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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL <br /> THERE ARE MANY WAYS PRACTITIONERS AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN USE THIS TOOL: <br /> • As an individual,to assess your strengths and areas for professional growth. <br /> • With the staff in your organization to see where there is agreement,disagreement or tensions <br /> about your community engagement efforts. <br /> • With board members to begin or deepen a conversation about community engagement within <br /> your organization. <br /> • With new staff or board members to assess what skills they can contribute to your efforts to <br /> engage your community. <br /> • 'fo assess where an external partnership could improve community engagement by closing a gap <br /> posed by the limitations of your organization. <br /> • <br /> To identify where staff or board members require new knowledge or training, <br /> • 'fo glean lessons learned after an event,project or initiative. <br /> • With potential partners (government agencies,other nonprofits,community institutions,etc.) <br /> to assess whether your approaches are complementary. <br /> • With community members,to assess how they see your work. <br /> QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF OR DISCUSS AFTER COMPLETING YOUR ASSESSMENT: <br /> • Why did you rank yourself or your organization as you did? <br /> • Where do differences exist betweenyour individual work and the overall work of the organization? <br /> • What would you and/or your organization like to do differently? <br /> • Do your responses align with your organization's mission?What changes could advance your mission? <br /> • Where does the staff or board of the organization agree? Disagree? Where is there tension? <br /> • Where does your organization need additional support? <br /> • Where do you need to build the capacity of your organization? <br /> • What are the opportunities for and challenges to doing community engagement? <br /> 4 Page <br /> (0 20f3 NCXL1S Efl",11CHMIt hISMLOC <br /> www.iicxuscp.wrg/N'CE1 <br />