Forest community leaders created a guide for strengthening organizational leadership and creating successful community-based forest enterprises in an international exchange organized by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF) and RRI. Participants from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, and Guatemala shared ideas on how to better coordinate efforts, utilize networks, and develop more robust capacity for entering markets. Participants also identified strategies for developing credible partnerships and dialogue with government officials.