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The community toolbox is wonderful. I am looking for tools for estimating the cost of community mobilization. Are you aware of any such tools? I don’t see any in the toolbox.

Thanks much,
Brian

I have an assignment to create a health promoting intervention for my community . I have chosen swimming pool health, healthy waters, My assignment includes creating a budget for funding, a SWOT analysis of the proposed program and assigning project roles . I am thinking of doing posters about reasons for showering before swimming, to hang at the rec centers and do a display at the library. Also creating a proposal to the community recreation centers to install UV light in their pools which would reduce the need for chlorine in the pools. Any thoughts about how to finance a budget, and also to assign project roles? Any thoughts at all?

What is the best way to cite your website in APA style? I am using information from Chapter 27 about oppression in a research paper. Thanks!

Dear Advisor Team,
I'm writing from a small rural town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Five years ago a small group of local ladies got together with the vision to showcase our town (increase tourism) and to increase social cohesiveness (racially segregated and diverse). We started the Encounter East Griqualand Country and Garden Festival which is in our 5th year this year (see website: www.encountereg.co.za). It has proved a wonderful success - starting with around 400 visitors over the 3-day event and ballooning to over 1000 visitors last year. The Festival has more than 60 "events" which include gardens, music, agricultural events, a parade, a street market, children's activities, food at every venue, wild flower and birding walks and talks, guest speakers, book launches etc. Next week we will be meeting to start talking about Encounter 2015. As the "facilitator" to our planning sessions, this year I have the challenge of a group that are tired. I like your section on institutionalising the initiative - I think the Festival should start looking more like a business than a committee - and I will use the 8 questions to structure the discussion. But, what other tools, tips, or strategies can I use to invigorate the group? I'll obviously start with brain-storming and discussing our successes - but, I feel, in our hearts, we know that. What else can fire up the group again? We will also have some POTENTIAL new committee members at the meeting (I've asked that they also be invited), so that they are clear about the current committees "malaise", but are made to feel part of the reason for its continuation....Any ideas? I would be most grateful. (P.S. The entire committee volunteers their time - we had a part-time marketing person, who is leaving us this year), Kind regards

I am interested in starting a program to end the Freshman 15. Do you have any intervention ideas? Is there an outline or program that we could use as a guide? Thank you for your time.

Hi I would like to know if I can seek permission to use the toolkit for conducting training and development on community development workers such as social workers in my country. Can I automatically print it out and conduct my trainings then acknowledge your organisation/institution?

how to develop a mission and vision statement in strategic plan for organization?
how to develop objective for organization?

Dear Management of Tool box,
I'm in love for what you are doing, how can my community be part of this program

Thank you
Hands of Hope Africa
Uganda

I have begun researching community collaboration. Yet I believe communities participate informally in community collaboration whether it is shared planning in community events e.g., health fairs, wellness conferences to name a few, or informal meetings or formalized meetings, yet these community collaboration processes or categories/types of community collaborations are not identified. Can you point me to awesome resources?

Internet access price ,I will like to organize a petition or better boycotting the higher cost ,that we cannot afford it anymore ,
We the USA tax payer's support the advance technology ,why we do not have access to it to a reasonable price??
Who controls the price ?? ,,,

I am looking to start a non profit within the next three years, but at the moment, I am currently working on a viral campaign to build our brand until we have the tools to start our work. Do you think this move is advisable or should the focus be exclusively on getting things ready for the start in the coming years?

How can I get a max credit hour waiver? There is a class that I am wanting to add to my schedule but it would exceed my term maximum.
Thanks!

Title: The GAP Analysis of Customer Satisfaction vs Service Quality in education industry.
How the research questions can be formed to reflect the current environment and modern ways of learning and exceeding customer expectations.

I'm a postdoctoral research fellow at City of Hope (a cancer center in Los Angeles) in the Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education (CCARE). We are planning a conference where we are going to invite members of the various community organizations, with whom we have a collaborative relationship, to present their work on our campus. We want to provide training for participating organizations to assist and guide them in developing their conference abstracts and their research posters. Our hope is that this can be the foundation for an ongoing collaboration regarding engagement in a dialogue about community-based research, as well as provide them with practical skills in developing research presentations (abstracts, posters, grants, manuscripts). Any advice on how to approach this or where we can obtain resources to teach to our community partners as they develop their abstracts and posters? Thank you!

If you receive an imcomplete in a class - how long is this able to stay an incomplete without failing? For instance, is there a campus policy or is it up to the discretion of the instructor?

Thanks!

Hello,
Do you have data on approximately how many back end hours I should budget per workshop hour? The curriculum is already developed and just needs to be modified for each workshop. Partners are helping us out with food & registration logistics, so we only have to worry about supplies, MOUs, partner communication, curriculum modification, and facilitation, etc. Thank you!

hello !
I want to get some notes on "What are the types of Community Health support programs?" or "what are the varieties of community health support programs?"