Guestbook Entries

I was born, raised and educated in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. My background is pediatric nursing and pediatric medical social work. At the present time I am semi-retired and serve as a faculty member in the Maternal and Child Health-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and related Disabilities, one of 35 programs in 28 states.

With that being said, when I found the Community Tool Box I was very excited. It is very concise and informative and easy to access for all my trainees. It has become part of my tool box to see how the functions we do in training compare and compliment each other. As Hawaii's population size, culture and resources are somewhat limited it is invaluable to interact with other states in the health care field. Thank you for allowing me to access your Community Tool Box,

I am one of seven elected commissioners, first elected in November 2017 for a four-year term from a field of five. Three other commissioners are up for election this November. I have had a long career in consumer services and products in both large and small companies on an international level. My wife is the intermediate school principal in our town and certified to be a district superintendent as well. We have two adult children - both living in Denver.

Just starting as we are beginning our 2020 plan of conservation and development.

I am co founder of Gravity Fashion an Indian Ethnic Store.

Not used yet, but I want to explore how can we support under privileged kids by providing suitable clothing for them.

I am an organizational development practitioner, working as a Monitoring & Evaluation officer for a charity organization that looks after 3500 (more than) vulnerable children.

By accessing guidelines on how to develop and implement new and effective programs for these children so as to raise responsible and productive citizens. Community Tool Box offers applicable advise and appropriate tools for results.

I'm a local skeptic, atheist, and humanist.

I'm going to learn about community involvement and involve the Atheist Society of Calgary in supporting water fluoridation in our municipality; since fluoridation was ceased in 2011, dental carries have increased dramatically, negatively influencing the oral health and long-term outcomes for children and youths who cannot otherwise afford necessary dental operations, or those who have poor dental hygiene.

Retired Architect involed in Aging Well in Waldo County

not yet, just learning about this as a rescourse.

I am a Community Psychologist. I have worked in a variety of community settings and completed research and evaluation at the local, state, and federal level.

The Community Tool Box is my go-to-site for all my needs in community research. I use it for my own education as well as sharing information with other researchers, evaluators, and community members. My most recent experience sharing information from the site was during my work as a federal evaluation TA Liaison to increase the capacity of the Tribes. They used the grant writing section to improve their grants; helping them secure funding to protect their children and improve their child welfare systems.

I am gathering data regarding children entertainment in the community.

I have never used the CTB

My name is Anthony Obinna Ihejirika. I am originally from Nigeria but now permanently residing in Fisantekraal, Capetown, SA. I work for a non profit organization in my local community. I Implement program at the facility. I studied Business Administration and my professional membership is with the institute of business managemen. My designation is Technician. I am also a member of the South Africa Institute of Fundraiser (SAIF). I have higher certificate in substance abuse with the University of the Western Cape. Also, i have certificate in short term insurance with Santam.

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I am a non-profit professional, former Graduate student ('14) and a part-time college professor.

I have used the Community Tool Box in a variety of ways in recent years - as a professional, student and professor.

Aside from using the website for my own learning & development and project problem-solving; I used the "Out of the Box" contest while teaching a 3-semester-long Community Development and Change college course. Students, in the midst of their community development research projects, were asked to review the finalists for the Community Tool Box "Out of the Box." They reviewed the projects to answer: community need, community involvement, potential concerns/problems, estimated costs, implementation needs, etc.

The project allowed the students to take pieces they were using in the classroom and apply them in the real world. Students were able to visualize each of the community change elements in action and in sequence. Which made both the classroom experience and their projects that much stronger.

Students were encouraged to consider voting, which all did. They also championed their favorite projects among their classmates and cheered those that won. It was an amazing experience on all levels.

I'm the Substance Use Prevention Program Manager for Utah County, with over 592,000 residents. We provide prevention services for the entire county, by delivering evidence based strategies. We continue to have some of the lowest use rates in our state, and lower numbers than the rest of the nation. We can only keep our numbers low by offering effective prevention practices and programs.

We have used the tool box when we complete needs assessments and update our strategic plan. When looking to the internet to find resources that can truly work to help us in our efforts, the FIRST place I go is to the Community Toolbox. I know I'll find what I need to help me move forward in whatever endeavor I'm taking on in my prevention work. We used the toolbox when we were looking at collaborating with community partners. We looked at it all through our strategic planning, and it was PRICELESS. I can't tell you how many times I have referred to the toolbox to help me get down to the real tools needed to complete steps in a process. There is nothing out there that is more comprehensive and easy to use. I hope and pray it doesn't go away and remains a resource I can utilize when needed.

Sociology Professor at Cal Poly.

I am using eight modules of the Community Tool Box in my Social Change course. Half the course covers theories of social change and the other half consists of group projects in which students implement strategies to affect change in the community. The Tool Box provides the necessary background, skill-building, concepts, and activities for students to pursue their change project systematically. It is a valuable guide for anyone interested in understanding how to pursue work that impacts one's local community.

I am a student and previous activist returning from a four-year break from undergraduate studies due to mental illness for a psychology/philosophy double major with an emphasis in community psychology and a human relations minor. I want to use my current studies in tarot and astrology to further complement a psychology degree in order to build and sustain a better community where I live.

I just found your website while doing some research on community psychology and directed a few leaders in my community toward it, but I would also like to use it after I complete a graduate program to help out my own local community.

Evaluating current Community Health Department.

I am an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown School of Public Health.

I teach a course on intervention development and evaluation. In this course, my students will write a mock interview/focus group guide to be conducted with community groups, and will look at transcripts from actual data collected in the field. This tool box is extremely helpful to prepare my students to work in the community.

Research at Kansas Health Institute

Utilizing tools such as the "Conditions favoring more or less formality in organizational structures" table to convey information to organizations interested in cross-jurisdictional sharing.

I am involved with Venice Indivisible, Sun Coast Spread the Vote also a member of League of Women Voters. I think all of our groups can use these tools to be more effective.

I am retired and only would use this for volunteer activities.

My name is Ray Sano. I am a project manager of a small local NGO called Farmer Livelihood Development--FLD based in Cambodia. My team and I are responsible for the implementation of Nutrition and Food Security Project based in Siem Reap province.

I write to express my sincere thanks to you for making resource on Facilitation Skills available online from which I could download and use for my own and team learning. We work closely with government Health Center (HC), local authorities and the community in 30 target villages. It is very kind of you indeed to make this useful resource publicly available on your website.

Yours sincerely.

I am a teacher in Tourism Planning and Development

I haven't used it as I am still in the process and seems to be having difficulty to access it. If given the access, I intend to use it as instrument to help assigned and/or chosen communities of our school.

I am the program coordinator for the Center for Youth Political Participation at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

We recently found the Community Tool Box after one of our students came across it the other day. We are very impressed with the resource and are considering directing students to it for times when they want to turn their passions into action. Keep up the good work!