Needs Assessment Toolbox: Ignite Approach for Sharing Experiences in Engaging Communities

Needs assessment professionals should have a wide range of "tools in their toolboxes" to apply and modify to conduct needs assessments and engage different types of communities and users. This "ignite-styled" multi-paper session brings together experienced needs assessment professionals with decades of experiences with different types of needs assessment designs, methodological tools, approaches to reach and engage with different communities, analytic approaches, and so on. Among the topics shared will be "Elevating Community Voices: A Participatory Approach to Equitable Evaluation in Philanthrop", "Using Gap Analysis Charts and Double-Scale Surveys in Needs Assessment", "Utilizing Needs Assessment and Asset/Capacity Building Hybrid Model to Engage Community Stakeholders", "Facilitation Tips for Gathering Group Feedback for Needs Assessments", and "Planning for How Leaders Can Use Needs Assessments".

Hsinling Sonya Hung