| A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm: Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building. |
| A Librarian At Every Table: A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement. |
| Asset-Based Community Development Institute: 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. |
| Berkana Institute: 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. |
| COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development: Resources for community organizers. Includes discussion, papers, syllabi and links. |
| Common Focus: A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement. |
| Community Building Institute (CBI): Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia. |
| Community Consultation: Best Practice: Annotated listing of best practice community consultation, consumer participation, community development and qualitative analysis tools, practices and theories. |
| Community Development Exchange (CDX): 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. |
| Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States: 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] |
| Conversation Cafe: 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. |
| Global Citizens Circle: Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organizations history, with details of past program topics and leaders. |
| National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise: Provides US community-based organizations with training and technical assistance, links them to sources of support, and evaluates their experience for public policy. |
| National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation: Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field. |
| National Community Development Institute: Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities. |
| National Park Service - Civic Engagement: US agency offers resources and case studies for using historic sites as venues for civic dialogue on sensitive topics, along with calendar of events. |
| Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO): Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing. |
| Shelterforce Online: 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. |
| Streets Alive: Bristol, England-based group that promotes car-free street events. They provide a detailed guide for a succesful neighborhood street party, with photos, anecdotes, and discussion of community development. |
| The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC): 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. |
| The Center for Consensual Democracy: Provides a proven way to renew, revive and sustain a local community. Promotes a grassroots approach that empowers local citizens to build the communities they want. |
| The Citizen's Handbook: Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group. |
| The Community Organizing Toolbox: A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources. |
| The World Cafe: This process for leading collaborative dialogue and knowledge-sharing, particularly for larger groups, is described, with a bibliography and resources for implementation. |
| Tom Wolff and Associates: 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. |
| What is Community?: Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America. |
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