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Category: Books

  • How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein

    See: Community Building Reading List Notes about How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein (via Google Bard): Sure. David Bornstein’s book, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, is a collection of profiles of social entrepreneurs from around the world.…

  • Building Successful Online Communities by Robert Kraut, Paul Resnick and others

    Notes about Building Successful Online Communities by Robert Kraut, Paul Resnick and others (via Google Bard): In their book, Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Design, Robert Kraut and Paul Resnick draw on insights from the social sciences to offer design principles for creating and managing online communities. The book is divided into five parts: For…

  • Corporate Cultures and Performance by James Heskett and John Kotter

    Notes about Corporate Cultures and Performance by James Heskett and John Kotter (via Google Bard): In their book Corporate Culture and Performance, James Heskett and John Kotter argue that a company’s culture has a profound impact on its economic performance. They define corporate culture as “the shared values and beliefs that shape the way employees…

  • Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

    Notes about Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (via Google Bard):  Sure, here is a summary of Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody: Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations is a book by Clay Shirky published by Penguin Press in 2008. The book examines the effect of the Internet on modern group…

  • Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam

    See: Robert Putnam Research and Concept: Social Capital Notes about Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam (via Google Bard): Sure. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 book by Robert D. Putnam, a political scientist at Harvard University. The book argues that Americans have become increasingly isolated from one another in…

  • Community Building Reading List

    People have been thinking about the best ways to build, transform and sustain communities for a while. Some of the ones we found are: See also: Individual Authors and their books

  • Community: The structure of belonging by Peter Block

    Notes about: Community: The structure of belonging by Peter Block (via Google Bard) Community insights / quotes / discussions in the comment section Here are some of the specific actions that Block suggests we can take to build community: Building a community takes time and effort, but it is worth it. When we have strong…