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Tools for people seeking to improve their communities

This significant guide puts the tools of democracy into everyone’s hands. Based on the best of Blandin Foundation’s 20-year experience in developing community leaders, it gives community members—like yourself—the tools to bring people together to make changes.

Here are some of the useful resources you’ll find:

Identifying Community Assets
Community Problem Analysis
Accessing Community Data
Appreciative Inquiry
Translating Vision to Action
Interpersonal Communication for Leaders
Managing Interpersonal Conflict as a Leader
Building Social Capital Across Cultures
Network Mapping: Locating Your Social Capital
Stakeholders Analysis
Building Coalitions
Building Effective Community Teams
Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers
Getting the Most from Your Meetings

Your roadmap to community leadership

Across the country, individuals and groups are hearing a bugle call to action. Rural, urban, rich, poor, left, right, and everywhere in between—community members are waking up to bridge differences and make their communities the best they can be. If you want to make a difference where you live, this book is your roadmap. If you attend early and late night meetings to figure out what needs to get done, this book is your handbook. If you give your time and energy to make things happen, this book is your guide. If you work to involve your neighbors to solve problems, this book is your ally. Carefully crafted examples—based on real-life leadership issues—help you see how to put the tools of leadership to work where you live, today.

Whether you are an active community member who wants to make a difference, a nonprofit leader serving the community, a leadership advisor, a government liaison called on to convene the community, a business leader, a public servant, or a foundation program officer specializing in community needs, you will find in this book the tools and theories essential to getting your work done.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	03 février 2006
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618589200
Langue	English

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Krile, James F., 1944-
The community leadership handbook : framing ideas, building relationships, and mobilizing resources / by James F. Krile ; with Gordon Curphy and Duane R. Lund.-- 1st printing, February 2006.
p. cm.
9781618589200
1. Community leadership. I. Curphy, Gordon J. II. Lund, Duane R. (Duane Richard), 1926- III. Title.
HM781.K75 2006
303.3’4--dc22
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About the Authors
JAMES F. KRILE is the director of the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). Since 1985, over four thousand people from rural Minnesota have taken part in this program, which includes a five-day residential retreat and two follow-up workshops. In an independent evaluation of the program, John F. Jones, PhD, of the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work described BCLP “as a model for training anywhere in the world.”

Jim’s academic background is in sociology with an emphasis on organizational and community development. Before joining the Blandin Foundation in 1986, Jim was a member of the Department of Rural Sociology, University of Minnesota; the Center for the Study of Local Government, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN; and the Center for Community Organization and Area Development, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD.

GORDY CURPHY is the president of Curphy Consulting Corporation (C 3 ), a leadership and organizational change consulting firm with a clientele of major corporations. His work with C 3 includes consulting to develop an organizational vision, align strategies in support of the vision, and identify and develop the talent and teams needed to realize the vision. Prior to starting his own company, Gordy was the vice president of Institutional Leadership for the Blandin Foundation where he was responsible for the design, delivery, and evaluation of comprehensive leadership and organizational development programs; a vice president and general manager for Personnel Decisions International (PDI); and on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. As a tenured associate professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Gordy coauthored the number one selling leadership textbook, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience.

A native of Two Harbors, MN, and a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Gordy also received an MA from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX, and a PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Minnesota.

DUANE R. LUND is senior consultant to the Blandin Foundation and was a part of the original design and implementation team for the Blandin Community Leadership Program. He has a long background in education and public service, including twenty-five years as superintendent of schools in Staples, MN, and several years as staff member and chief of staff for the late U.S. Senator Edward J. Thye. He is the author of thirty-nine books, including Lessons in Leadership: Mostly Learned the Hard Way and Our Historic Upper Mississippi . He is the first-named honoree in the Dr. Duane R. Lund Staples Community Service Award. He holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

About Blandin Foundation
Blandin Foundation, a private foundation based in Grand Rapids, MN, has a mission to strengthen communities in rural Minnesota, especially the Grand Rapids area. The foundation’s vision is based on healthy rural communities grounded in strong economies where the burdens and benefits are widely shared. The foundation’s core strategy is to develop leaders and focus communities to identify, align, and mobilize their assets and opportunities.

To these ends, Blandin Foundation offers Leadership development programs that help communities capitalize on their assets Public policy programs to inform and engage the public on issues affecting rural economic viability Grantmaking to support community-generated economic strategies and—in the Grand Rapids area—economic advantage and responsive grants
Learn more about Blandin Foundation at its web site: www.BlandinFoundation.org .
Dedications

To my family and friends, whose lives of leadership guide my journey: My best to one and all.
—Jim

To the place where I learned my first lessons of community leadership: Two Harbors, Minnesota.
—Gordy

To the legions of volunteers who give unselfishly of their time and energy: You make your communities better places in which to live, work, and raise children.
—Duane
Acknowledgments
T his book is an outgrowth of the dedication and leadership of many people. First and foremost, it is inspired by and grounded in the experience and wisdom of the more than 4,000 leaders who have participated in the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). However, BCLP would not have been initiated in 1985 and sustained to the present were it not for the courage and commitment of the Blandin Foundation Trustees and administration. And of course, the content of BCLP—from which most of this book is taken—is the product of an ever-evolving, highly talented team who make excellence seem almost commonplace.

Special thanks go to Cindy Wilcox, who contributed the tool, “Building Social Capital Across Cultures”; Geralyn Sheehan, who produced the “Identifying Community Assets” tool; and Randy Gagne, who provided “Accessing Community Data.”

Many people read drafts of this book during its development: Doni Blumenstock, Jane Garthson, Vaughn Grisham, Michael Kinsley, Carol Lukas, Jeffrey Nelson, Dick Senese, Janice Walker, Diane Wanner, and Richard Woo. Much gratitude is owed to these people, who took the time to thoroughly read the manuscript, raise provocative questions, and offer practical suggestions that greatly improved this book.

Thanks as well to the people who helped prepare this book. Karen Heikkila and Terri Dufner tirelessly typed numerous versions of this manuscript. Being able to edit the words of others while maintaining the integrity of their thought is a rare gift. Those who wrote and those who will read this book are beneficiaries of that gift, which was so skillfully displayed by Vince Hyman, Doug Toft, and Terri Hudoba. Finally, thanks to Kirsten Nielsen, whose design skills give life to the printed page.
Table of Contents
Title Page Copyright Page About the Authors Dedication Acknowledgments Worksheets INTRODUCTION - Getting the Most from This Book PART ONE - Three Core Competencies for Community Leadership
Framing Ideas Building and Using Social Capital Mobilizing Resources Combining the Competencies
PART TWO - Tools for Framing Ideas
TOOL 1. Identifying Community Assets TOOL 2. Analyzing Community Problems TOOL 3. Accessing Community Data TOOL 4. Doing Appreciative Inquiry TOOL 5. Visioning TOOL 6. Translating Vision into Action
PART THREE - Tools for Building and Using Social Capital
TOOL 7. Building Social Capital through Effective Communication TOOL 8. Managing Interpersonal Conflict TOOL 9. Building Social Capital Across Cultures TOOL 10. Mapping Your Social Capital
PART FOUR - Tools for Mobilizing Resources
TOOL 11. Analyzing Stakeholders TOOL 12. Building Coalitions TOOL 13. Building Effective Community Teams TOOL 14. Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers
Appendixes Index Mo