Tom Wolff

The Power of Collaborative Solutions (eBook, ePUB)

Six Principles and Effective Tools for Building Healthy Communities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this groundbreaking book, Tom Wolff spells out six proven principles for creating collabo- rative solutions for healthy communities. The Power of Collaborative Solutions addresses contemporary social problems by helping people of diverse circumstances and backgrounds work together to solve community challenges. Filled with clear principles, illustrative stories, and practical tools, this book shows how to make lasting change really happen. Praise for The Power of Collaborative Solutions "This is a truly transformative book and a must-read. Tom Wolff crafts a path to change that is at once visionary and achievable." --MEREDITH MINKLER, professor of health and social behavior, University of California, Berkeley, and coauthor, Community-Based Participatory Research for Health (Jossey-Bass, 2008) "If you want to bring about sustained positive change in your community, read this book. The stories will inspire you, and the lessons will shine a light on your leadership path." --TYLER NORRIS, founding president, Community Initiatives "Here you'll find not just theory, but also the hard-won, down-to-earth detail on how to make collaboration work where you live and act." --BILL BERKOWITZ, professor emeritus of psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell "Tom has a tremendous fount of knowledge, and he knows just what to do with it and how to help others use it. His kind and commonsensical manner means that his intellect is accessible." --LINDA BOWEN, executive director, Institute for Community Peace, Washington, D.C.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470579589
• Artikelnr.: 37297205

Autorenporträt

THE AUTHOR Tom Wolff, Ph.D., is a community psychologist and expert committed to issues of social justice and building healthy communities through collaborative solutions. He is the founder of Tom Wolff & Associates and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Wolff is a nationally recognized consultant on coalition building and community develop- ment, and he has a lifetime of experience training and consulting with individuals, organiza- tions, and communities across North America and internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. The Author. Chapter 1 Why Collaborative
Solutions? How Our Helping Systems Are Failing Us. Community Solutions
Demand a New, Collaborative Approach. How Our Traditional Community
Problem-Solving Methods Fail. What Does This Tell Us, and What Do We Do
Next? Chapter 2 Building Healthy Communities through Collaborative
Solutions: An Overview of Six Key Principles. 1. Encourage True
Collaboration as the Form of Exchange. 2. Engage the Full Diversity of the
Community, Especially Those Most Directly Affected. 3. Practice Democracy
and Promote Active Citizenship and Empowerment. 4. Employ an Ecological
Approach That Builds on Community Strengths. 5. Take Action by Addressing
Issues of Social Change and Power on the Basis of a Common Vision. 6.
Engage Spirituality as Your Compass for Social Change. Community Story: The
Cleghorn Neighborhood Center. Chapter 3 Encouraging True Collaboration.
Networking. Coordination. Cooperation. Collaboration. Learning to
Collaborate: Risks, Resources, Rewards, and Responsibilities. What If. . .
. Community Story: The North Quabbin Community Coalition. Chapter 4
Engaging the Full Diversity of the Community. Mini-Grants. Leadership
Development. Community Outreach Workers. Community Organizers. Experiment
with Simple Options to Engage Community Members. Community Story: The
Mayor's Task Force on Deinstitutionalization. Chapter 5 Practicing
Democracy. How Much Participation Do We Want? How Do We Encourage
Democratic Participation? More Ways to Support the Practice of Democracy.
Community Story: Valuing Our Children. Chapter 6 Employing an Ecological
Approach That Builds on Community Strengths. Assets and Deficits. Setting
the Stage to Move from Assets to Action. Healthy Communities: A Model
Ecological Approach. Healthy Communities in Action. Community Stories: The
Northern Berkshire Community Coalition and the Lower/Outer Cape Community
Coalition. Community Story: The Institute for Community Peace and the Santa
Barbara Pro-Youth Coalition. Chapter 7 Taking Action and Working for Social
Change. Key Factors for Coalitions in Successfully Creating Community
Change. Creating a Common Vision. Community Action to Create Community
Change. Addressing Issues of Social Change and Power. Addressing Issues of
Social Change in Collaborative Efforts. Power-Based Versus
Relationship-Based Social Change. Barack Obama's Election and the Future of
Collaborative Solutions. Community Story: Health Access Networks. Chapter 8
Engaging Spirituality as Your Compass for Social Change. What Really Works?
The Current Helping System: How It Is Stuck, and How We Can Free It.
Overcoming the Limitations with the Help of Spiritual Principles. It's
Profound, It's Not Easy . . . but It's Within Our Reach. Community Story:
Bringing It All Back to Earth: The Spiritual. Essence of a Regular Meeting
of the North Quabbin Community. Coalition. Conclusion. Appendix Evaluation:
Assessing Our Progress and Celebrating Our Success. Questions an Evaluation
Can Help Answer. Community Participation in Evaluation. Frameworks for
Evaluating Coalitions. Documentation and Evaluation in Action: Community
Stories. Conclusion. References. Index.