Watkins, Jane Magruder; Bernard J. Mohr. Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001
Recommended By: Town and Country Church InstituteTo Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Super Book Deals Notes: "Watkins and Mohr explain the Appreciative Inquiry approach to complex change that their consulting company is named after. They urge leaders to free themselves from the restrictive orthodoxy of deficit-based change, to mobilize strategic change, and to focus on visible and tacit strengths of the organization." (Book News, Inc.)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 078795179X
Related Subject(s): Community Development Tools, Appreciative Inquiry
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Green, Gary Paul; Anna Haines. Asset Building and Community Development. Des Moines, Iowa, US: SAGE Publications, 2001
Recommended By: National Catholic Rural Life ConferenceTo Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Super Book Deals Notes: "In Asset Building and Community Development Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, interdisciplinary overview of the community development field. They explore the history of the community development movement in the United States and in international settings. Using an asset-based approach that considers human, physical, social, financial, and environmental capital, the authors skillfully demonstrate how local organizations are better able to meet community needs than are governmental programs or market strategies." (Publisher's description)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0761922636
Related Subject(s): Community Development Tools
Cooperrider, David L; Diana Whitney; Jacqueline M. Stavros. Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: The First in a Series of AI Workbooks for Leaders of Change. : Lakeshore Communications, 2003
To Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Super Book Deals Notes: "The Appreciate Inquiry Handbook contains everything needed to launch any kind of AI initiative, from a one-hour introduction to AI to a complete two-day program. Cooperrider, Whitney, and Stavros provide background information on what AI is and how it works, and offer sample project plans, designs, agendas, course outlines, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a complete slide presentation, a list of resources and more." (Amazon)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 1893435172
Flowerdew, Robin; David Martin (editors). Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students doing a Research Project. Peterborough, Ontario, Canada: Prentice Hall, 1997 / 2005
Recommended By: Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (TCCBE) & U-linksTo Acquire Contact: Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble Notes: "Provides an accessible guide to a wide variety of contemporary research methods, together with practical advice on choosing a topic and producing the written report. The text provides an overview of both qualitative and quantitative techniques, together with guidance on how to pursue each approach further. As such it will prove of great value not only to human geography students, but as an introduction to research methods for all students preparing a dissertation." (Amazon UK)ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0582289734 / 0582473217
Related Subject(s): Community Development Tools, Research Methods, Human Geography
Howes, Laurie; Elisabeth Skinner; James Derounian. The Good Councillor's Guide: Essential Guidance For Town and Parish Councillors. Cheltenham, UK
Recommended By: Countryside and Community Research Unit - CCRUTo Acquire Contact: Downloadable PDF Document, Downloadable Word Document, National Association of Local Councils, Society of Local Council ClerksNotes: "A guide for new councillors is freely available from CTPs. It was written for the NTS by the University of Gloucestershire and is a very helpful introduction to civic life for new councillors, as well as a useful reminder for seasoned councillors." (National Association of Local Councils)
Related Subject(s): Community Governance, England
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