Guidebook to Community Consulting

Dr. Susan M. Wolfe, CEO of Susan Wolfe and Associates, has been working with communities for over thirty-six years. Her award-winning work includes research, evaluation, coalition development, advocacy, needs assessments, and strategic planning. She has published her work in journals, books, and blogs, and regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations to professional audiences nationally and internationally. Dr. Ann Webb Price, President of Community Evaluation Solutions, works with community coalitions, non-profit organizations, and foundations that focus on systems change. She conducts workshops throughout the country on coalition development and evaluation. She has a podcast called Community Possibilities where she speaks to community leaders doing the hard work of community change.

'A much-needed resource for independent community consultants. It provides a wealth of field-based advice and practical wisdom and offers an assessment tool to rate the knowledge, values, and skills required by community consultants. We can all benefit from the experience of Wolfe and Price!' Gail Vallance Barrington, Michigan State University, USA

• 1. Introduction; 2. Community consulting – how to prepare and where you might work; 3. Do you have the personal qualities to be a community consultant; 4. Community consulting values and knowledge; 5. Skills you might need or want; 6. Setting up your practice and managing the practical matters; 7. Collaboration with colleagues; 8. Collaboration with clients and the community; 9. Money matters; 10. The future of community consulting; Appendix 1: Community consulting professional development planning tool; Appendix 2: Resources; Glossary.