ABCD spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders, and by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.

A US-based research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving. They describe their methodologies, list recent clients, and provide research publications.

This US-based nonprofit promotes "leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. They provide much high-level discussion of their methodology.

Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building.

Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.

Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia.

Annotated listing of best practice community consultation, consumer participation, community development and qualitative analysis tools, practices and theories.

The UK-wide community development membership organisation. Works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information, experience and practice, and by representing the community development field in policy work.

A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.

Includes the background of this structured form of conversation, with a list of existing cafe groups, and information and resources about how to start a new one.

Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organizations history, with details of past program topics and leaders.

A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.

Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field.

Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.