Publications

Community Choices: Public Policy Education Program-SRDC Series #214, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center, and Kenneth Bolton Jr., Southeastern Louisiana University

Conducting A Community Needs Assessment:Primary Data Collection Techniques (PDF Format)-Keith A. Carter and Lionel J. Beaulieu, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, June 1992

Coping with Growth: Community Needs Assessment Techniques (PDF format)-Lorna Michael Butler, Extension Community Development Specialist, and Robert E. Howell, Extension Sociologist, Washington State University-Western Rural Development Center, October 1980, reprinted July 1993

Identifying Needs Using Secondary Data Sources-Lionel J. Beaulieu, Professor, Rural Sociology, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, June 1992

Related Websites

Assessment-North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Training Curricula

Building Institutional Capacity
MDC, Inc.

Harnessing the Power of Culture
MDC, Inc.

Conferences/Trainings

Coahoma County Community and Economic Development Summit
April 4-6, 2000
Tunica, Mississippi

Improving Board & Organizational Effectiveness
July 25-26, 2002
Charleston, South Carolina

Joint Southern Region Program Committee:
Building Quality Communities of Tomorrow…Today
August 25-28, 2001
Savannah, Georgia

Latinos in the South Symposium
April 25, 2002
Atlanta, Georgia

Rural Community College Alliance
October 7-9, 2002
Memphis, Tennessee

Southern Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)
November 5-8, 2001
Athens, Georgia

Southern Region Community Development Institute
June 12-16, 2000
Canton, Mississippi

Southern Region Community Development Institute
May 14-18, 2001
New Braunfels, Texas

Southern Region Community Development Institute
September 23-27, 2002
Talladega, Alabama

Strengthening Communities: Enhancing Extension's Role (CRED)
February 24-27, 2002
Orlando, Florida

Strengthening Our Community: Building Our Future
October 26-27, 2000
Tunica, Mississippi

Sustainable Development: Building Quality Communities
October 10-12, 2000
Nashville, Tennessee