books about: community-building     books:     Community-building      Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6: Build your own professional blog, forum, portal or ... David Mercer Packt Publishing, 2008 Good update on Drupal 6 David Mercer did a very good job at updating his previous book on Drupal, "Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites", that was published on April 1006. Although only two years have passed, the new features have quickly piled up. This book ...             Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide To Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and ... Michael Jacoby Brown Long Haul Press, 2007 Best book available on the subject Author Michael Jacoby Brown has created a book with very detailed information on how to organize, create, and lead a community organization. In it he clearly explains all the steps necessary to create an effective organization that can resolve problems. The various ...             Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight ACTA Publications, 1997 Kretzmann and McKnight help us see through new eyes. Building Communities from the Inside Out guides readers to a new, asset-based approach to community building that proves everyone has a gift to share. The book offers practical advice, helpful tools, and powerful stories that help us see communities in new ways--as ...             Asset Building and Community Development Gary Paul Green, Anna Haines Sage Publications, Inc, 2007 Clearly written, asset-based focus to community development A clearly written, well-organized overview of various factors involved in community development in the United States. Each chapter concludes with extensive lists of resources. An excellent introduction to the topic for undergraduates.             City in Time: New York William Hayes Sterling, 2007 Past and Present Beautiful pictorial of a city emerging and growing but yet unchanging. Some of the most well-known areas are captured in this book using a glimpse of the past and a current image without attempting an exact recreation of the previous. It shows an evolution of time but ...             Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture Andy Stanley, Bill Willits Multnomah Books, 2004 Explains the Essence! I've read many books about small groups and this is one of the best I've read! The authors explain well the real essence for having a small group. It is a must for church leaders to read this, especially if they really interested to have deeper relationship with ...             Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature Douglas Farr Wiley, 2007 more a general guidebook for professionals than a text Thank god for the current trend toward the generalization of textbooks. I don't mean generalization in the sense of broadening or watering-down of subject matter, but rather in writing: many more texts in relatively technical fields are being written so that they ...             Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape Brian Hayes W. W. Norton, 2005 Wonderful, eye-opening book This engrossing book leads the reader on a tour of industrial features that one would encounter on both a cross-country or cross-town trip. After reading this book, you will find yourself---as I did---pointing out industrial installations and explaining their use to ...             Community Organizing and Community Building for Health Rutgers University Press, 2004 It's a tome, but a must-read tome. We read this book for a grad school class, and it was the best book I read as a grad student. Each chapter is organized into two parts, a theoretical treatment followed by an in-depth case study. Although it's a bit heady, the book is also extremely practical. The ...             Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom (Jossey Bass Higher and ... Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt Jossey-Bass, 2007 A Must Read for Distance Learning Professionals This is quite simply one the best books on distance learning that I have read. Palloff and Pratt provide a well researched investigation into developing communities online. The first part of the book goes to great length in defining distance learning and community. ...             Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities Erica Brown Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008 A Wonderful Teacher I confess that I haven't read this yet. I'm on this page so I can order this book! I'm writing a preliminary review because I know what an outstanding writer & speaker Erica Brown is. I'll be back with an update...             City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village, Revised Edition David Sucher City Comforts Inc., 2003 A handbook for anyone building the world around us In the first couple of pages of this book, David Sucher captures the struggle of modern urban planning: how do you make a place feel "urban" (bustling, a degree of anonymity, culture and complexity) and like a "village" (friendly, natural, community-oriented) at the ...             The Church of Irresistible Influence: Bridge-Building Stories to Help Reach Your Community Robert Lewis Zondervan, 2001 Worth reading for every church leader... "The Church of Irresistible Influence" is one of the most compelling books that I've ever read about what the church can and should be. I'm not one to casually embrace huge concepts on a whim, so I'm not yet convinced that every notion from this book is appropriate or ...             The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (The Routledge Urban Reader Series) S. Wheeler Routledge, 2004 Excellent Readings The Sustainable Urban Development Reader includes a number of seminary writings by some of the foremost thinkers in sustainable urbanism, including Timothy Beatley and William McDonough. Even though "sustainable" and "green urbanism" are trendy hot topics, the readings ...             In the Arms of Elders: A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building William H. Thomas Vanderwyk & Burnham, 2006 Rethinking elder care Reviewed by Joe Graham for Reader Views (1/07) Most of us have visited nursing homes and have been sad and depressed at the frail, unhappy people that we have seen there. We feel bad for the people who are in the home whether they are friends or family and we hope ...          products you might be interested in search for books bridge-building, infrastructure, irresistible, organizations, professional, sustainable      toavi.com    web we recommend Worth reading for every church leader... randomly chosen book: Wizards' Conclave (Dragonlance: Age of Mortals)