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Community Building: What Makes it Work
A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building
This practical guide shows you what really does (and doesn’t) contribute to community building success. It reveals 28 keys to help you build community more effectively. Use it to find out what community characteristics contribute to successful community building, make sure key processes are in place, determine if leaders or organizers have essential qualities, evaluate the likely success of a proposed project or get a struggling effort back on track. Examples, definitions and a bibliography make this report even more valuable.
Author: Paul Mattessich, Ph.D and Barbara Monsey, M.P.H
Year of Publishing: 1997
Number of Pages: 99
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Reviews
Iris deBruin (verified owner) –
This is what I have been looking for!
jessicacoy (verified owner) –
Excited to implement some of these ideas! Good foundational reminders about the importance of community building!
Deanna Thrall (verified owner) –
valuable information given in a textbook format.
Kolona Morin (verified owner) –
This was such an amazing book. So full of great information
Jamie Olsen (verified owner) –
Great information. This knowledge and the book will remain a tool for some community engagement I am working on.
Amanda Wilcox (verified owner) –
I found this book insightful and practical, and the points necessary to engage others in looking at the past, present toward a more inclusive future.
Kathryn Hoffman (verified owner) –
helpful and inspiring
fvehapi (verified owner) –
Anything that says ‘community’ is my kind of book. This one has some great tips on building your successful community. Thank you
jeugarte (verified owner) –
I think I had different expectations. I thought that it would be more of a guide to start community organizing and instead it’s more like these are things needed to have this work but it doesn’t tell you how to get those things. It was okay for what it was.
Emily Martin (verified owner) –
Such a powerful resource for those who are interested in building community! Loved reading it.
Eden Bell (verified owner) –
Great information! Looking forward to implementing this as I work towards building strong, independent communities!
TTMC55 (verified owner) –
A very helpful resource.
MILES TRAVIS (verified owner) –
This book is a methodical study of factors that help community building efforts successful. I appreciated that the authors were thoughtful about defining what “community” and “community building” meant, and how these meanings contributed to the strategies that made a difference. This book would be helpful to those who are busy crafting a better community around them, and want to think through how to make progress more efficiently.
anniestu (verified owner) –
It’s not as practical as I was hoping, but some good information nonetheless.
Duncanreads2025 (verified owner) –
This is a very informative book for those who are in city planning, housing development or related fields to help understand what fosters successful communities, and how to plan them.
pat (verified owner) –
Although dated and providing examples that don’t always mesh well here, the principles are important and useful. I’d love an updated study.
Savanna Rilatos (verified owner) –
So good!
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