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Yellow Wood brings a special combination of content and process expertise to our work.

We invite you to explore our work.  Recent projects and presentations are listed below.  You can explore additional work using the various tags in the right hand column.

2015 ACHI National Conference: Building the Next Generation of Healthy Communities, "Effective Collaboration to Increase Community Health Impact"

Melissa Levy presented "Increasing Your Impact through Collaboration" at the 2015 ACHI National Conference in Dallas, Texas on March 5, 2015, as part of a workshop session on Effective Collaboration to Increase Community Health Impact. Collaboration…

Regards to Rural 2015 Conference: Pre-Session, "WealthWorks Northwest"

Shanna Ratner was the featured presenter at the Regards to Rural 2015 Conference Pre-Session, “WealthWorks Northwest,” consisting of three workshops introducing WealthWorks. The first workshop, “WealthWorks Northwest! Building Rural Wealth,” focused…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, April 2015

Participants in the April 2015 Becoming a Measurement Guide Training joined us from the 1772 Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Yellow Wood Associates.  Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation skills…

WealthWorks Training, April 2015 - February 2016

Participants in the fourth WealthWorks training, which began in April 2015 and runs through February 2016, come from organizations and states across the country, including National Joint Powers Alliance (MN), Southern Colorado Economic Development…

DASH-NY Coalition Conference: Keep the Good Work Going, "Increasing Your Organization's Impact Through Collaboration"

Melissa Levy presented a workshop, “Increasing Your Organization’s Impact through Collaboration,” as part of the DASH-NY Coalition Conference on March 19, 2015 in Albany, NY. This workshop on collaboration was an interactive, highly participatory workshop,…

Verde River Valley Nature Organization, Strategic Planning, Measurement, and Coaching

Yellow Wood is working with the Verde River Valley Nature Organization (VRVNO) as they transition from a volunteer-led nonprofit organization to an executive director-led nonprofit. We will be facilitating an on-site strategic planning workshop with…

WealthWorks Training, October 2014 - August 2015

Participants in the third WealthWorks training, which began in October 2014 and runs through August 2015, come from organizations and states across the country, including Agricultural Utilization Research Institute…

Land Trust Alliance Rally 2014, Board Summit: “Increasing Your Land Trust’s Impact through Collaboration”

Melissa Levy presented the Board Member Summit, “Increasing Your Land Trust’s Impact through Collaboration” with Judy Anderson, Principal of Community Consultants. The session shared examples of how land trusts have collaborated and conserved more…

Wallace Center, Nourishing Networks: Capacity Building for Food Hubs and Regional Food Systems Project

In connection with our work on the Wallace Center Nourishing Networks – Improving the Food Environment Project, Yellow Wood provided consulting services to Wallace under the Nourishing Networks: Capacity Building for Food Hubs and Regional Food Systems…

2014 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference Workshop: Strategic Planning, Measurement and Evaluation Using “You Get What You Measure®”

Melissa Levy presented a workshop titled Strategic Planning, Measurement and Evaluation Using “You Get What You Measure®” at the 2014 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference. You Get What You Measure® is a facilitated, values-based strategic planning…

Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 25th Annual Rural Community and Economic Development Conference Sessions

Melissa Levy presented two “You Get What You Measure®” workshop sessions at the 25th Annual Rural Community and Economic Development Conference, as part of a program of workshops on community and economic development techniques. The conference was…

Profit Squared and Heifer International, Development of Heifer Nepal Case Study

Profit Squared sought Yellow Wood’s assistance in developing a case study of a goat meat value chain project supported by Heifer International in Nepal, for use in training Heifer International staff on a wealth creation approach to development. Yellow…

Measurement Workshop, Raleigh, NC, March 2014

Shanna Ratner and Jackie LeBlanc co-presented a half-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Raleigh, NC.  Attendees came from the Research Triangle Foundaton, Hudson Varick Resources, and the North Carolina Fourth Sector Resource…

Measurement Workshop, Ithaca, NY, May 2014

Shanna Ratner presented a half-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Ithaca, NY.  The workshop was part of the Human Services Coalition workshop series. Attendees came from Alternatives Federal…

Measurement Workshop, Baltimore, MD, May 2014

Melissa Levy and Samantha Dunn co-presented a half-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Baltimore, MD.  Attendees came from the Farmers Market Coalition and the University of Maryland.

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, April 2014

Participants in the April 2014 Becoming a Measurement Guide Training joined us from the Virgin Islands Developmental Disabilities Council and the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link.  Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation skills…

NGFN Food Hub Collaboration Spring 2014 Conference: "Finding Common Measures," "Measures that Matter"

Shanna Ratner and Jackie LeBlanc presented two sessions at the NGFN Food Hub Collaboration Spring 2014 Conference in Raleigh, NC: “Finding Common Measures for the Nation’s Food Hubs” and “Measures that Matter.” In “Finding Common Measures,” Yellow…

WealthWorks Training, April 2014 - February 2015

Participants in the second WealthWorks training, which began in April 2014 and runs through February 2015, come from organizations and states across the country, including Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group…

WealthWorks Training, December 2013 - September 2014

The WealthWorks Training provides coaches and coordinators from nonprofit, for profit, and government agencies with an introduction to the Wealth Works approach and framework and a guided six to nine month Wealth Works…

Wallace Center, Nourishing Networks – Improving the Food Environment Project

Yellow Wood Associates worked for the Wallace Center at Winrock International on the Nourishing Networks – Improving the Food Environment project, funded by The Kresge Foundation. Yellow Wood served on the Food Hub Collaboration Core Team; provided…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Coaching, Molly Anderson, Farm to Institution New England

Shanna Ratner provided coaching and mentoring to 2007 Measurement Guide Molly Anderson, Partridge Chair in Food & Sustainable Agriculture Systems, College of the Atlantic, during a You Get What You Measure® in Use session with Farm to Institution New…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, April 2013

Members of the April 2013 Measurement Guide class included Ashley Taylor, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Virginia; Barbara Newman, Jefferson County Department of Health, Alabama; Denise Smith, Friends of Northern Lake Champlain, Vermont;…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Coaching, Karen Lehman, Fresh Taste

Melissa Levy provided measurement coaching to 2013 Measurement Guide Karen Lehman, Director of Fresh Taste. Melissa Levy assisted Karen Lehman and Fresh Taste with facilitation of a workshop with representatives of the Illinois Farmers Market Association.…

Measurement Workshop, Saratoga Springs, New York, October 2013

Melissa Levy and Samantha Dunn co-presented a half-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Saratoga Springs, NY. Attendees came from the Land Trust Alliance, Ma'yan, the New World Foundation, the New York Farm Viability Institute,…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2012

Members of the November 2012 Measurement Guide class included Jeff Farbman, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Virginia; Katie Enterline, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Virginia; Stacia Kiraly, Wallace Center at Winrock International,…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, April 2012

Members of the April 2012 Measurement Guide class included Ben Lesser, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; Greg Hessel, ReGeneration Resources, Vermont; Jackie LeBlanc, Yellow Wood Associates, Vermont; and Michael Hancox, Skeo Solutions,…

Knowledge and Learning Transfer and Training for the Wealth Creation Approach to Rural and Regional Development Project, The Aspen Institute

Yellow Wood collaborated with the Aspen Institute’s Community Strategies Group to develop a knowledge transfer platform for development practitioners who want to use the wealth creation approach developed through the Ford Foundation’s Wealth Creation…

National Cooperative Business Association, Conference Planning

Yellow Wood was invited to collaborate with the National Cooperative Business Association to develop the introductory workshop and framework for subsequent workshops in a conference track for community economic development practitioners. The initial…

Measurement Workshop, Portland, Maine, November 2012

Melissa Levy and Ruth Feldman co-presented a full-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Portland, ME. Attendees came from the Maine Association of Nonprofits, the Maine Community Foundation, the University of Southern Maine,…

Measurement Workshop, Montpelier, Vermont, April 2012

Melissa Levy and Jackie LeBlanc co-presented a full-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Montpelier, VT. Attendees came from the Orange County Parent and Child Center, the Chittenden Regional Planning Commission, and Skeo…

National Good Food Network Webinar, "Want to Get Results? You Get What You Measure!"

What you measure IS what you get! Melissa Levy presented this webinar to the National Good Food Network on January 20, 2011. The webinar presented a taste of the acclaimed You Get What You Measure® planning process. Participants learned crucial measurement…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2011

Members of the November 2011 Measurement Guide class included Ann Jones-Weinstock, NRG Systems, Vermont; Deb Markley, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, North Carolina; and Marilyn Hoke, Community Resource Group, Arkansas. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, March 2011

Members of the March 2011 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Katy Allen, Rural Support Partners, North Carolina; Thomas Watson, Rural Support Partners, North Carolina; Judy Anderson, Community Consultants, New York; Ruth Feldman, Project for…

Vermont Community Development Association Annual Meeting, April 2010, "Chart Your Community’s Future: The Role of Planning in the Current Crisis"

At the Vermont Community Development Association’s Annual Meeting in April 2010, Shanna Ratner presented Green Community Technologies® and facilitated exercises in skilled listening, skilled inquiry and skilled advocacy with Vermont planners and U.S.D.A.…

Alliance for Nonprofit Management Annual Conference, 2010, "You Get What You Measure: An Alternative Strategic Planning and Evaluation Tool"

Melissa Levy presented “You Get What You Measure: An Alternative Strategic Planning and Evaluation Tool” at the 2010 Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Participants received an overview of a strategic planning and…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, May 2010

The May 2010 class of Measurement Guides included Jeremy Phillips, Jeremy Phillips Consulting, Massachusetts; Ora Grodsky, Just Works Consulting, Massachusetts; and Samantha Dunn, Yellow Wood Associates. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals…

You Get What You Measure® in Use for the Vermont Community Foundation

Yellow Wood worked with the Vermont Community Foundation and the United Way of Addison County to use You Get What You Measure® with each organization’s grantees, a diverse group of organizations operating in Addison County, Vermont, to learn more about…

Measurement Workshop, Washington DC, March 2010

Melissa Levy presented a full-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Washington, DC. Attendees came from NOAA, the US Forest Service, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US EPA.

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, January 2009

The January 2009 class of Measurement Guides included Peter van Schaick, consultant, Vermont; Rob Petrini, Yellow Wood Associates, Vermont. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation skills the opportunity to become Measurement…

Community Foundation of Broward

This You Get What You Measure® workshop was designed for community stakeholders to assist them in coming together to recognize their own and each other’s roles in moving toward their goal, “Lives are enriched in our community as retiring boomers reengage…

Central Minnesota Cultural Planning Steering Committee

Shanna Ratner and Rob Petrini of Yellow Wood Associates worked with a group of regional participants from the Central Minnesota Cultural Planning Steering Committee applying the You Get What You Measure® process to a Cultural Plan previously worked…

Central Minnesota Nonprofit Organizations

Within this session Yellow Wood Associates worked with a diverse group of eleven nonprofit organizations within Central Minnesota. Each group was asked to identify a specific goal related to their organization at which time we facilitated them through…

Cornell Sustainable Indicators: Local Agriculture Sustainability Indicators (LASI) and Vital Indicators for Enhancing Well-Being in NYS (VIEW)

Yellow Wood worked with Cornell University Community and Rural Development Institute using You Get What You Measure® in Use to assist diverse groups working on two projects: Local Agriculture Sustainability Indicators, and Vital Indicators for Enhancing…

Ohio University, Session on Participatory Research with the Community Based Participatory Research Group

Yellow Wood facilitated a session on Participatory Research with Ohio University's Community Based Participatory Research Group. This three and one half hour facilitated workshop on participatory research provided participants with a highly interactive…

Ohio University, Regional Nonprofit Alliance You Get What You Measure Workshop

Shanna Ratner and Rob Petrini facilitated a full-day You Get What You Measure® workshop for the Regional Nonprofit Alliance at Ohio University, on May 27, 2009. The Regional Nonprofit Alliance is an outreach effort of Ohio University’s Voinovich School…

Nonprofit and Community Measurement and Training Workshop, Rutland Vermont, December 2009

Melissa Levy and Rob Petrini co-presented a full-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Rutland, VT.

Developing a Tool to Measure the Economic Impact of America’s Byways

Yellow Wood Associates delivered a workshop on measuring the economic impact of Byway designation to the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2007

The November 2007 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Molly Anderson, College of the Atlantic, Maine; Valerie Esposito, Gund Institute, Vermont; and Daniel Spies, consultant, Illinois. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals…

Byways Teleworkshops

Yellow Wood delivered an Economic Impact 101 teleworkshop to byway community members. The workshop covered the basics of economic measurement as applied to byways, with definitions of key concepts. Participants shared their experience with measuring…

Vermont Department of Education Secondary Team You Get What You Measure® In Use

Yellow Wood provided a two day You Get What You Measure® In Use workshop to the Secondary Team of the Division of Lifelong Learning, Vermont Department of Education. The purpose of the workshop was to identify priority areas for team focus, create a…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, April 2006

The April 2006 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Wilma Bodnar and Hélène Gaulin of Environment Canada. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation skills the opportunity to become Measurement Guides and learn…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2006

The November 2006 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Kimberly Norris, EcoEval, Maryland; and Susan Koschak, America’s Byways, Minnesota. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation skills the opportunity to become…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Coaching, Jeff Forward, Vermont Environmental Consortium

Shanna Ratner provided coaching and mentoring for 2005 Measurement Guide Jeff Forward of Forward Thinking Consultants as he facilitated his first You Get What You Measure® session with the Vermont Environmental Consortium at Groton State Park on Monday,…

Connecticut Climate Change Workshop: Measuring Progress in Climate Change Action Plan Implementation, Measurement Presentation

Shanna Ratner presented "The Power of Measurement and Developing Measurement Plans" at the Connecticut Climate Change Workshop: Measuring Progress in Climate Change Action Plan Implementation held in Waterford, CT on October 24-26, 2006. The purpose…

Home Town Competitiveness Training

Yellow Wood worked with Maine Rural Partners and the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship to design and facilitate a two-day training based on the award-winning Home Town Competitiveness framework for rural community economic development. The first…

2005 Vermont Planning Celebration, “Building Healthy Communities” Session, Presentation on Green Community Technologies

Melissa Levy presented on Green Community Technologies® as part of the "Building Health Communities" session at the 2005 Vermont Planning Celebration.  The presentation discussed identifying new technologies and sustainable approaches to managing community…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Coaching, Samin Dadelahi, Wyoming Community Foundation Evaluation and Planning for Grantmakers Workshop

Shanna Ratner provided coaching and mentoring for 2005 Measurement Guide Samin Dadelahi as she conducted her first solo session of You Get What You Measure® at the Wyoming Community Foundation. The “Wyoming Community Foundation Evaluation and Planning…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2005

The November 2005 class of Measurement Guides included Jeff Forward, Forward Thinking Consultants, Vermont; Joy Stalker, Rural Health Network of South Central New York; Christine Berwald, Rural Health Network of South Central New York; and Charlie…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, February 2005

Members of the February 2005 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Lorie Higgins, University of Idaho and Susan Youmans, Executive Director, Environmental Partnerships, Inc., Massachusetts. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals…

Workshop on Participatory Community Problem-Solving, 11th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

Shanna Ratner presented a workshop on Participatory Community Problem-Solving at the 11thAnnual Conference on the Adirondacks.  The workshop topics included everyday research, the National Community Forest Center initiative and how participatory…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, November 2004

Members of the November 2004 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Monica Stone, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Samin Dadelahi, Wyoming Community Foundation. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals with facilitation…

Workshop on Participatory Research presented in cooperation with the Middlebury College Alliance for Civic Engagement and Vermont Campus Compact

Shanna Ratner presented a participatory research workshop at Middlebury College on November 20th, 2003. The workshop was presented by the National Community Forestry Center Northern Forest Region in cooperation with the Middlebury College…

Workshop in Participatory Community Problem-Solving, 10th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

Shanna Ratner presented a workshop on Participatory Community Problem-Solving at the 10th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.  The workshop topics included everyday research, the National Community Forest Center initiative and how participatory…

Navajo County Forest Health Strategic Planning Workshop, Arizona Natural Resources Working Group

Yellow Wood Associates facilitated a two-day Navajo County Forest Health Strategic Planning Workshop for town, county and tribal participants, using You Get What You Measure®. The workshop focused on forest health and reducing threat of catastrophic…

Northwest Area Foundation, Introduction to Strategy Development, Central South King County, Washington

Yellow Wood Associates provided an introduction to strategy development using You Get What You Measure® to a multi-lingual group of residents, immigrants, and refugees in Central South King County, Washington on behalf of the Northwest Area Foundation.…

Cooperative Forestry Performance Measures Accountability System

Cooperative Forestry, a unit of the US Forest Service, contracted with Yellow Wood Associates to assist program leaders from around the country in developing measures of progress toward Cooperative Forestry’s goals using our trademarked process, You Get…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, August 2002

Members of the August 2002 Becoming a Measurement Guide class included LaDonna Coy, Southwest CAPT, Oklahoma; Kerstin Gorham, Northwest Area Foundation, Minnesota; and Karen Affeld, Rural Action, Ohio. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, February 2002

Members of the first Becoming a Measurement Guide class included Sunny Walker, SunWalker Enterprises, Colorado; Suzanne Hughes, ACT Missouri; Jon Zeltsman, Zeltsman Associates, New York; and Michaela Stickney, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Since…

Northwest Area Foundation, Regional Center Representative’s Meeting Strategic Planning

Shanna Ratner of Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. was invited by the Northwest Area Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota to work with grantees receiving support under its Regional Center Initiative. Grantees received significant financial support to prepare…

Indigenous Community Enterprises, Navajo Hogan Project

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. trained nearly 60 people in You Get What You Measure® at the Navajo Chapter House in Cameron, Arizona in December 2000. Participants included a mix of Native and non-Native Americans, youth and elders, men and women, who…

Missouri Tri-Agency Facilitation and Measurement Training

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. trained 26 people from the Missouri Departments of Economic Development, Health, and Mental Health, in You Get What You Measure®, Yellow Wood’s unique approach to measuring progress toward goals. Participants applied You…

ACEnet Consulting on Measurements and Networks

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. provided feedback to ACEnet staff on ACEnet’s strategic plan, and introduced Yellow Wood Associates, Inc.’s measurement process along with the business network evaluation model developed with the Vermont Sustainable Jobs…

Missouri Conference Keynote and Training

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. facilitated a training and presented a keynote at “Seeing Beyond the Symptoms: A Conference of Community Change Agents,” sponsored by the Missouri Association of Community Task Forces in conjunction with the Missouri Department…

Rural Action Staff and Vista Volunteer Training Workshops

Yellow Wood designed and delivered, “You Get What You Measure®: Becoming a Learning Community,” for the staff and 31 Vista volunteers of Rural Action in Athens, Ohio. Staff and volunteers used the workshop to develop goals, indicators, and measures…

USDA Rural Development Office of Policy and Planning

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. co-delivered a training with Daryl Hobbs of the University of Missouri Office for Social and Economic Data Analysis using Yellow Wood Associates, Inc.’s measurement process to over 120 USDA Rural Development staff from…

Aspen Institute, Community-Based Forestry Demonstration Program Meeting Workshops

Yellow Wood Associates was invited by the Aspen Institute to deliver two training sessions to Ford Foundation grantees during the Community-Based Forestry Demonstration Program Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee in December 1999. One training focused on…

NNFP - Under One Roof: Exploring New Ways of Working Together in the Northern Forest

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. facilitated three workshops entitled “Under One Roof: Exploring New Ways of Working Together in the Northern Forest,” sponsored by the National Network of Forest Practitioners. These workshops brought together small groups…

Rural Development Initiatives Measurement Training

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. designed and delivered measurement training, including an intriguing exercise about assumptions, to the staff of Rural Development Initiatives, Inc. in Oregon. In preparing for this work, we developed a complete workbook…

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Workshop

Conducted a workshop, “How Do You Know When You’re Doing Good: Integrating Social Responsibility Into Your Business Plan?” at the annual meeting of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Workshop participants developed ideas for concrete steps…

Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. delivered a workshop, “Adding Value From Stump to Mill,” focused on alternative approaches to marketing wood products, at the Vermont Wood Product Manufacturers’ Association annual meeting.

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities National Training

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. continued its collaboration with the Community Partnership Center of the University of Tennessee and the Center for Community Change to further develop a participatory evaluation training curriculum and to adapt the methodology…

Reflections and Visions on the Learning Community-The Community Development Society Annual Conference

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. presented two interactive workshops on promoting learning communities through measuring progress toward community goals. The learning process requires a continuous cycle of action reflection action. Participants learned…

Consultation and Training for Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. worked with John Gaventa at the University of Tennessee and Vicki Creed to prepare a workbook, training manual, and four-day workshop on participatory evaluation of rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. Recipients…

Maine Community Foundation Retreat

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. conducted training for the staff and grant recipients of the Maine Community Foundation's Rural Initiative. Training focused on defining poverty and economic security and learning how to measure progress toward the goals…

New Mexico Rural Economic Development Forum - Build Community Capacity: Tools for Vitalizing Our Rural Economies

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. presented a workshop on measuring progress toward community goals for economic development practitioners.

"The lecture was informative; but the real action began when we went through…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Program

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. worked with Cornelia Butler Flora of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and the Heartland Center for Leadership Development to develop and test a training program for measuring progress toward community…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Eastern Region

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Portland OR

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Southwestern Region

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

Participatory Evaluation of the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities

Presented results of the training in participatory evaluation developed in conjunction with the Community Partnership Center of the University of Tennessee and the Heartland Center for Leadership Development as well as information on indicators of…

Cultivating Community Success: Strategic Lessons from Community Assessment Conference of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development

Presented workshops on "Making Indicators (That) Matter: Using Citizen Learning Teams to Keep Community Development Ongoing and On Track" and "Creating and Sustaining a Learning Community of Rural Development Practitioners" at the Cultivating Community…

Rural Community Capacity Building

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. delivered a two-day training program in collaboration with Vicki Creed of Learning Partners on community capacity building for the Massachusetts Rural Development Council (MRDC) and the Agency of Community Development.…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Southern Region

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Idaho

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Phoenix AZ

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

US Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Regional Trainings - Rocky Mountain Region

One of a series of Rural Community Assistance regional trainings that Yellow Wood co-faciliated with staff of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, as part of their work with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, for the…

World Bank Workshop

Invited by the World Bank to participate in an international workshop on “Indicators and Methods to Measure Participation, Demand Orientation, and Local Organizational Capacity in Community Driven Projects.” Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. represented…

New Mexico Community Foundation Training

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. provided training to staff and grant recipients of the New Mexico Community Foundation to assist in integrating community capacity building into the foundation, rural livelihood, and strengthening family grantee initiatives.…

Workshop on Rural Community Economic Development

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. prepared and co-presented, with the North Country Economic Research Center of Potsdam College, a two-day workshop on rural community economic development to leaders in the Town of Schroon Lake, New York. Day One of the…