Ignite!: Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781491810125)

Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Ph.D., captured the attention of academics and practitioners everywhere with her landmark textbook, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health, which provided a comprehensive approach to coalitions. Ignite! Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change is a more concise, user-friendly book geared for community practitioners, leaders, and activists who want to build and sustain innovative organizations and coalitions to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Learn why sustaining and building a coalition is very much like planning, building, fueling, and sustaining a campfi re, and get detailed guidance on how to: - determine if coalition building is the best way to achieve your goals; - pick the simplest structure to achieve your objective; - build and sustain innovative organizations and community coalitions with the power to change policies, systems, and environments. The book's four parts--Before You Build It, Build It, Make It Work, and Sustain It--provide practical strategies to build coalitions, as well as troops, clubs, neighborhood associations, and other organizations. Whether you're a volunteer or professional, you'll get tools that make it easier to accomplish meaningful and lasting change with Ignite!

Author: Frances Dunn Butterfoss Ph. D.
ISBN-10: 1491810122
ISBN-13: 9781491810125
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2013
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d