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Reinventing Community

Author : David Wann
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 145876334X
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Community written by David Wann and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''Human beings are not meant to live alone, or in isolated nuclear family arrangements. We do best in community. But in a few short generations, we've lost many of the social skills necessary for successful community living. The folks ... in Reinventing Community are the vanguard for the future - they're learning today ... what it takes to go beyond the solitary and aliented survival tactics of modern urban life to the full flowering of the human spirit of tomorrow.'' --- Eric Utne, founder of Utne magazine and editor of Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac.....Cohousing began in Scandinavia in the 1960s as a response to a feeling of isolation within typical suburban communities, where you don't know your neighbor, nor can you rely on their assistance - not even for a cup of sugar. Cohousing spread to the United States in the 1980s, and there are now several hundred such communities throughout the country in more than thirty states. Reinventing Community is the first cohousing anthology that tells real-world stories from the perspectives of the unique people who live in these communities, whether they be in urban, suburban, or rural settings. Unlike the few ''how-to'' guides in the marketplace today, this book details the lives of these close-knit groups of caring and active neighbors who enjoy their own privacy, yet also share a wonderful sense of camaraderie and connection. Exploring everything from planning a cohousing community to moving in to the joys and challenges of daily life, Reinventing Community shares with its readers a sense of what it takes to build a true community in our often detached and disengaged modern world.

Working with Stories in Your Community Or Organization

Author : Cynthia F Kurtz
Publisher : Kurtz-Fernhout Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780991369409
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Working with Stories in Your Community Or Organization written by Cynthia F Kurtz and published by Kurtz-Fernhout Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Working with Stories" is a textbook for people who want to use participatory narrative inquiry (PNI) in their communities and organizations. PNI methods help people discover insights, catch emerging trends, make decisions, generate ideas, resolve conflicts, and connect people. Participatory narrative inquiry draws on theory and practice in narrative inquiry, participatory action research, oral history, mixed-methods research, participatory theatre, narrative therapy, sensemaking, complexity theory, and decision support. Its focus is on the exploration of values, beliefs, feelings, and perspectives through collaborative sensemaking with stories of lived experience. Contents Introduction Fundamentals of Story Work What Is a Story? What Are Stories For? How Do Stories Work? Stories in Communities and Organizations A Guide to Participatory Narrative Inquiry Introducing Participatory Narrative Inquiry Project Planning Story Collection Group Exercises for Story Collection Narrative Catalysis Narrative Sensemaking Group Exercises for Narrative Sensemaking Narrative Intervention Narrative Return Appendices Example Models and Templates for Group Exercises Further Reading: Your PNI Bookshelf Bibliography Acknowledgements and Biography Glossary Index Reader praise "I wanted to say thanks for making Working with Stories available. It's an amazing piece of work, so simple (not the ideas, but the presentation) and unintimidating." "["Working With Stories"] is very thorough and helpful to me in exploring ways that I might capture the narrative of a project I am involved in." "Your detailed description of [the sensemaking] process is so useful and helpful. It makes seasoned facilitators like me yearn to try out the ideas." "Over the past few months I have been reading, reflecting, and feasting on your experiences working with stories. I am really excited to have found "Working With Stories" because it seems like a rich set of options for our needs." "Your terminology and explanation of participatory narrative inquiry have helped me greatly in understanding what I want from my practice and what I might be capable of achieving in social change." "I have been returning to Working With Stories time and again over the past six months to help support a community project, and my printed copy is underlined, noted and dog-eared."

The Heart of Community Engagement

Author : Patricia A. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429614446
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book The Heart of Community Engagement written by Patricia A. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on first-hand accounts of action research in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, The Heart of Community Engagement illustrates the transformative learning journeys of exemplary catalysts for community-based change. Practitioners’ stories of community engagement for social justice in the Global South elucidate the moments of insight and transformation that deepened their practice: how to deal with uncertainty, recognize their own blind spots, become aware of what is emergent and possible in the moment, and weave an inclusive bond of love, respect, and purpose. Each successive narrative adds a deeper level of understanding of the inner practice of community engagement. The stories illuminate the reflective, or inner, practice of the outside change agent, whether a planner, designer, participatory action researcher, or community development practitioner. From a shantytown in South Africa, to a rural community in India, or an informal settlement in peri-urban Mexico, the stories focus attention on the greatest leverage point for change that we, as engaged practitioners, have: our own self-awareness. By the end of the book, the practitioners are not only aware of their own conditioned beliefs and assumptions, but have opened their minds and hearts to the complex and dynamic patterns of emergent change that is possible. This book serves as a much-needed reader of practice stories to help instructors and students find the words, concepts, and examples to talk about their own subjective experience of community engagement practice. The book applies some of the leading-edge concepts from organizational development and leadership studies to the fields of planning, design, and community engagement practice. Key concepts include the deep dive of sensing the social field, seeing the whole, and presencing the emergent future. The book also provides a creative bridge between participatory action research and design thinking: user-based design, rapid prototyping, and learning from doing.

Rural Voices

Author : Robert Brooke
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807743658
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Rural Voices written by Robert Brooke and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring lively essays from rural elementary and secondary teachers, this volume describes the theory and practice of place-conscious education--using one's local place to build real, lasting connections to learning. The teachers describe the development and implementation of rich classroom writing programs that link learners with their rural communities and can serve as models for both public engagement and pedagogy. The outgrowth of research lead by the National Writing Project and funded in part by the Annenberg Rural Challenge, this book: - Applies place-conscious ideas to rural and regional contexts, rather than to urban communities in crisis.- Shows how to integrate place-conscious teaching into student-centered workshop teaching.- Describes a community writing project that attempted to save a school in the face of economic worries.- Details a Rural Institute program that guides teachers in implementing place-conscious education in their setting.- Includes an introduction by Robert Brooke and an afterword by Marian Matthews that position the work in relation to national trends in rural education.

The Storytelling Non-Profit

Author : Vanessa Chase Lockshin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995089303
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Storytelling Non-Profit written by Vanessa Chase Lockshin and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Storytelling Non-Profit is a portable consultant for fundraisers, communicators and executive directors who want to tell great stories. In this book, professionals will learn a process for telling a story that inspires and resonates with a target audience."--Back cover.

Stories from the Core in our Community

Author : Civics Core Class
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 035946047X
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Stories from the Core in our Community written by Civics Core Class and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civic Core Class prepares students to think critically about current issues and perform in civic activities so that they feel personally responsible for making a difference in their communities. Citizenship skills are, in fact, communication skills. They include reading, writing, listening and speaking. Civic learning is active learning that engages students in discussions and activities so that they develop an appreciation of differences, the desire for community involvement, a sense of personal efficacy, the rejection of violence, and civic virtue. Civic values form the core of character education and civility. The power of storytelling is an essential tool in carrying out our civic duty as citizens of a democratic society. Through storytelling, our students demonstrate civic leadership and responsibility by sharing experiences, building empathy, and making changes.

Untold Stories

Author : John Luvera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Untold Stories written by John Luvera and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Story Dash

Author : David Hutchens
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1953295444
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Story Dash written by David Hutchens and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is humanity’s oldest way of connecting to others. But for businesses and managers, it can also be a powerful tool to help organizations grow and thrive. A leader’s role is to create engagement and belief so that people will act. And there’s no more powerful way to grab attention, be remembered, and engage action than by telling stories—about who you are, what you do, and why you do it. Today, “storytelling” is a hot topic in organizations… but most leaders still struggle to act upon it. How do we find and tell our stories quickly, in an environment of urgency where we can hardly pause to catch our breath? For more than a decade Hutchens has tested his method of rapid and strategic story development with innovation teams in Silicon Valley, across global Fortune 100 leadership teams, and more. Hutchens has honed a unique process that is active, potent, and strategically focused . . . and also a lot of fun. In Story Dash, Hutchens shares a repeatable process to find, develop, and deploy your “narrative assets”—that is, your urgent core stories that hold value. Even better, he will help you do it FAST; often in less than a day. Story Dash will help you to: Access your natural capacity for storytelling Find your stories—and figure out which ones to tell Build your narrative so it lands with unforgettable impact Find your own voice of authentic leadership Bring more of who you are to your teams and your markets Fully illustrated and written in a clear, sharp voice, Story Dash shares the fastest way to find lots of stories that will create action around the work you care about most.

New Century in Waterbury, Vermont, A: Stories of Resilience, Growth & Community

Author : The Waterbury Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467148024
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book New Century in Waterbury, Vermont, A: Stories of Resilience, Growth & Community written by The Waterbury Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterbury is known as both a beautiful vacation spot and a great place to live. Since 2000, this historic town has experienced unique challenges, all of which have been met by a sense of resiliency and determination. Devastated from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Waterbury residents rallied together to rebuild their town and the local economy. Part of this revitalization included Waterbury emerging as a leader in the farm-to-table and craft beer movements, as well as becoming a top tourist destination. Told by members of the community in their own words, this collection of stories, gathered by the Waterbury Historical Society, captures the essence of Waterbury's community and illustrates its ability to persist and celebrate in the face of adversity.

Wiley Buck and Other Stories of the Concord Community

Author : Henry McGilbert Wagstaff
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469650800
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Book Synopsis Wiley Buck and Other Stories of the Concord Community by : Henry McGilbert Wagstaff

Download or read book Wiley Buck and Other Stories of the Concord Community written by Henry McGilbert Wagstaff and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted teller of tales sketches a lively picture of his boyhood in the old tobacco section of Person County, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia line. All the white grown-ups of the boy's childhood were former slaveholders and former soldiers who had come through the Civil War and had met the need for readjustment. Originally published in 1953. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Bedtime Stories From Our Childhood

Author : Elizabeth Rogers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481191357
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Bedtime Stories From Our Childhood written by Elizabeth Rogers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, this book tells stories about our childhood, our family, and our community. These are REAL stories, about REAL people growing up in rural 1940's America.

Stories of Our Community

Author : Karen E. Brill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979592416
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Stories of Our Community written by Karen E. Brill and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of twelve local history stories authored by members of our community. The stories are varied and cover many aspects of Shenandoah County's past, and recent, history.

The Abundant Community

Author : John McKnight
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605096261
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Abundant Community written by John McKnight and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reminds us that a neighborhood that can raise a child, provide security, sustain our health, secure our income, and care for our vulnerable people is within the power of our community.

Classroom Action

Author : Ajay Heble
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487511841
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Classroom Action written by Ajay Heble and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the concept of a “teaching community,” Heble and his contributors explore what it might mean for teachers and students to reach outside the walls of the classroom and attempt to establish meaningful connections between the ideas and theories they have learned and the broader community beyond campus. Utilizing a case study approach, the chapters in this volume are conceptually and practically useful for teachers and students involved in thinking about and implementing community-based forms of teaching and learning. Classroom Action links teaching and research in genuinely innovative ways, and provides a range of dissemination strategies to inspire broad-based outcomes and impact among a diverse range of knowledge-users. It marks a major advance on the ways in which the relationship among pedagogy, human rights, and community-based learning has hitherto been theorized and practiced. The community-based learning at the centre of Classroom Action prompts a radically new means of thinking about what teachers do in the classroom, and how and why they do it.

Voices of Our Community

Author : Cindy McOwen Poole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692583616
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Voices of Our Community written by Cindy McOwen Poole and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful book contains real life stories of achievement and inspiration from Pueblo residents. It includes beautiful local photography and a peak at Pueblo's vivid history.

Belding's Yesterday

Author : Helen A. Cusack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Belding's Yesterday written by Helen A. Cusack and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimeograph copy of a 27-page typed centennial history about the Indians and pioneers of Belding (Mich.).

Celebrating the Third Place

Author : Ray Oldenburg
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786731109
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Celebrating the Third Place written by Ray Oldenburg and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationwide, more and more entrepreneurs are committing themselves to creating and running "third places," also known as "great good places." In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now, more than ten years after the original publication of that book, the time has come to celebrate the many third places that dot the American landscape and foster civic life. With 20 black-and-white photographs, Celebrating the Third Place brings together fifteen firsthand accounts by proprietors of third places, as well as appreciations by fans who have made spending time at these hangouts a regular part of their lives. Among the establishments profiled are a shopping center in Seattle, a three-hundred-year-old tavern in Washington, D.C., a garden shop in Amherst, Massachusetts, a coffeehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, a bookstore in Traverse City, Michigan, and a restaurant in San Francisco.