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Synopsis
A Field Guide written for community builders looking to increase local capacity toward community improvement. With the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, this book is the result of nearly 1000 years of experience of working in communities. With information gathered from community builders and activists in a retreat in 2001, Your Field Guide to Community Building looks at systematic processes such as working with a representative group, identifying issues and resources, creating a plan with vision, goals and actions, all the while attending to issues of broad involvement, coaching and evaluation.
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Vicki Luther, Co-Director of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, has over 25 years experience in designing programs to increase citizen participation in government and to improve their skills as decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. As Co-Director and a founder of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development with Milan Wall, she has developed training programs for community leaders and has participated in research projects on economic development and healthy communities. The author of several articles on futuring, community planning and leadership training, she is also the co-author of several publications on rural community development. Luther received the 1992 National Community Development Society Achievement Award for her work in the area of community development. Mary Emery is the Associate Director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, and frequently serves the Heartland Center as an on-site trainer for leadership, community development and planning. Previously Mary was the director of the Institute for Community Development at Lewiston College, Lewiston, Idaho. Mary has worked in rural economic and community development for more than 20 years. She is interested in strategies that assist rural communities with small businesses development and new technologies.
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Your Field Guide to Community Building
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Heartland Center for Leadership Development (edition ), 2003
ISBN 10: 0974702706
ISBN 13: 9780974702704
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