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Community Leadership Handbook: Framing Ideas, Building Relationships, and Mobilizing Resources
Binding Information: Softcover Product Code: 069547 ISBN: 978-0-940069-54-1 Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance Pages: 216 Size: 8.5" X 11" X .59" Price: $35.95 Your roadmap to community leadership 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:
Across the country, individuals and groups are hearing a bugle call to action. Rural, urban, rich, poor, left, right, and everywhere in between—community members are waking up to bridge differences and make their communities the best they can be. If you want to make a difference where you live, this book is your roadmap. If you attend early and late night meetings to figure out what needs to get done, this book is your handbook. If you give your time and energy to make things happen, this book is your guide. If you work to involve your neighbors to solve problems, this book is your ally. Carefully crafted examples—based on real-life leadership issues—help you see how to put the tools of leadership to work where you live, today. Whether you are an active community member who wants to make a difference, a nonprofit leader serving the community, a leadership advisor, a government liaison called on to convene the community, a business leader, a public servant, or a foundation program officer specializing in community needs, you will find in this book the tools and theories essential to getting your work done. Quotes: What others are saying about Community Leadership Handbook... “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 Table Of Contents: Introduction: Getting the Most from This Book Insights from the Blandin Community Leadership Program What You’ll Find in This Book Who Can Benefit from Using This Book How to Use This Book Part One: Three Core Competencies for Community Leadership Framing Ideas Building and Using Social Capital Mobilizing Resources Combining the Competencies Part Two: Tools for Framing Ideas Tool 1. Identifying Community Assets Tool 2. Analyzing Community Problems Tool 3. Accessing Community Data Tool 4. Doing Appreciative Inquiry Tool 5. Visioning Tool 6. Translating Vision into Action Part Three: Tools for Building and Using Social Capital Tool 7. Building Social Capital through Effective Communication Tool 8. Managing Interpersonal Conflict Tool 9. Building Social Capital Across Cultures Tool 10. Mapping Your Social Capital Part Four: Tools for Mobilizing Resources Tool 11. Analyzing Stakeholders Tool 12. Building Coalitions Tool 13. Building Effective Community Teams Tool 14. Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers Appendixes Appendix 1: Getting the Most from Your Meetings—A Primer for Facilitating Community Groups Appendix 2: Additional Resources Index Worksheets Worksheet 1. Community Talent Inventory Worksheet 2. Neighborhood Asset Inventory Worksheet 3. Who Is Involved in This Community Problem Worksheet 4. Questions for Appreciative Inquiry Worksheet 5. Community Characteristics to Preserve for the Future Worksheet 6. Appreciative Inquiry Timeline Worksheet 7. Imagine Your Community’s Future Worksheet 8. Rate Tasks Worksheet 9. Indicators of Success Worksheet 10. SMART Goals Checklist Worksheet 11. Checklist for Creating Shared Meaning Worksheet 12. Evaluate Your Communication Skills Worksheet 13. Conflict Styles Checklist Worksheet 14. Scoring the Conflict Styles Checklist Worksheet 15. Managing Interpersonal Conflict Worksheet 16. Social Capital Map Worksheet 17. Social Capital Analysis Worksheet 18. Stakeholders Map Worksheet 19. Power and Attitude Grid Worksheet 20. Is a Coalition Necessary? Worksheet 21. Potential Coalition Members Worksheet 22. What Is Our Purpose? Worksheet 23. Talent Audit Worksheet 24. Who Decides Worksheet 25. Communication Ground Rules Worksheet 26. Team Communication Climate Worksheet 27. Team Assessment Survey Worksheet 28. Feedback Report for Team Assessment Survey Worksheet 29. Volunteer Job Description
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