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Writing to Make a Difference

Author : Dalya F. Massachi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978883607
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Writing to Make a Difference written by Dalya F. Massachi and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engage your readers and boost your impact! Do you write--a little or a lot--for a socially responsible organization, business, or program? Wish you had an accessible writing coach to help you quickly craft potent pieces that move your readers to act? This feisty one-stop-shop of distilled wisdom will show you-step by step-how to turbocharge your marketing and fundraising documents. Start getting the results you want, right now! Whether you're an accidental or emerging writer or a seasoned wordsmith, this comprehensive resource will help you build and manage the invaluable skills behind writing values-driven copy. You will find advice on everything from advancing your brand to storytelling to minding the devilish details. Discover how to painlessly: - Write and edit a full spectrum of clear, concise, creative pieces that will reach and influence your diverse intended audiences - Streamline and strengthen your writing process-from planning to proofreading - Develop your own confident, expert writing voice Included in these pages you will find: - More than 500 real-life examples from nonprofits, green businesses, government agencies, and others - Hundreds of stimulating questions and exercises that help you apply the lessons to your own work - Numerous guide sheets, checklists, and handy appendices - Dozens of warnings about potential pitfalls ... all this delivered with a generous helping of fun illustrations, cultural references, and humor. If you've ever had trouble expressing your passion in writing, or telling your story in a fresh and compelling way, this powerhouse of a book is for you! ADVANCE PRAISE: "This book should be on the shelf of every nonprofit administrator, community organizer, and advocate. There is literally nothing else of its kind on the market; it is 'The Elements of Style' for the grassroots fundraising and marketing world." -- Leif Wellington Haase, Director, California Program, New America Foundation "'Writing to Make a Difference' is a great balance of both instructional and interactive tips, tools, and exercises...and helps to lower the barrier for organizations that desire to tell their story in a way that captures both head and heart." -- Alandra L. Washington, Deputy Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation "If you think your work is important, if you feel you have a message to deliver, if you have people who need to understand how this is done - this is the book. Massachi is the perfect guide and a tremendous coach." -- Jeff Hamaoui, CEO, Origo Inc. and social investment and enterprise specialist "Massachi has drilled down to all that is important about good writing. I recommend this book for those of us who write regularly, and for those of us who don't write because we don't think we can. "-- Kim Klein, author, 'Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times' "This is an outstanding work, one of the best I have read in the genre, and of possible use in the university, for public relations and organizational communication courses. The writing lessons are succinct, the methods to convey them effective, and the style itself an example of professional brilliance. I recommend 'Writing to Make a Difference' because I know that it will."-- Michael Bugeja, author, 'Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age' and Director, School of Journalism & Communication, Iowa State University AUTHOR BIO: Dalya F. Massachi, M.A. began writing for publication as an adolescent interested in social justice. Now, Dalya draws on her nearly 20 years of professional experience writing and editing for hundreds of socially responsible organizations. With passion and fresh insight, she reveals the top strategic insider techniques she has honed through her work as a successful grantwriter, editor, journalist, workshop instructor, and writing coach.

Transforming Power

Author : Robert Linthicum
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830832286
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Power written by Robert Linthicum and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a thorough exploration of Scripture and decades of real-world experience, Robert Linthicum's model of relational power provides sound, practical strategies for changing individuals, communities, structures and systems.

Learning to Make a Difference

Author : Etienne Wenger-Trayner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108750362
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Make a Difference written by Etienne Wenger-Trayner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short. In this book, we offer a theoretical and practical way forward. We introduce the concept of social learning spaces for developing both new capabilities and a sense of agency. We provide a rich framework for focusing on the value of social learning spaces: how to generate this value, monitor it, and learn iteratively through the process. The book is a useful extension and refinement of 'communities of practice' for those familiar with the theory. For those who are not, the chapters will lay out a new way to approach learning. This volume is written to serve the needs of readers across fields, including researchers, educators, and leaders in business, government, healthcare, and international development.

Difference Making at the Heart of Learning

Author : Tom Vander Ark
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1071814834
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Difference Making at the Heart of Learning written by Tom Vander Ark and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your students will change the world! Today’s learners know they face a complex future. They yearn to live in a world where people are working with purpose, leading with character and making a difference. Learning to identify problems and use smart tools to develop meaningful solutions will help them make a difference in their families, their communities and for society. They need your help. This inspirational, yet practical guide shows educators how to build on students’ own talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset and personal leadership skills. Features include: New learning priorities centered around making a difference A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places Students learn more when they feel a sense of purpose. With adults like you to guide them, they’ll be ready to make a difference—and shape the world to come.

Making a Difference: Dossier on Community Engagement on Nature Based Tourism in India

Author :
Publisher : EQUATIONS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making a Difference: Dossier on Community Engagement on Nature Based Tourism in India written by and published by EQUATIONS. This book was released on with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Community

Author : Peter Block
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605095362
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Community written by Peter Block and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of our communities are fragmented and at odds within themselves. Businesses, social services, education, and health care each live within their own worlds. The same is true of individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. What keeps this from changing is that we are trapped in an old and tired conversation about who we are. If this narrative does not shift, we will never truly create a common future and work toward it together. What Peter Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way community can emerge from fragmentation. How is community built? How does the transformation occur? What fundamental shifts are involved? What can individuals and formal leaders do to create a place they want to inhabit? We know what healthy communities look like—there are many success stories out there. The challenge is how to create one in our own place. Block helps us see how we can change the existing context of community from one of deficiencies, interests, and entitlement to one of possibility, generosity, and gifts. Questions are more important than answers in this effort, which means leadership is not a matter of style or vision but is about getting the right people together in the right way: convening is a more critical skill than commanding. As he explores the nature of community and the dynamics of transformation, Block outlines six kinds of conversation that will create communal accountability and commitment and describes how we can design physical spaces and structures that will themselves foster a sense of belonging. In Community, Peter Block explores a way of thinking about our places that creates an opening for authentic communities to exist and details what each of us can do to make that happen.

Making a Difference

Author : Stacy C. Bauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737389040
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Making a Difference written by Stacy C. Bauer and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet 12 kids who have taken action to change their community, town, country, even the world in this inspiring new book! From donating birthday money to the local animal shelter to planting a billion trees worldwide, these kids stories will inspire you to make a difference!

Churches That Make a Difference

Author : Ronald J. Sider
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585582190
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Churches That Make a Difference written by Ronald J. Sider and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churches over the past generations have been weakened by a failure to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. Many have adopted a narrow vision, focusing on only one aspect of ministry. But in today's environment of faith-based opportunities many Christians are eager to start reaching out to their world with both Good News and good works, and therefore they are searching for appropriate ways to integrate both into their ministry. In Churches That Make a Difference, best-selling author Ron Sider and his coauthors give those involved in community outreach a comprehensive resource for developing holistic ministry--a balance of evangelism and social outreach. Illustrations and helpful organizational tips detail the how-to's of an effective holistic ministry. Case studies that show how different churches across the United States reach out to their communities provide a variety of ideas and practical applications. User-friendly tools are included as well for congregational studies, surveys, evaluations, and community assessments. The authors draw on extensive experience with church ministries and faith-based organizations as they share the life-changing vision and biblical mandate for living the whole gospel. Church leaders will be encouraged in their process of developing and maintaining a holistic ministry, and local churches will rediscover a passion for loving the whole person the way Jesus did.

Our Community

Author : American Express Company. Center for Community Development
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Our Community written by American Express Company. Center for Community Development and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making a Difference

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0889367833
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Making a Difference written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1995 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a Difference: Measuring the impact of information on development

Social Work in the Community

Author : Teater, Barbra
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447308816
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Social Work in the Community written by Teater, Barbra and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work in the community offers practice guidance to students, practice assessors and practitioners within a political, theoretical, methodological and ethical framework. The book is written from an experiential learning perspective, encouraging the reader not only to understand the ideas and methods but to test them out in their own practice, which additionally provides an element of problem-based learning. The book is written within the framework of the practice curriculum for the social work degree, including the National Occupational Standards and an extended statement of values for practice. This will enable students to use the book to make sense of their practice in relation to the knowledge, skills and values of social work practice in its community context.

Missional Small Groups (Allelon Missional Series)

Author : M. Scott Boren
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441212299
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Missional Small Groups (Allelon Missional Series) written by M. Scott Boren and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small groups are a great place to connect with other churchgoers, but many wonder, is this all there is? Is sitting in a living room, talking about a book or watching a video the extent of what we can do together? Isn't being a Christian community about something more than this? Pastor and author Scott Boren thinks so. In this latest release from missional thinktank Allelon, Boren gives leaders and members of small groups the tools they need to make an impact on their communities. Beginning with a gentle critique of current small group models, Boren goes on to show how a uniquely Christian paradigm can set groups free to transform their communities. The final section of the book offers over twenty practices that groups can do to become more missional. Ultimately Missional Small Groups is about helping groups follow Jesus by equipping them to bring his message and healing to a hurting world.

You Can Help Make a Difference in Your Community

Author : Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780772914637
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book You Can Help Make a Difference in Your Community written by Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making a Difference

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Making a Difference written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!

Author : Cece Bell
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536216909
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot! written by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Newbery Honor winner Cece Bell comes an offbeat, pitch-perfect storybook for beginning readers that will have them in fits of giggles. “Maybe your foot smells good. Maybe your foot smells great. But I will not smell your foot until you say PLEASE.” Meet Chick and Brain. And their friend Spot. Chick likes to follow the rules. Brain might not be as smart as he looks. And Spot just wants to eat lunch. In a graphic reader loaded with verbal and visual humor, Cece Bell offers a comical primer on good manners gone awry. Simple, silly, and perfectly suited for its audience, this tale of Chick and Brain’s constant misunderstandings and miscommunications proves once again that Cece Bell is a master at meeting kids where they are.

Good News and Good Works

Author : Ronald J. Sider
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 0801058457
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Good News and Good Works written by Ronald J. Sider and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned to promote an authentic, biblical faith, this book suggests ways to combine evangelism with social action for effective witness in today's world.