• Forming a Citizen-led Lake, Stream or Watershed Association
• Program Planning
• Community Visioning and Action Planning
• Effective Communications 10
• Engaging New Members and Promoting New Leaders
• Raising Money to Get the Job Done

Also see our trainings and publications.  

• Forming a Lake and River Group Guidebook by Minnesota Waters
• Becoming a Non-Profit Organization by Minnesota Waters
• Does our Lake or River Group Need Insurance by Minnesota Waters
• How to Start a Nonprofit Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
• Mission and Values Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
• State and LGU Water Missions and Activities Minnesota Waters
• Robert's Rules Of Order Newly Revised In Brief,by Henry Robert III (Da Capo Press, 2004). ISBN-10: 0306813548
• How to Make Meetings Work! by Michael Doyle and David Straus (Jove, 1986). ISBN-10: 0515090484
• Lake Improvement Districts Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Waters
• Lake Improvement District Questions and Answers Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Waters
• Lake Improvement District Program Report Kaitlin Steiger-Meister and Dennis R. Becker

• Program Planning Guidebook by Minnesota Waters
• Basic Guide to Program Evaluation (Free Management Library, June 2009).
• COOL and Idealist Civic Engagement Curriculum, “Setting Objectives,” (Idealist on Campus, November 2009).
• Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach 2nd Edition,Peter Kettner et al. (Sage Publications, 1999).
• Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation, Carter McNamara (Authenticity Consulting, 2003).
• “Measuring Success and Making Change with Evaluation,” Reid Zimmerman (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, November 2009).
• “Planning Special Events: Blueprint For Success,” Debora Meskauskas (Friends & Foundations of California Libraries, November 2009).
• “Problem Solving and Decision Making: Defining and Gathering,” Joe Landsberger (Study Guides and Strategies, November 2009).

• Visioning Session Agenda
• Visioning Session Worksheet

Also see Minnesota Waters Trainings