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<p>The community toolbox materials that appear below are designed to be reproduced by community groups. These toolboxes address a variety of issues to help groups work effectively and to assist with approaches to team projects and challenges. The toolboxes fall in four categories:</p>
<p><strong>Community Program Tools<br />
</strong>(also see <em>articles and papers</em> below)<br />
<em>All links below lead to PDF files.</em></p>
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<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/housing.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Conducting a Housing Needs Assessment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/crafts.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creating Visitor-Friendly Shops and Studios</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Silent_Auction_Toolbox.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Holding a Silent Auction</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Summit.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Holding a Summit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Historic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listing a Site with the National Historic Register</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Mentoring-With-Grace.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mentoring with Grace</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Recruiting-Diverse-Groups1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recruiting Diverse Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Tupelo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tupelo Model of Community Development</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Writing-a-Press-Release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Writing a Press Release</a></li>
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<p><strong>Facilitation &amp; Group Process Tools</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Constructing-a-Folding-Flip-Chart-Easel.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Constructing a Folding Flip Chart Easel</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Facilitating-Consensus-Decisions.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facilitating Consensus Decisions</a></li>
<li><a data-internal-link="true" href="https://www.berea.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Facilitation-Techniques-for-Group-Discussion-05.07.24.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facilitator’s Techniques for Group Discussions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/08/Facilitating-Meetings-in-Zoom.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facilitating Meetings in Zoom</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/10/Flip-Chart-Tricks-.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flip Chart Tricks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Listening-Skills.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listening Skills</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Speaking-in-Public.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Road Map for Public Speaking</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Setting-Group-Norms.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Setting Group Norms</a></li>
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<p><strong>Meeting Tools</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Getting-People-To-Meetings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Getting People to Meetings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Monitoring-Your-GroupG%C3%87%C3%96s-Health.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Monitoring Your Group’s Health</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/08/Planning-and-Leading-Effective-Meetings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Planning and Leading Effective Meetings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Serving-Refreshments-at-a-Meeting.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Serving Refreshments at a Meeting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Taking-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Taking Effective Minutes</a></li>
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<p><strong>Project Management Tools</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Creating-A-Project-Timeline.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creating a Project Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Following-Through-on-Task-Assignments.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Following Through on Task Assignments</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/Project-Budgeting.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Project Budgeting</a></li>
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<p><strong>Articles and papers</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/White-paper-Hille-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Building Community Capacity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/2008_Annual_Institute_Address.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2008 Brushy Fork Annual Institute Opening Address</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/CalltoLeadership.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Call to Leadership: a response to the events of September 11</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/CommunityTransformation.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Community Transformation: a concept paper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/WhatisIt.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leadership–What is It?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/Howling.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">No More Howling at the Moon: having an impact through collaboration</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bereaedu.wpenginepowered.com/brushy-fork-institute/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2016/05/TippingPoint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Toward the Tipping Point: leadership and community transformation</a></li>
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<p>From 1990 to 2013, Brushy Fork published a regional newsletter titled Mountain Promise. This publication:</p>
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<p>If you have questions about back issues, please contact Brushy for at <a href="mailto:brushyfork@berea.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">brushyfork@berea.edu</a>.</p>
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<td>Aging in Appalachia (Spring, 2004)</td>
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<td>Appalachia in Modern America (Summer, 1996)</td>
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<td>Associates Take the Lead During State Networking Conferences (Summer, 1993)</td>
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<td>Churches and Community Development (Winter, 1998)</td>
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<td>Citizen Activism in the Mountains (Summer, 2000)</td>
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<td>Collaboration (Summer, 1997)</td>
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<td>Cultural Tourism (Fall, 2000)</td>
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<td>Drugs in Appalachian Communities (Winter, 2004)</td>
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<td>Economy of Mountain Crafts (Fall, 2001)</td>
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<td>Energy in Appalachia (Spring, 2001)</td>
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<td>Entrepreneurship in Appalachia (Fall, 1997)</td>
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<td>Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (Winter, 2000)</td>
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<td>Five Years of Welfare Reform (Spring, 2002)</td>
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<td>Focus on: Dickenson County, VA (Spring, 1991)</td>
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<td>Focus on: Martin County, KY (Summer, 1991)</td>
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<td>Focus on: Wyoming County, WV (Spring, 1992)</td>
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<td>Food in Appalachia (Summer, 2001)</td>
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<td>Forestry and Secondary Wood Products (Fall/Winter 1996-97)</td>
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<td>Higher Education and Community Development (Fall, 1998)</td>
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<td>Housing in Appalachia (Winter, 2001)</td>
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<td>Local Government (Summer, 1995)</td>
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<td>Medicine in Appalachia (Summer, 2002)</td>
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<td>Migration in Appalachia (Winter, 2002)</td>
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<td>Music in Appalachia (Summer, 2004)</td>
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<td>Networks Make it Happen in the Region (Winter, 1993)</td>
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<td>Place-Based Approach Strengthens Economies (Winter, 2008)</td>
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<td>Policy and Rural Communities (Winter, 2003)</td>
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<td>Roads in Appalachia (Fall, 1999)</td>
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<td>Season of Growth for Brushy Fork Institute (Summer, 1990)</td>
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<td>State Networking Conferences Spring Ahead (Spring, 1993)</td>
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<td>Sustainable Agriculture (Winter/Spring, 1999)</td>
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<td>Sustainable Development (Spring, 1996)</td>
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<td>Telecommunications (Fall, 1995)</td>
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<td>The Road to Community: Let’s Merge (Spring, 2011)</td>
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<td>Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities (Spring, 2009)</td>
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<td>Water Quality (Spring, 2003)</td>
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<td>Welfare Reform (Spring, 1997)</td>
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<td>Women’s Leadership (Winter, 1996)</td>
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<td>Youth Issues (Spring, 1998)</td>
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