We are collecting together the articles written for this site - and for other places - by members of the MTNW team. We'll also feature links to other material we like. Some articles are directly on the theme of community technology, others on key issues like participation and partnership building. More here on all our tools.

Net tools
Articles and links about email, Websites, searching and more based on Terry Grunwald's work.

The community technology garage
Terry Grunwald explains how the community technology toolbox has grown into a range of different models. Terry catalogues the contents from a US perspective - but much will be familiar in the UK and elsewhere. For the full catalogue see Terry's taxonomy.

Planning a web site
Terry Grunwald provides guidelines to nonprofits on designing a web site which will meet their needs..

The main benefit of using the Net
A summary of the five Net benefits of information access, communication, collaboration, visibility and managing effectively, with links to longer articles by Terry Grunwald.

Avoiding the technology trap
We offer a matrix to help you think about why changes are needed on two dimensions at least: both on the technical front, and in the way that people and groups relate and develop.

Think about networks - real world and online
Drew Mackie explains the benefits of real world networks, and how the Net can make them work.

Organisational benefits
Terry Grunwald summarises how the Net can be particularly useful for organisations.

Questions and answers
... on many of the problems facing organisations going online. Written by Terry Grunwald for The Guide to Getting Communities Connected.

Guides to Community Participation and Partnership
David Wilcox provides the full text of two guides at the Partnerships Online site. The Guide to Effective Participation guides you through the process of getting different interests involved in a project. The Guide to Development Trusts and Partnerships shows how to set up a non-profit organisation...which you may need if you are creating a local online community or resource centre.

Dancing while standing still
Drew Mackie argues that partnerships are failing to deliver, and people are suffering participation overload

Other material we like

Evaluation framework
Chris Dove and Linda Phipps have developed a framework for evaluating community online initiatives against seven criteria: creativity, connectivity, confidence, competencies, capacity building, choice, content.