Description
Book SynopsisTools for people seeking to improve their communities
This significant guide puts the tools of democracy into everyone’s hands. Based on the best of Blandin Foundation’s 20-year experience in developing community leaders, it gives community members—like yourself—the tools to bring people together to make changes.
Here are some of the useful resources you’ll find:
- Identifying Community Assets
- Community Problem Analysis
- Accessing Community Data
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Translating Vision to Action
- Interpersonal Communication for Leaders
- Managing Interpersonal Conflict as a Leader
- Building Social Capital Across Cultures
- Network Mapping: Locating Your Social Capital
- Stakeholders Analysis
- Building Coalitions
- Building Effective Community Teams
- Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers
- Getting the Most from Your Meetings
Trade Review“Anyone working to improve their community will benefit from this handbook.” —DICK SENESE, Associate Dean for Community Vitality, University of Minnesota Extension Service
“Useful for an incredibly diverse mix of decision makers with a wide variety of education and background.” —DONI BLUMENSTOCK, Executive Director, American Leadership Forum – Mountain Valley (Sacramento Region) Chapter
“A wonderful service for all those seeking to improve the quality of life in their communities.” —VAUGHN L. GRISHAM, Director of the McLean Institute for Community Development and Professor of Sociology, The University of Mississippi
