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May

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Low Cost Mapping Tools on NLM’s Community Health Maps Blog

Posted by on May 8th, 2015 0 comments

Have you ever wanted to be able to use mapping for your outreach needs, but thought that making maps would be too expensive, time-consuming, or just too difficult?   The National Library of Medicine has a blog called Community Health Maps: Information on Low Cost Mapping Tools for Community-based Organizations, with the goal of facilitating the… Read More »

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May

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Guerrilla Assessment Methods

Posted by on May 1st, 2015 0 comments

Recently, the Association of Research Libraries email discussion list had an enthusiastic discussion about guerrilla assessment techniques. These are low-cost, unconventional data collection methods that gather timely responses from library users. I thought I would share some of the favored methods from this discussion. Graffiti walls seemed to be the most popular guerrilla method discussed in this group. Users… Read More »

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Apr

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Keep It Simple with Micro-Surveys

Posted by on April 17th, 2015 0 comments

A hot trend in marketing research is the micro-survey. Also known as the bite-sized survey, these questionnaires are short (about three questions) with the goal of collecting focused feedback to guide specific action. The micro-survey is a technique for overcoming what is arguably the biggest hurdle in survey assessment: Getting people to respond to your… Read More »

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Apr

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An Easier Way to Plan: Tearless Logic Models

Posted by on April 10th, 2015 0 comments

Are you apprehensive when someone says it’s time to do “outcome-based planning using a logic model?” The Wichita State University Community Psychology Practice and Research Collaborative, and the Community Psychology Doctoral Program in Wichita, KS, have come up with an easy way to do logic models. This is described in an article, “Tearless Logic Model,”… Read More »

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Apr

03

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Story-Telling: The NTOTAP Community Health Advocate Project Showcase

Posted by on April 3rd, 2015 0 comments

Want to see how stories can raise the visibility of successful programs? Check out the project showcase of Community Health Advocate programs, created under the direction of the Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program (NTOTAP). NTOTAP, a program of the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health, provides training on website design and… Read More »

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