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Smart communities : how citizens and local leaders can use strategic thinking to build a brighter future / Suzanne W. Morse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 234 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787965162
  • 9780787965167
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307 22
LOC classification:
  • HM781 .M67 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Setting the Stage for Community Change -- 2. Investing Right for the First Time -- 3. Working Together -- 4. Building on Community Strengths -- 5. Practicing Democracy -- 6. Preserving the Past -- 7. Growing Leaders -- 8. Inventing a Brighter Future.
Review: "Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strategic decision-making and outlines the key strategies used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities. Smart Communities offers leaders from both the public and private sectors the tools they need to create a better future for the citizens of their communities. Using illustrative examples from communities around the country, Smart Communities shows how these change agents' well-structured decision-making processes can be traced to their effective use of seven key leverage points." "This resource is a unique contribution to the literature and offers community leaders the information they need to build a civic infrastructure and to create community readiness that will help avert problems before they begin." "Smart Communities offers hope to those who are striving to improve their communities and addresses vital issues such as poverty, race relations, and children's health and welfare."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.

1. Setting the Stage for Community Change -- 2. Investing Right for the First Time -- 3. Working Together -- 4. Building on Community Strengths -- 5. Practicing Democracy -- 6. Preserving the Past -- 7. Growing Leaders -- 8. Inventing a Brighter Future.

"Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strategic decision-making and outlines the key strategies used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities. Smart Communities offers leaders from both the public and private sectors the tools they need to create a better future for the citizens of their communities. Using illustrative examples from communities around the country, Smart Communities shows how these change agents' well-structured decision-making processes can be traced to their effective use of seven key leverage points." "This resource is a unique contribution to the literature and offers community leaders the information they need to build a civic infrastructure and to create community readiness that will help avert problems before they begin." "Smart Communities offers hope to those who are striving to improve their communities and addresses vital issues such as poverty, race relations, and children's health and welfare."--BOOK JACKET.

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