Good Reads on Collaborative Solutions for Communities

Helpful Resources

Explore this handpicked collection of powerful books designed to help community leaders and organizations strengthen collaboration and create greater community impact. Each resource has been carefully selected by our team for its practical insights, inspiring ideas, and proven strategies for transforming lives and communities.

Click the links below to explore and purchase these recommended books, and start discovering new ways to help your community work together smarter and create lasting change.

More good reads:

• Collective Impact
  Article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work
  Article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review

Websites you might find useful:

• University of Kansas Community Tool Box
  
  The Community Tool Box is a free online resource for those dedicated to building healthier communities and driving social change. It offers a wide range of practical tips and tools across thousands of pages, aimed at empowering community action. Whether you're interested in community assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, advocacy, or other aspects of community practice, you can explore over 300 educational modules and numerous free tools available.
• DePaul University Asset-Based Community Development Institute
  
  The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the heart of a growing movement focused on using local assets for sustainable community development. It leverages residents' skills, the power of community groups, and local institutions' support, utilizing existing strengths to build more resilient and sustainable communities for the future.
• Collective Community Impact
  
  Learn how to build capacity for collective community impact - a strategic plan for moving the needle on poverty, hunger, health disparities, and other complex challenges. See how other communities are using tools to create lasting change.
• City Leaders Collective
  
  City Leaders Collective is a platform for City Network Leaders to connect, convene and co-create resources to seek the holistic flourishing of their cities. See our core organizational DNA that drives all that we do.