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When people are engaged in communities, they take ownership of the issues facing them. Community engagement is about people working collaboratively, through inspired action and learning, drawing strength from each other and from the diversity of their perspectives to create and realize bold visions for their common future. Read More>> | Community Engagement in the Library
When a diverse group of community members comes together in constructive ways and is provided with reliable information about community issues, they can create powerful visions and plans for change. This is collaborative leadership: the paradoxical notion of "leading together." And, it is alive every time a group takes collective responsibility for the good of the community as a whole. Read More>> | Collaborative Leadership in the Library
When communities innovate they have the opportunity to be curious and think creatively together. The result is new strategies and practical solutions to complex community issues. A fundamental premise of community innovation is that "we cannot solve our collective social and economic challenges with the same thinking that created them." Read More>> | Community Innovation in the Library
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Featured Blogs
Community Blogs
- Big Vision or Relentless Incrementalism? Elayne Greeley
- Disruption and Embracing Change: reflections by Amy C. Moritz Community Animator
- Building your Collaborative Leadership Capacity Community Animator
- Asset Based Community Development Community Animator
- Matching Evaluation Strategies to Community Rhythms Andrew Taylor
- A Transformative Learning Experience Community Animator
- Traveling and the art of disruption Cameron Norman
- Listening for Crickets Nonprofit Doc
- Curiosity and Community Cameron Norman
- Flock Together Devonkerslake
Recent Publications
- Leadership in Complex Times by MarkHolmgren
- Walking Together Digital Resource by hhalpenny
- Comment évaluer l'innovation dans la gouvernance communautaire by Marc L. Johnson
- Vibrant Villages Resource Page by Raising the Village
- What New Zealand is Learning About Community-Led Development by Barbara MacLennan
- Reframing the Housing Discussion by sfederspiel
- Convening community by Russell Kueber
- Listening to Calgary's Immigrant Seniors by Sybil Braganza
- Grandparenting Across Cultures by Sybil Braganza
- Cultural Cues by Sybil Braganza
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