Resource Library
Welcome to the River Network Resource Library!
Search through hundreds of publications, recorded webinars, newsletters, tools, and templates to support your water work. Explore specific topics using the icons below, or if you’re not sure what you need, use the search bar. Type in keywords like “strategic planning,” “State Revolving Fund,” or “data collection.” The resources included here are intended to help you advance your work and spark innovation and new ideas.
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Featured Resources
- Building Blocks of Trust – how community organizations and utilities can work together.
- Self-Paced Training – based on the Building Blocks of Trust
- Colorado SMP – everything you’d ever need to know about stream management planning in Colorado.
- Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit – learn to advocate for equitable water infrastructure in your community.
- Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience – how to perform community-led research and support local leaders to advance climate resilience.
- Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal – one-stop shop for building a litter removal program.
- The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual – the quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
- State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit – a comprehensive guide for advocates looking to get up to speed on the SRF process.
- Effective Organizations – a five-part learning series on everything from board governance, to volunteer management, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and more.
- Mastering the Grant Lifecycle: From Prospect to Execution – a five-part learning series to make your grant management more effective.
Looking for information on specific state-level water policies? Explore the State Policy Hub!
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Organizational Development
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type:Support for Organizations of all types, sizes, and capacities Organizations are like people: they need a check-up once in a while, and the check-up might lead us to making some intentional changes. In partnership with the Hudson River Watershed Allianc… View Resource ›
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Mastering the Grant Lifecycle: From Prospect to Execution
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarThe episodes in this series provide a playbook of processes, tools, and strategies that will make your grant management more efficient and may even lead to more funding down the road.
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Key Principles of Collaborative Fundraising
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarJoin the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) and River Network for a 90-minute workshop on collaborative fundraising. Together, we’ll demystify multi-partner grant applications and learn ways to define roles, responsibilities, and expectations when co… View Resource ›
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Inclusive Communications Guide: Best Practices & Broad Guidelines
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesIn this guide you’ll find tips and best practices about a wide range of inclusive communications topics, from digital accessibility to ethical storytelling to inclusive language. Some of these tips are direct recommendations from leaders speaking on these topics; others are observations of what’s been working for organizations similar to groups in the network.
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Discover Your Nonprofit’s Path to Digital Transformation
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarThe technology landscape is constantly changing, bringing efficiency and resiliency to those that adapt. Join Felipe Reyes, Director of Customer Development at TechSoup, to learn about the TechSoup Digital Assessment Tool (DAT), a free web-based applic… View Resource ›
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The Nuts & Bolts of NGO Budgeting
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarOrganizations of all sizes are facing budget challenges this decade driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting funder priorities, stimulus money and more. For this two-part series, River Network hosted The Fellows Group to talk about budget approaches t… View Resource ›
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Addressing Racial Equity
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarIn this short video series, Jennifer Arnold (Reciprocity Consulting, LLC) and Darryl Haddock (West Atlanta Watershed Alliance) lay a helpful foundation for organizations exploring the nexus between water, equity and race. Over the course of four brief… View Resource ›
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Board of Directors Development Shorts
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarRiver Network brings you this ‘shorts’ series on Board of Directors Development to highlight the various needs of boards in different stages of growth. Whether you’re with a completely volunteer-run organization, a fully staffed organization, or somewhere in between, this series is for you! We have best practices and considerations to ease the burdens of managing your board.
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Multi-Stakeholder Collaboratives – Better Practices for Facilitation and Coordination
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarLeading and coordinating a multi-stakeholder collaboration takes special focus and skill. Join us for two highly interactive, 90-minute trainings led by Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) focused on facilitating productive virtual meetings, ma… View Resource ›
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Essential Learning Series: Effective Organizations
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarStart a new chapter for your organization by going back to the basics. River Network is excited to make available our acclaimed training series: A Recipe for Effective River and Watershed Organizations. The series is designed to help executive director… View Resource ›
Strategic Planning in 15 Minutes or Less
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarWe’ll review what’s included in a strategic plan process, things to consider before hiring a consultant, special considerations for coalitions and collaboratives, and tricks for keeping your strategic plan relevant.
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Fostering Community Leadership: Hear from the Network
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarIn November 2020, River Network published “Fostering Community Leadership,” part one of a two-part toolkit series on Equitable Climate Resilience. Since then, we’ve been working with local organizations to develop their own leadership development progr… View Resource ›
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Adapting Fundraisers to Virtual Events
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarCOVID-19 forced many organizations to cancel or transition their annual fundraisers to online events. As you prepare for your own event, take an opportunity to hear from West Michigan Environmental Action Council and Cahaba River Society about their ow… View Resource ›
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Building Online Connectivity
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarLearn about building online connections and a sense of community from experts across the country. On January 27, 2021, staff affiliated with Groundwork USA, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Urban Waters Learning Network, and River Network shared how we… View Resource ›
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Budgets in the Time of COVID
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarOrganizations of all sizes faced challenges in 2020 and will likely feel the impacts in 2021 and beyond. In this River Network Roundtable, which took place on October 28, 2020, we discussed budget approaches to use to develop a base case and scenarios… View Resource ›
