Aspen Institute Publications
Aspen Institute publications are listed below. Many are available for purchase through Google Checkout, a secure system for handling credit card transaction online. For assistance with ordering publications, please contact our Publications office by email or by phone at (410) 820.5433. Please note: Orders are shipped two times a week from our warehouse in Queenstown, MD, on the Eastern Shore.
Connectors and Conduits: Reaching Competitive Markets from the Ground Up
This 45-page report presents findings from the multi-year Access to Markets demonstration project, which explored innovative ways for microenterprise programs to help entrepreneurs place their products in more lucrative markets.
Cooperative Home Care Associates: A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development Approach
This case study details Cooperative Home Care Associates, an employer-based training program that provides home health aide services in NY.
Evaluation of the Sectoral Employment Demonstration Program
This report documents the range of projects undertaken and the outcomes achieved by 38 Workforce Investment Boards.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 1: Entering the Relationship:
Finding and Assessing Microenterprise Training Clients explores how program practitioners can conduct market research, develop effective marketing strategies, and appropriately screen and assess incoming clients.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 2: Building Skills for Self-Employment:
Basic Training for Microentrepreneurs offers best practices in core training and their implications for improving training services.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 3: Training for Microenterprise Development:
A Guide to Curricula addresses some of the issues microenterprise programs should consider when buying a new training curriculum, and offers detailed information about 13 curricula available commercially.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 4: Keeping It Personalized:
Consulting, Coaching & Mentoring for Microentrepreneurs. This module explores how business consulting, coaching and mentoring can enhance the mix of services offered to entrepreneurs.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 5: Business First:
Using Technology to Advance Microenterprise Development and offering practitioners guidance on assisting their clients with technology needs.
FIELD Best Practice Guide: Vol. 6: Staying Connected: Building Entrepreneurial Networks
This guide presents several examples of successful networks and detailing the ways microentrepreneurial assistance organizations have been able to foster their clients' development of these networks.
Focus: HOPE: A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development Approach
This case study offers an in-depth look at Focus: HOPE, a Detroit civil rights organization, focusing on the metalworking industry.
