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Resources Developed by the Local Governance & Finance Team

WisLine Tip Sheet – Publicizing and Using Local Government Education WisLine Programs and Materials
Word icon Microsoft Word document, 75 kb

Local Government Programming: A Guide for UW-Extension Educators PDF File, 317 kb
Printing Instructions: This publication is designed to be a booklet. If you can print front and back on your printer, we are told that this will come out correctly. If your printer only prints on one side, then take the pages as they come out (with every other page already rotated 180 degrees) and run them through your copier so that the one-sided sheets are copied two-sided (i.e., the resulting sheets are printed on both sides). Finally, whichever method you used, fold the pages down the center and staple at the center fold to make the booklet.

Post Program Survey Template

Sample County Faculty Tally Sheet

LGC WisLine and Workshop Master List PDF File, 6 kb

LGC Publications

Understanding County Budget and Fiscal Issues - Paper by David G. Hinds, UWEX Local Government Center, 1994, 25 pages. - PDF file 318 kb
Effective Professional Relationships - Paper by UWEX Professional Effectiveness Committee, 1995, 35 pages. - PDF file 461 kb

Extension

Applied Population Laboratory - University of Wisconsin - Madison/Extension
UW-Cooperative Extension Media Collection
UW-Cooperative Extension Publications(Available for purchase. Some documents may be viewed but not printed.)
        
Program Development & Evaluation
        List of Documents Available

        Public Policy Education
        
Public Policy Education: Key Concepts and Methods (Barrows) (PDF File)
       
 Public Issues Education: Increasing Competence in Resolving Public Issues (PDF File)
The Grants Information Center - University of Wisconsin - Madison
Journal of Extension
State Partners of the Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
Rural Information Center
- USDA/Extension
Transportation Information Center - UWEX - Newsletter, publications, video tape library
VISTA - Univ. of Illinois Cooperative Extension publications
PENpages - Penn State University
Community Development Toolbox - University of Illinois

Organizations

Community Development Society International
Wisconsin Chapter Community Development Society
Wisconsin Economic Development Association
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service (CSREES)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Community of Science

National Issues

Public Agenda Online Public Policy Research
Monthly Energy Review Database - U.S. Department of Energy
Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 - Bill Summary & Status
Study of the Operation & Effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Washington Post - Watergate 25
US Charter Schools
The Hill -- The Capitol Newspaper
Takings Issue: Wisconsin LRB Brief 98-2

Strategic Planning/Thinking

Strategic Planning - Assn. of Higher Education Facilities Officers
Strategic Planning Resources

Civic Practices Network
Strategic Planning - definition
Group Processes - 35 page publication in PDF format from Univ. of Illinois CES
National Justice Information Center - several articles on strategic planning in community justice
Mind Tools - information on planning and more
American Arbitration Association
Foresight Institute of New Zealand Ltd
World Future Society
PORTALS (Strategic Planning) - strategic planning documents (case) from Portland Area Library System
Strategic Planning Tools

Example: State of Missouri Integrated Strategic Planning Model & Guidelines
Example: Strategic Plan for N.E. Regional Assn. of State Agricultural Experiment Directors
Example: SBA - Business Plan Outline
North Carolina Office of State Planning Strategic Planning and Analysis
Example: Wyoming Insurance Department Strategic Plan
Internet Non-Profit Center - choose "Planning'' in the "Non-Profit FAQ" for strategic planning
A Guide to Strategic Planning - Assemblies of God Educational Institutions

Evaluation

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

Meetings

The Facilitator A Quarterly Professional Newsletter
Parliamentary Procedure by John A. Cagle
Key elements of parliamentary procedure -- provided by the National Association of Parliamentarians
American Institute of Parliamentarians

Miscellaneous References

News
Newspapers & Periodicals on the Web - Library of Congress
American Journalism Review
NewsLink
Internet & Computer Programs
Finding Information on the Internet A TUTORIAL
Internet Literary Consultants™ Glossary of Internet Terms
Land Grant Training Alliance Online Lessons - Tutorials on popular computer software
Dictionaries
The Virtual Reference Desk - Dictionaries (English, foreign, technical, etc.) - Purdue University
A Web of On-line Dictionaries - 350+ dictionaries of over 100 languages
Dictionaries on the Web
ROGET'S Thesaurus Search Form
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Writing
Bartleby
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights Links
Copyright & Fair Use - Stanford University
Grants
Foundation Center
Internet Resources for Grant Seekers and Non-Profits
Communications
United States Postal Service - ZIP Code lookup service
AnyWho - telephone number search
Internet 800 Number Directory
Data
American FactFinder - U.S. Census Bureau
FERRET - The Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool - Query & extract population microdata
Population & Housing Unit Estimates (Updates) - U.S. Census Bureau
USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service Agricultural Statistics
DUCKDATA - Bibliographic database of North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats
Social Sciences in Forestry Bibliography Database (Gopher) - Univ. of Minnesota
NAICS--North American Industry Classification System
Demographic Data Viewer - Select counties, tracts, select from 220 variables from 1990 Census data, and make maps
Geography
Wisconsin Outline Maps (For Downloading)
Wisconsin Maps Satellite Imagery and Geographic Information Systems Resources
Nice Geography and GIS Sites
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
MapQuest!
Non-Profits
Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations
Wisconsin Nonprofit Resources - University of Wisconsin - Madison
The Foundation Center Online - Serving the information needs of grantseekers and grantmakers
NonProfit Gateway
The NonProfit Times
Environmental Organizations Online

Travel
UW System Travel Page
Wisconsin Road Conditions - Winter driving season only
WisDOT Highway Detour & Construction Information
Best Beaches in the USA - Rated by Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Professor and Director, International Hurricane Center, Florida International University


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