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13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition
13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and often positively revelatory. The anecdotes and examples are delivered with wit and a little bit of a dishy factor. But underneath all the fun is a clear breadth of experience, and a no-nonsense, practical approach to community building, which can be easily grasped. 13 Ways to Kill Your Community offers practical, implementable steps that can be taken to bring a moribund community back to life. This book delivers what it promises, and it does so with wit and warmth.
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13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition
13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and often positively revelatory. The anecdotes and examples are delivered with wit and a little bit of a dishy factor. But underneath all the fun is a clear breadth of experience, and a no-nonsense, practical approach to community building, which can be easily grasped. 13 Ways to Kill Your Community offers practical, implementable steps that can be taken to bring a moribund community back to life. This book delivers what it promises, and it does so with wit and warmth.
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13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition

13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition

13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition

13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition

Overview

13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and often positively revelatory. The anecdotes and examples are delivered with wit and a little bit of a dishy factor. But underneath all the fun is a clear breadth of experience, and a no-nonsense, practical approach to community building, which can be easily grasped. 13 Ways to Kill Your Community offers practical, implementable steps that can be taken to bring a moribund community back to life. This book delivers what it promises, and it does so with wit and warmth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781460297582
Publisher: FriesenPress
Publication date: 11/08/2016
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 271,283
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Doug Griffiths is the Founder and CEO of 13 Ways Inc, a consulting firm based in Alberta, Canada. He is also the best-selling author of 13 Ways to Kill your Community, and a highly sought after speaker and "community therapist". To contact the team at 13 Ways to help you better lead your community into the future, you can call them at (587) 573-1313 or visit www.13ways.ca

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Prologue xv

Chapter 1 Forget the Water 1

Chapter 2 Don't Attract Business 13

Chapter 3 Don't Engage Youth 24

Chapter 4 Deceive Yourself 36

Chapter 5 Shop Elsewhere 47

Chapter 6 Don't Paint 59

Chapter 7 Don't Cooperate 70

Chapter 8 Live in the Past 82

Chapter 9 Shut Out Your Seniors 93

Chapter 10 Reject Everything New 105

Chapter 11 Ignore Outsiders 116

Chapter 12 Grow Complacent 128

Chapter 13 Don't Take Responsibility 139

Conclusion 151

About the Author 155

About 13 Ways, Inc. 157

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