Workshops

NW-NALRC Workshops

Workshop	Title	Description
1	Introduction to Community-Based Planning & Design	Practical tools for gathering and interpreting community input, including mapping, asset inventories, and consensus-building strategies.
2	Community-Based Planning Tools	Practical tools for gathering and interpreting community input, including mapping, asset inventories, and consensus-building strategies.
3	Building a Project Steering Committee	Role of a steering committee, strategies for recruiting, and how to sustain meaningful engagement.
4	Developing and Administering a Community Survey	Designing surveys, choosing effective distribution methods, and using the results.
5	Assessing Community Readiness	Methods for evaluating community capacity, commitment, and readiness to successfully implement projects.

Workshop	Title	Description
6	Identifying Long-Range Goals	Supports facilitation of community discussions to identify vision-aligned, long-term goals that drive project outcomes.
7	Defining Barriers to Long-Range Goals	Identifies internal and external barriers, explores strategies to surface challenges, and begin problem-solving approaches.
8	Creating Project Goals & Objectives	Translates community vision into specific, measurable project goals and objectives using clear, structured frameworks.
9	Outcomes, Outputs, and Activities	Distinguishes outcomes, outputs, and activities, aligns them within a project framework/logic model.
10	Building a Project Work Plan	Hands-on strategies to create a work plan with timelines, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverables.

Workshop	Title	Description
11	Sustainability Planning Strategies	Explores approaches to ensure long-term impact, resource development, and integration of sustainability into project design.
12	Designing a Project Evaluation Framework	Creating evaluation plans, identifying indicators, selecting appropriate data collection methods.
13	Developing a Project Budget	Supports participants in building budgets that align with project goals, include narrative justification, and support resource management.
14	Assessing Organizational Capacity	Helps participants evaluate organizational readiness, identify capacity gaps, and develop strategies to strengthen systems and partnerships.
15	Drafting a Project Proposal	Final session where participants begin drafting their proposal, integrating all previous components and ensuring alignment with funder priorities.