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Latest Guide: Social Networking

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Essential Resources

How-to Guides currently available

  • Campaigning & Advocacy

    Date updated: 29 December 2009
  • Community Research

    If you are involved in leading community organisations you'll need to assess needs and evaluate results. The resources in this guide have been collected to help you with basic research skills to do this. It also includes new tools, recent research, conferences and events.
    Date updated: 9 March 2010
  • Community Resource Kit

    Date updated: 24 March 2009
  • Finance

    Financial management, and preparing budgets for programmes, or for the whole organisation, tends to be a constant task for organisations which rely on grants and donations. This guide outlines some resources which can help.
    Date updated: 9 March 2010
  • Funding

    Date updated: 10 March 2010
  • Getting Started: Legal Structures

    Date updated: 7 December 2009
  • Governance & Management

    This Guide is designed to help you ensure your organisation establishes effective practices and policies to develop and maintain good governance.
    Date updated: 6 January 2010
  • Human Resources

    Currently No Items Available
    Date updated: 11 January 2010
  • IT & Internet

    This How-to Guide contains information and links to help you effectively use Information Technology and the Internet in a community setting.
    Date updated: 11 March 2010
  • Marketing & promotion

    Date updated: 3 March 2010
  • Risk Management

    Date updated: 7 December 2009
  • Social Networking

    Date updated: 12 February 2010
  • Sustainability

    Date updated: 6 January 2010
  • Volunteering

    Date updated: 15 February 2010
  • Working with Government Agencies

    Date updated: 12 November 2009