Community Needs Assessment resources of interest:

Navigating Collaboration. This resource is the result of the NN/LM MCR Collaboration Working Group which developed tools (webinars, information, resources) for use by Network members to assist them in developing and maintaining outreach projects. Working Group members provided online presentations on each of five topics:

• Definitions
• Keys for Partnership
• Strategies for Overcoming Barriers
• Funding
• Lessons Learned

Archived webinars in the series Navigating Collaboration: A Crash Course in Connecting with the Community include:
* "Lessons Learned Presentation" (3/2010) by presenter Will Olmstadt
* "Definitions" (10/09) presentation by presenters Kathy Tacke & Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
* "Keys for Partnership (12/09) by presenters Bob Engeszer and Susan Centner
* "Strategies for Overcoming Barriers Presentation" (1/10) by presenters Melody Kinnamon and Chris Engleman
* "Navigating Collaboration Funding Presentation (2/10) by presenters Lori Philips and Siobhan Champ-Blackwell

Also see Rebecca Jones' (managing partner, Dysart & Jones Associates) list of 5 Critical success factors for effective focus groups at. Jones' materials was used as the basis for a Sirsi Dynix Institute webcast.