Publications / Resources
See also: Evaluation and research in the Managing Well resource catalogue; the quarterly ANGOA Research Forum reports which often contain summaries of new community research.
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Instead of looking for 'problems' and 'needs', Appreciative Inquiry is an approach that builds on existing strengths and resources of an organisation or a community. It turns 'needs assessment' on ...
Date updated: 9 October 2006
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Evaluation need not be something 'done to' you. It can be an empowering tool for change - helping those involved with an organisation, programme or community better understand and improve it.
Date updated: 19 January 2006
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This section provides a number of key guides on methods for doing your own evaluation and research. The focus is on understanding your approach, choosing appropriate methods and how to put them into ...
Date updated: 13 December 2006
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Different cultures represent different ways of seeing the world. This section includes some resources to guide evaluation and other research with Māori. It also includes some examples of ...
Date updated: 10 October 2006
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This new Handbook provides a useful framework for community organisations wanting to turn research "from insight to impact". It comes with a wealth of practical research, assessment, communication ...
Date updated: 11 February 2005
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The Managing Well resource catalogue (online in the Community Centre section of this web site) includes references or links to manuals, websites, information sheets, books, and other documents, and a ...
Date updated: 1 April 2008
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There is increasing evidence that 'social capital' is an essential ingredient in civil society, economic and social development, health, safety and education.
Here are some useful tools and ...
Date updated: 14 August 2005
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Here are some tools and tips you can use in sampling, collecting information, response rates and, analysing data, etc.
Date updated: 18 December 2006
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The purpose of the Clearing House's Code of Practice is to provide benchmark principles and standards by which community researchers can measure their work.
Date updated: 18 July 2008
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Situational analysis involves "analysing needs and assets, problem diagnosis and examining relevant research, knowledge and experience. Involving others in situational analysis helps to build a ...
Date updated: 9 January 2006
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Social Auditing is a process whereby an organisation can account for its social performance, report on and improve that performance.
Date updated: 2 April 2008
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Statistics NZ outlines in this article (and others) what it sees as its contribution to "Making Statistics Available to Enhance Community Capability."
Date updated: 12 February 2005
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What does that word mean?
Ever wondered what some of those terms that statisticians and researchers bandy about actually mean?
Date updated: 12 February 2005
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This downloadable toolkit helps researchers and Civil Society Organisations communicate evidence in order to inform or influence policy, to achieve their development objectives or simply to make ...
Date updated: 18 July 2008
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Making the most of technology can open up new opportunities in community research. Email and web-based surveys, for example, can be a useful tool for non-profit organisations:
Date updated: 11 February 2005
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Whether they know it or not, every social programme and most organisations are based on a 'theory of change' - a working model of how and why the change they want to see in society might be expected ...
Date updated: 10 January 2006