The Community Tool Box

Checklist:

Here you’ll find a checklist of core tasks.

1. Assess the stage of development and readiness of the effort to use technical assistance.

__ The group has identified specific areas or processes that could be enhanced through technical assistance & support.

__ The group, including staff & board members, values external assistance & support.

__ The group has assessed the internal capacity of the staff, board members, & partners to provide technical assistance & support based on their areas of knowledge & expertise.

__ The group has identified organizational processes that are more appropriate to be facilitated through external rather than internal sources of technical assistance or support.

__ The effort is currently engaged in a form of technical assistance.

2. Identify appropriate technical assistance and support providers for the initiative.

__ The group, including staff & board members, has decided on the form or method of technical assistance that is most appropriate for the initiative at its current stage of development.

__ The group has decided upon either a formal technical assistance provider, or a knowledgeable staff or partner to provide or assure needed trainings, information, & technical support for the effort.

__ The group considered the appropriateness or fit of potential technical assistance providers based on the context, history, experience, & interest of the organization & community.

__ The group has a plan that includes a timetable, activities, & resulting product (if applicable) for each form of technical assistance to be provided.

__ The group has secured & allocated sufficient resources necessary to support the technical assistance.

3. Establish regular feedback mechanisms and use the feedback to improve technical assistance efforts.

__ The technical support provider(s) give regular feedback & appropriate support to the group.

__ The group provides the technical assistance provider with regular feedback to make necessary adjustments & adaptations.