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Resource Library

Welcome to River Network's Resource Library; a growing compilation of manuals, publications, web pages, articles, videos, presentations and more available to you. You can browse through our resources by scrolling through our list of categories, or use the search filter to type in a specific keyword. If you have a resource to share, please contact us!

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Title & Source	Description
2007 Salary Survey - River & Watershed Conservation Organizations Katherine Luscher	In October 2001, River Network conducted its first salary survey of its Partner organizations. The
An Integrated Strategy for Nonprofit Success and Sustainability Shelli Bischoff-Turner of Conservation Impact	Written by Shelli Bischoff-Turner of Conservation Impact, this brief article outlines the importance of integrating organizational capacity, identity, and constituent outreach in achieving next lev
Basic Considerations in Risk Management Carter McNamara, PhD	Carter McNamara's article provides an overview of risk management and what an organization should be looking for in risk management assessments including financial, volunteer, fundraising and resou
Catalogue of Federal Funding Sources for Water Protection US EPA	A searchable database of financial assistance sources (grants, loans, cost-sharing) available to fund a variety of watershed protection projects.
Collaboration: A Guide for Environmental Advocates Wilderness Society; Audubon	This 71-page resource outlines appropriate situations for engaging in collaborative processes and describes best practices and proven strategies for successes in collaborative natural resources dec
Community Tool Box: Action Agenda National Park Service - RTCA	An action agenda, also called an action plan, is an annotated list of proposed outcomes.
Community Tool Box: Active Listening National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of making a conscious effort to hear, analyze, assign meaning to and respond to what another person is saying.
Community Tool Box: Art Projects National Park Service - RTCA	An activity or piece of artwork should be clearly aligned with the vision and plans for a community. This resource shares the basics of incorporating art into your work.
Community Tool Box: Awards National Park Service - RTCA	This resource walks you through the steps of creating an award.
Community Tool Box: Brain Storming National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of idea generation and information gathering through a free-flowing, energetic, creative exchange.
Community Tool Box: Break-out Groups National Park Service - RTCA	Learn how to divide a large working groups into smaller ones to discuss a question or do an activity.
Community Tool Box: Charettes National Park Service - RTCA	Learn about intensive brainstorming sessions where volunteer participants sketch and illustrate their ideas for planning and design solutions and present them to the community.
Community Tool Box: Conferences & Symposiums National Park Service - RTCA	The basics for organizing and running a conference.
Community Tool Box: Defining Issues National Park Service - RTCA	Successful projects are those that respond to community needs and resolve community-identified problems. Learn how to know what the problems are before they can begin to be solvee.
Community Tool Box: Displays National Park Service - RTCA	Well-designed displays can attract attention at conferences, shopping malls, libraries or outdoor events.
Community Tool Box: Festivals National Park Service - RTCA	Festivals can be a way of starting a community tradition that promotes a project's mission for years to come. This resource provides you with the basics.
Community Tool Box: Field Trips National Park Service - RTCA	The basics on planning field trips to engage your community with your work.
Community Tool Box: Flip Charts Natural Resources Conservation Service	The basics of recording people's comments, opinions and ideas for purposes of group discussion.
Community Tool Box: Focus Groups National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of group interviews where participants respond to a certain concept or subject.
Community Tool Box: Goal Setting National Park Service - RTCA	Goal setting involves people working together to transform a vision, purpose or desire into discrete statements of directions.
Community Tool Box: Ice Breakers National Park Service - RTCA	The basics of short activities intended to help a group of people become acquainted with one another.
Community Tool Box: Meetings National Park Service - RTCA	The basics of holding a productive meeting.
Community Tool Box: Networking Database National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics about starting and maintaining a database.
Community Tool Box: Newspaper Questionnaires National Park Service - RTCA	Newspaper questionnaires can reach a large, broader-based audience, an audience that might not otherwise pay attention to a conservation group, a government program, a historical society, or other
Community Tool Box: Open Space National Park Service - RTCA	Learn about organizing open space sessions: a meeting technique that is participant-driven without an agenda.
Community Tool Box: Partnerships National Park Service - RTCA	Learn how partnerships can positively affect any project.
Community Tool Box: Postcard Mailings National Park Service - RTCA	Postcards are easy to use and a relatively inexpensive format to reach a large number of people. Learn the basics with this overview.
Community Tool Box: Presentations National Park Service - RTCA	People's number one stated fear is public speaking. And when a presentation is before a hostile audience, the stress can really build.
Community Tool Box: Press Conferences	Learn how to take a positive approach in working with the media and holding press conferences.
Community Tool Box: Public Surveys National Park Service - RTCA	The basics on eliciting answers and opinions from respondents.
Community Tool Box: Setting Priorities National Park Service - RTCA	A worksheet to help you determine what matters most to individuals, a community or a resource.
Community Tool Box: Speakers' Bureau	Learn the basics of developing a speakers' bureau: a group of volunteers who make presentations about a specific topic, project or resource.
Community Tool Box: Stakeholder Analysis	Learn the basics of identifying and involving stakeholders in a planning process.
Community Tool Box: Videos National Park Service - RTCA	Videos are an ideal format for depicting a variety of sites, activities, individuals, stories, plans, etc., in one convenient easily transportable and usable medium.
Community Tool Box: Volunteers National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of recruiting and managing volunteers.
Community Tool Box: Work Plans National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of writing a work plan for your organization.
Community Tool Box: Workshops National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of workshops: a combination of presentations and interactive sessions that bring people together to work towards a consensus on an issue or topic.
Coping with Cutbacks: The Nonprofit Guide to Success when Times are Tight Amherst H. Wilder Foundation	Condensed from the book of the same name, this page offers readers a strategies checklist to be used as a thinking tool for direct action.
E-Advocacy for Nonprofits: The Law of Lobbying & Election Related Activity on the Net	A publication of the Alliance for Justice that explains the laws and limits pertaining to 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations that are lobbying and carrying out election-related activity on the Inter
From Strategic Planning to Strategic Positioning Shelli Bischoff-Turner of Conservation Impact	Strategic positioning enhances traditional strategic planning by incorporating a more externally-focused and constituent-centered analysis.