about Measuring Community Success and Sustainability how do vital communities spell success? performance based measurement and community building planning for action an introduction to measuring outcomes and measurements outcome 1 outcome 2 outcome 3 indicator 1 indicator 2 indicator 3 indicator 4 case study measurement plan year-end assessment outcome 4 outcome 5 comments afterword measuring links NCRCRD home page for more information about this website, contact khetland@iastate.edu		Improved Community Initiative, Responsibility and Adaptability Explanation A community that is responsible for its own future shares a well-crafted and widely considered vision for the future, turns it into reality through strategic local action, and makes changes when conditions or assumptions change. A community that monitors and documents the results of its actions and that regularly reflects on it progress and barriers, learns from its experience. It becomes more resilient, more capable of adapting to change, and better able to improve its efforts and sustain itself over time. Choosing a Community Assessment Indicator You may wish to consider four separate, but related, aspects of indicators of progress toward strengthened relationships and communication. These four aspects are: shared vision building on local resources seeking alternative ways to improve loss of victim mentality/community-based hope The indicators you choose should be relevant to your community. The following pages present some examples of indicators and measures for you to consider. You may choose to modify these examples or develop entirely new indicators and measures of greater relevance to your community goals.
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