Morse Smart Communities

How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-84357-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management

The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration
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. Outlining seven "leverage points" for decision-making used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities, this new Second Edition offers leaders from both the public and private sectors the tools they need to build a civic infrastructure and create a better future for all the community's citizens.
* Second Edition has been thoroughly updated with current knowledge and research
* Covers new developments from current design thinking and strategy literature to innovation and invention in communities
* Advises on how to create community readiness that will help avert problems before they begin
* All case vignettes have been revised to include more detailed information about the process and application of the seven leverage points
* Examples from communities around the country illustrate how these change agents' well-structured decision-making processes can be traced to their effective use of the seven key leverage points
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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morse, Suzanne W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxi
The Author xxiii
1 Building the Foundation for Community Change 1
2 Investing Right the First Time 27
3 Working Together 55
4 Building on Community Strengths 79
5 Practicing Democracy 101
6 Preserving the Past 121
7 Growing New Leaders 149
8 Inventing the Future 167
References 183
Index 199

Über Autor(innen)

SUZANNE W. MORSE, Ph.D., is associate professor of Urbanand Environmental Planning in the School of Architecture at theUniversity of Virginia and president of the internationally knownCivic Change, Inc. (formerly Pew Partnership for Civic Change). Aspresident of Civic Change, Inc., for 17 years, Morse has become anational expert on civic leadership and engagement. She is aregular keynote speaker both nationally and internationally, andher articles and opinion pieces have appeared in national journalsas well as leading newspapers and trade publications. Morse iscurrently chairman of the board of trustees of the Charles F.Kettering Foundation, and former chair of Piedmont VirginiaCommunity College. She has served on state and national boardsincluding Campfire, Inc., LBJ School Advisory Board, University ofTexas, LEAD Virginia, and the Montpelier Foundation's Centeron the Constitution. She had fellowships at the Center forOrganizational & Technological Advancement (COTA) at VirginiaTech (2006-2009), and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities(1991).