Author : Jeanne Nagle
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 45,5 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680487361
"A community can be made of many different types of members, and it can be any size, from a small town or village to a giant metropolis. This book explains what a community is. Think About It and Compare and Contrast sidebars encourage young readers to engage with the material, while vocabulary call-outs and the glossary help expand language skills. Sure to inspire a lively discussion, this book works well with lower elementary social studies curricula."
Author : Rebecca Rissman
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432932602
Who is in a community? What types of communities are there? Where can we find communities? Read What Is a Community? to find out! Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in the Our Global Community series introduce children to elements of our global community. In What Is a Community?, children learn about the clothing, families, games, homes, markets, schools, music and farming techniques in communities around the world.
Author : Nina Simon
Publisher : Museum 2.0
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780692701492
What do the London Science Museum, California Shakespeare Theater, and ShaNaNa have in common? They are all fighting for relevance in an often indifferent world. The Art of Relevance is your guide to mattering more to more people. You'll find inspiring examples, rags-to-relevance case studies, research-based frameworks, and practical advice on how your work can be more vital to your community. Whether you work in museums or libraries, parks or theaters, churches or afterschool programs, relevance can work for you. Break through shallow connection. Unlock meaning for yourself and others. Find true relevance and shine.
Author : Matthew J. Hanka
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1498504922
Communities are not static or stationary organisms. They are fluid and dynamic and change over time. The role of community development in the change and transformation of a community is critical to improving and enhancing the quality of life of the community and its residents. This book examines how community development changes a community and why that change matters, while also examining the relationship between community development and social capital. When a community improves its social capital, change can happen because people can leverage their networks to produce better results for themselves. This book also looks at comprehensive community development and collective impact models and several case studies that utilize these models. It also looks at how the transformation and revitalization of a neighborhood through new housing creates opportunities for people everywhere, and how effective placemaking strategies empower diverse groups of people in a community to reimagine their public spaces and the built environment to be more livable, walkable, creative, and sustainable while fostering greater connections with people in their community.
Author : Jono Bacon
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1449379311
Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing open source software. The Art of Community will help you develop the broad range of talents you need to recruit members to your community, motivate and manage them, and help them become active participants. Author Jono Bacon offers a collection of experiences and observations from his decade-long involvement in building and managing communities, including his current position as manager for Ubuntu, arguably the largest community in open source software. You'll discover how a vibrant community can provide you with a reliable support network, a valuable source of new ideas, and a powerful marketing force. The Art of Community will help you: Develop a strategy, with specific objectives and goals, for building your community Build simple, non-bureaucratic processes to help your community perform tasks, work together, and share successes Provide tools and infrastructure that let contributors work quickly Create buzz around your community to get more people involved Track the community's work so it can be optimized and simplified Explore a capable, representative governance strategy for your community Identify and manage conflict, including dealing with divisive personalities
Author : Benedict Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 2006-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 178168359X
What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its origins in the founding of the Americas, but was then adopted and transformed by populist movements in nineteenth-century Europe. It became the rallying cry for anti-Imperialism as well as the abiding explanation for colonialism. In this scintillating, groundbreaking work of intellectual history Anderson explores how ideas are formed and reformulated at every level, from high politics to popular culture, and the way that they can make people do extraordinary things. In the twenty-first century, these debates on the nature of the nation state are even more urgent. As new nations rise, vying for influence, and old empires decline, we must understand who we are as a community in the face of history, and change.
Author : Charles Vogl
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1626568421
Create a Culture of Belonging! Strong cultures help people support one another, share their passions, and achieve big goals. And such cultures of belonging aren't just happy accidents - they can be purposefully cultivated, whether they're in a company, a faith institution or among friends and enthusiasts. Drawing on 3,000 years of history and his personal experience, Charles Vogl lays out seven time-tested principles for growing enduring, effective and connected communities. He provides hands-on tools for creatively adapting these principles to any group—formal or informal, mission driven or social, physical or virtual. This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a vibrant, living culture that will enrich lives. Winner of the Nautilus Silver Book Award in the Business and Leadership Category.
Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 37,6 MB
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300252986
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Author : Therese M. Shea
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 168048723X
Laws are a part of every community and government. This thought-provoking volume provides an accessible guide to these rules for readers who haven’t been involved in civic engagement or aren’t aware of how the law functions. Readers will learn about both the history of laws and legislatures as well as modern civil and criminal laws. Interest-provoking sidebars enhance the text, adding to essential vocabulary as well as posing questions that promote critical thinking about the rules and laws of society. Meanwhile, carefully selected photographs serve to support reading comprehension and add to the appeal of the book design.
Author : Bailey Richardson
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1953953328
A practical and heartfelt guide to cultivating a community, online or IRL. Although communities feel magical, they don’t come together by magic. Get Together is a practical and heartfelt guide to cultivating a community. Whether starting a run crew, connecting with fans online, or sparking a movement of K–12 teachers, the secret to getting people together is this: build your community with people, not for them. In Get Together, Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto of People & Company share true stories of everyday people who have created thriving communities, both in person and online. They provide clear steps to untangle the challenge of getting passionate people together, helping individuals and organizations navigate the intricacies of leading a community, including: - How to rally the first people - How to get people talking - How to attract new, authentic folks - How to develop leaders and expand globally. The People & Company team reminds us that we each hold the potential to spark a community. Get Together shows readers that if we join forces—as company and customers, artist and fans, organizer and advocates—we’ll do more together than we ever could alone.
