Newsletter Directory
The Center for Sustainable Development's monthly newsletters give practical information on developing sustainable, impact-oriented development projects that provide solutions to community need. Issues cover leading community workshops, participatory needs assessments, project design & management, funding, logframes, impact evaluation, reporting, and organizational strengthening.

	March 2010. Theories of Change. What’s your theory of a solution to community identified need? Developing a theory of how we plan to address the community problems discovered last month with the Ten Seed Technique.
	February 2010. Giving Communities Voice. It's important to make sure communities have ownership of projects. One of the best ways to do this is to ask the community what they need. There are several techniques for facilitating a participatory needs assessments, but my favorite is the Ten Seed Technique
	October 2009. Capturing Compelling Photos. Almost any field shot will be interesting for the non-travelling reader, but children and adults performing intriguing tasks rank at the top. Quality graphic images of active enthusiastic people will resonate with your audience and connect them to project potential.
	September 2009. Capturing Compelling Stories from the Field. For our development purposes, a compelling story is an anecdote that paints a picture and makes the reader feel ‘I was there’. They can capture the essence of donor mission in your reports and help maintain your partnership.
	August 2009. Project Start-up—A Checklist: Getting organized. It has been a year since you designed the project and now is the time to review it and refresh your memory about the details. The narrative proposal, the logframe, the schedule, and the budget each provide their own unique level of information.
	July 2009. Project Architecture: Logframes Budgets & Schedules. Logframes are a powerful tool for project planning, budgeting, scheduling, management, & M&E planning for assessing impact. Logframes will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish.
	June 2009. Engage with Donors and Forge Partnerships. Engage donors early in developing projects and create project ownership, sustainability, impact, and compelling proposals. Learn how donor/NGO partnerships can lever their programs into achieving greater impact.
	April 2009. Increasing Project Impact: What Works in Development? Development urgently needs to shift from output-based to outcome and impact-based development. Impact: the sustainable change in the conditions of people that structurally reduce poverty and improve human well-being.

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