Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Building Community
Author: James S. GruberPublisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1550927256
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable future Building Community is the easy-to-use guide that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations. Exploring how community building can be approached by local citizens and their local leaders, Building Community features: A chapter on each of the 12 Guiding Principles, based on research in 27 countries Over 30 knowledgeable contributing author-practitioners Critical practical leadership tools Notes from the field – with practical dos and don'ts A wealth of 25 case studies of communities that have learned to thrive, including towns and villages, inner-city neighborhoods, Indigenous groups, nonprofits, women's empowerment groups, and a school, business, and faith community. Building Community is essential reading for community leaders, activists, planners, policy makers, and students looking to help their communities thrive. Strong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve environmental and social problems, we can learn and apply the successes of thriving communities to protect the environment, enhance local livelihood, and grow social vitality.
Building Successful Online Communities
Author: Robert E. KrautPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262528916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster—not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, as well as their own research, translating general findings into useful design claims. They explain, for example, how to encourage information contributions based on the theory of public goods, and how to build members' commitment based on theories of interpersonal bond formation. For each design claim, they offer supporting evidence from theory, experiments, or observational studies.
Building Communities of Learners
Author: Sudia Paloma McCalebPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135468869
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This popular text shows how teachers can create partnerships with parents and students that facilitate participation in the schools while also validating home culture and family concerns and aspirations. It reflects current research and theory in several areas related to literacy development, including family literacy, bilingual and multicultural education, critical pedagogy, participatory research, cooperative learning, and feminist perspectives. Teachers of students who are immigrants, non-native speakers of English, and members of marginalized groups will find this book especially pertinent.
Community Building on the Web
Author: Amy Jo KimPublisher: Peachpit Press
ISBN: 013270515X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
What's the point of creating a great Web site if no one goes there-or worse, if people come but never return? How do some sites, such as America Online, EBay, and GeoCities, develop into Internet communities with loyal followings and regular repeat traffic? How can Web page designers and developers create sites that are vibrant and rewarding? Amy Jo Kim, author of Community Building on the Web and consultant to some of the most successful Internet communities, is an expert at teaching how to design sites that succeed by making new visitors feel welcome, rewarding member participation, and building a sense of their own history. She discusses important design strategies, interviews influential Web community-builders, and provides the reader with templates and questionnaires to use in building their own communities.
Building Economically Resilient Communities: Local and Regional Approaches
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Building Thriving School Communities Focused on Wellness and Equity by Leveraging MTSS
Author: Lori LynassPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475874375
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Schools across the nation are moving towards implementation of Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), which can be complicated to implement well. This user-friendly handbook aims to provide school and district leaders the tools to effectively implement MTSS. Leaders will understand what their unique role is in leading MTSS implementation.
Building Communities in Academia
Author: Melina AarnikoivuPublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1837975000
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This book contains an Open Access chapter. Building Communities in Academia poses important questions, providing extensive insights that scholars and practitioners can use when developing community-related activities to enhance connection in academia.
Confident Identities, Connected Communities: Building Cohesion Through Shared Experiences
Author: Chan-hoong LeongPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981128539X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what it portends for our future.Social cohesion defies easy definition; yet, every pursuit of social cohesiveness requires nurture, patience and a consensus that it is germane to the success of any community. Indeed, challenges abound, developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving geopolitical tensions, and a rise in access to technology impact social cohesion. In such times, it is pertinent to maintain on-going conversations revolving around social cohesion to bridge the divides through diversity and technology.This book continues to build on the conversations from the second edition of the International Conference of Cohesive Society (ICCS), held from 6-8 September 2022 in Singapore. Over 25 essays across three ICCS 2022 themes — How Faith Can Bridge Divides, Diversity, and Technology — present international and interdisciplinary perspectives in building confident identities and connected communities.
Building a Community, Having a Home
Author: Jennifer Sano-FranchiniPublisher: Parlor Press LLC
ISBN: 1602359288
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Documents how Asian/Asian American teacher-scholars have emerged within and contributed to a number of areas in rhetoric and composition, as well as the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication in diverse and substantial ways from the 1960s to contemporary times.
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health
Author: Meredith MinklerPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813534749
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
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