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Expanded Budget Template
Use this budget template to break down your revenue and expenses by source and line item. A standard chart of accounts is included.
Categories: Capacity Building, Healthy Organizations, Human Resources, Institutional Strengthening, Management, SustainabilityDownload
Experiential Learning
People learn best by doing. This theory underlies all of our training designs and this piece will explain why in more detail.
Categories: Coaching & Mentoring, Contemporary Leadership, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Facilitator Essentials
A checklist for anyone who is striving to be a terrific trainer or facilitator.
Categories: Training & FacilitationDownload
Funded for Life
An overview of the important ways you need to shift your thinking when it comes to fundraising.
Categories: Board Development, Capacity Building, Change Management, Fundraising & Development, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Fundraising Handout
Everything you need to know about raising time, talent, and treasure. Originally published in 2005 as a book chapter for a National Mentoring Center(NMC) publication. One of our most requested publications.
Categories: About Common Ground, Board Development, Capacity Building, Coaching & Mentoring, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, Institutional Strengthening, Published Resource, SustainabilityDownload
Gender Change & The Role of Men
Gender discrimination is real around the world, and men have a role to play in ending it. This resource talks about how to reach them.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Inspiration, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations
One of my mentor's, George Lakey, is the lead of a team of activists who authored this primer on management issues related to our social profit sector. Though now out of print, with his permission the book is available here as a downloadable PDF file. (in English)
Categories: Management, SustainabilityDownload
Groundrules
These are the "rules" or "ways of being" that we've amassed over almost three decades of working with groups. They will serve you well.
Categories: About Common Ground, Change Management, Community Building, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & FacilitationDownload
How I Communicate
A simple workshop activity for helping people better understand their own (and others) communications preferences.
Categories: Community Building, Human Resources, Management, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Working With Young People, Youth DevelopmentDownload
Human Resources Checklist
Human resource management is complex and deserving of considerable attention from management. This is a basic checklist to get you started.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Healthy Organizations, Human Resources, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
Inherit the Wound
An exercise for trained facilitators helping groups working on cultural issues.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation, Training ActivityDownload
INSPIRE: October 2006
Finding Inspiration in Everyday Moments and Uncommon Places, Inspiring Others to Speak, and Charting Powerful Stories.
Categories: Common Ground NewsletterDownload
Instructions for Life
Wisdom from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
Categories: InspirationDownload
Intimate Relationships Policy
This is a useful policy that suggests a simple "Red, Yellow, Green Light" framework for evaluating the types of relationships that may come to exist between staff, board, and clients.
Categories: Board Development, Healthy Organizations, Management, Policies, SustainabilityDownload
Know Your Audience
If you're designing a workshop or giving a speech, knowing your audience is critical. This checklist will help.
Categories: Advocacy, Community Building, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Working With Young PeopleDownload
Lessons From Geese
Ann Landers reprinted this piece in 1998 and it's influenced our work with teams ever since.
Categories: Inspiration