Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Toolbox

1998

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLBOX
   
2. THE INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS OF A COMMUNITY
   DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
   • Active listening
   • Communication barriers
   • Conflict resolution
   • Constructive feedback
   • Encouraging participation
   • Healthy organization
   • Self-help groups
   • Stages of group development
     
3. FACILITATING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
   • Affirmations
   • Brainstorming
   • Breaks
   • Circling
   • Closure
   • Energizers
   • Evaluation
   • Facilitators’ roles
   • Flipchart
   • Guided imagery
   • Ice-breakers
   • Laughter
   • Life stories
   • One-liners
   • Pairing
   • Principles
   • Reporting back to the group
   • Rituals
   • Role playing
   • Veto
   • Web charts
     
4. ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS
   OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
   • Effective meetings
   • Group incorporation
   • Group registration as a charitable organization with Revenue Canada
   • Interviews
   • Minutes
   • Organizational structure
   • Problem solving
   • Questionnaires
   • Questions
   • Responsibilities of organization managers
   • Responsibilities of the members
   • Setting priorities