The Community Leadership Handbook: Framing Ideas, Building Relationships, And Mobilizing Resources

by Krile, James F.; Curphy, Gordon; Lund, Duane R.

• ISBN13: 9780940069541
• ISBN10: 0940069547
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-03
• Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance

Summary

Your roadmap to community leadership: This significant guide puts the tools of democracy into everyones hands. Based on the best of Blandin Foundations 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. 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.

Author Biography

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 ôas a model for training anywhere in the world.ö

Table of Contents

About the Authors	iii
Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Getting the Most from This Book	xiii
Insights from the Blandin Community Leadership Program	xiv
What You'll Find in This Book	xvii
Who Can Benefit from Using This Book	xxi
How to Use This Book	xxii
Part One: Three Core Competencies for Community Leadership	1	(20)
Framing Ideas	5	(4)
Building and Using Social Capital	9	(4)
Mobilizing Resources	13	(4)
Combining the Competencies	17	(4)
Part Two: Tools for Framing Ideas	21	(58)
Tool 1. Identifying Community Assets	22	(12)
Tool 2. Analyzing Community Problems	34	(8)
Tool 3. Accessing Community Data	42	(7)
Tool 4. Doing Appreciative Inquiry	49	(8)
Tool 5. Visioning	57	(11)
Tool 6. Translating Vision into Action	68	(11)
Part Three: Tools for Building and Using Social Capital	79	(52)
Tool 7. Building Social Capital through Effective Communication	80	(16)
Tool 8. Managing Interpersonal Conflict	96	(16)
Tool 9. Building Social Capital Across Cultures	112	(11)
Tool 10. Mapping Your Social Capital	123	(8)
Part Four: Tools for Mobilizing Resources	131	(54)
Tool 11. Analyzing Stakeholders	132	(8)
Tool 12. Building Coalitions	140	(8)
Tool 13. Building Effective Community Teams	148	(25)
Tool 14. Recruiting and Sustaining Volunteers	173	(12)
Appendixes	185	(18)
Appendix 1: Getting the Most from Your Meetings---A Primer for Facilitating Community Groups	185	(8)
Appendix 2: Additional Resources	193	(10)
Index	203