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Title & Source	Description
"Visioning" the Future to Engage Diverse Communities Cari Simson, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition	Participants will learn tools for engaging diverse community stakeholders in river cleanup actions or other large development projects, and how 'visioning' can result in a more robust understanding
Assessing Your Organizational Strength Henrietta Jordan, Trailmarker Associates	Board and staff members will learn how to use a structured self-assessment process to measure their organization’s progress in achieving important milestones in organizational development.
Building Alliances with New Constituencies Judy Hatcher, Environmental Support Center; Sherri Norris, California Indian Environmental Alliance; Elizabeth Satler, Alabama Rivers Alliance	If we want to build a more powerful environmental movement, we must be much more thoughtful about working with different communities and non-traditional entities.
Community Tool Box: Awards National Park Service - RTCA	Awards are a valuable inspirational and motivational tool and also a way of expressing gratitude to individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond in their efforts.
Community Tool Box: Break-out Groups National Park Service - RTCA	A breakout group is the result of dividing a large gathering of people into smaller groups.
Community Tool Box: Brochures & Flyers National Park Service - RTCA	Whether presenting background information, announcing a meeting, or celebrating a resource, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, and posters are great tools to reach large numbers of people.
Community Tool Box: Charettes National Park Service - RTCA	This resource introduces you to how to facilitate a charette--an intensive brainstorming session where participants share their ideas for improving natural and/or cultural resources.
Community Tool Box: Conferences & Symposiums National Park Service - RTCA	This resource provides the basic steps to planning and running a conference, including naming a chairperson and committee, recruiting speakers, and selecting a facility.
Community Tool Box: Consensus Building National Park Service - RTCA	This resource outlines the community decision-making process that is consensus building.
Community Tool Box: Displays National Park Service - RTCA	Displays can be a great outreach tool for your organization.
Community Tool Box: Festivals National Park Service - RTCA	Although organizing it can be labor intensive, a festival can be a way of starting a community tradition and reaching people who are not normally involved with a particular cause or organization.
Community Tool Box: Field Trips National Park Service - RTCA	This resource explains how field trips can be an integral part of your organization's strategy to protect a resource or area, by bringing together a diverse group of people who care or are curious,
Community Tool Box: Focus Groups National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will introduce you to focus groups as a means to generate ideas and obtain people's questions and opinions.
Community Tool Box: Newspaper Questionnaires National Park Service - RTCA	This resource outlines the process for using a newspaper questionnaire to raise awareness about your group or obtain public feedback.
Community Tool Box: Open Space National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will instruct you in how to organize an open space meeting.
Community Tool Box: Postcard Mailings National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will provide you with the basics of using postcard mailings as part of your outreach strategy.
Community Tool Box: Press Conferences	In this Community toolbox created by the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance program you will learn how to take a positive approach in working with the media and ho
Community Tool Box: Public Surveys National Park Service - RTCA	This resource provides the basics for conducting public surveys, whether face-to-face, telephone, or by mail.
Community Tool Box: Speakers' Bureau	A speakers' bureau is when volunteers make presentations about a specific topic, project or resource at regularly scheduled meetings of other groups such as civic and church groups.
Community Tool Box: Stakeholder Analysis	This resource provides the basic steps in identifying and involving stakeholders in a project planning process.
Community Tool Box: Task Forces National Park Service - RTCA	This resources outlines the basic steps to setting up a task force, which is a citizen advisory group created to participate in and oversee the development of a specific project.
Community Tool Box: Videos National Park Service - RTCA	This resource explains how and when to use videos as a tool for promoting your organization and projects.
Community Tool Box: Volunteers National Park Service - RTCA	Enthusiastic volunteers are essential to the efficient functioning of non-profits and community organizations, as they help groups accomplish more.
Federal Funding for Restoration & Conservation Peter Alexander, Northeast Great Waters Alliance	Several of America's Great Waters, such as the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Chesapeake Bay, and others, have had considerable success this year in obtaining federal funding through the 2010 Inte
Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns. US EPA	This guide includes tips and tools for creating awareness, educating specific audiences, and motivating positive behavior change to improve water quality.
Internet Advocacy and Outreach Idealware	Inexpensive software to help you reach new constituents.
Messages for Change – Stormwater Communications Tutorial American Rivers	Have you ever talked to a local leader and had their eyes glaze over when you began to talk about stormwater? When you say “LID,” what do people hear?
Reaching Beyong the Choir--How to Reach the Non-Believers Peter Alexander, Northeast Great Waters Alliance	Environmental advocates often fall into the trap of preaching to the choir.
River Voices Case Study: Diversity and Inclusivity at Earth Force Lisa Bardwell, Earth Force	River Voices volume 19, number 3&4 on Environmental Justice and Diversity
Storm Drain Stenciling - Public Involvement & Participation EPA - NPDES	The new EPA Clean Water Act Phase II storm water nonpoint rule for urban areas recommends storm drain stenciling under requirements Public Education and Outreach and Public Participation/Involvemen
Successful Major Donor Programs Renee Hoyos	Imagine what your organization could accomplish if it had a significant pool of consistent, annual contributors in the $1,000 to $10,000 plus range.
Successful Volunteer Programs Janet Cohen	Presented at National River Rally '09
Tales of River Databases: Tracking Constituents in Small and Mid-Sized Organizations Laura Quinn, Idealware	How are small organizations tracking constituents? What are they struggling with, and what works well?
The Watershed Project: Where the Atmosphere Meets the Earth	The NBC affiliate in Washington DC is piloting a new project that if successful will be taken nationwide.
Tribal Advances and Perspectives on Aquatic Ecosystems Scott Bulgrin, Pueblo of Sandia Environment Department	This session will highlight the efforts of the Pueblo of Sandia on protecting their aquatic ecosystems.
Watershed Planning for Success & Federal Funding Donald Waye, U.S. EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds; Stuart Lehman, U.S. EPA; Alison Keener, U.S. EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds	Learn how to supercharge your funding success and qualify for federal funding to achieve lasting environmental results in your watershed.
Young People Supported by Whole Communities Jan Sneddon	Earth Force envisions communities where young people have multiple opportunities to participate as environmental change agents and civic leaders.