation Tools
Identifying Indicators
Validating Results with the Community

Evaluating CM Efforts

Conducting Evaluation
Criteria for Selecting Evaluation Team
Developing Evaluation Plan
Ethical Issues
Deciding Who Wants To Learn
Pre-Testing The Tools
Reporting Results
What To Learn
Selecting Team members

Phase VII: Prepare To Scale Up

All Tools

Questions To Consider
Participatory Rural Appraisal

Training

Training Manuals

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES: Participatory Techniques for Community-Based Programme Development
How To Mobilize Communities For Health And Social Change: A Trainer's Guide