In this section of our website you will find

• Reading list,

• Annotated online resources,

• Book reviews and,

• List of community-building institutes and centers .

Online resources

Democracy in America,

an online discussion group hosted by National Public Radio

Ideas on Teams and Teamwork

Excerpts from a 38 page paper by Bob Willard developed as a Leadership Development Handout. Defines teams and teamwork, team-player styles and signs of trouble in teams. Also describes empowered teams and what benefits they produce for companies. Excellent bibliography and resource list provided.

Internet Resources For Leadership/Management Development

A guide to Internet resources to help facilitators of leadership/management development. Developed by Bob McLean in 1995 as part of the course "Internet Resources and Education" at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).

Learning Organization

Learning-org: discussion of the learning organization, and the theory, tools and methods for becoming one. For practitioners as well as anyone with interest. Hosted by Richard Karash.

The Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold

"I put these words out here for the Net without charge because I want to get as much good information distributed as possible right now about the nature of computer communications."

3 Strategies For Learning Organizations

A 12 page paper by Bob Willard featuring tables detailing Peter Senge's 5 Disciplines of a Learning Organization (Senge, 1990) in relation to past and current IBM Canada Initiatives. Also features a "strategies" table comparing strategies for transformation into a learning organization.

Resources for local and regional communities

• Community Development Society
• Neighborhoods Online
• Community Opportunity Program/Institute for the Study of Civic Values
• Participatory (Community Development) Initiatives
• Civic Network
• Social Development Resources

Book reviews

Here we are going to publish reviews or links to reviews of the "Community Building" book, as well as, of related books.

• Building Communities From The Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding And Mobilizing A Community's Assets, by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight

Community Building Institutes and Centers

Communitarian Network
George Washington University
2130 "H" Street N.W.
Washington DC 20052
Ph.:202/994-7997

Creative Grandparenting, Inc.
1503 West 13th Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
Ph.:302/656-2122

EHAMA Institute for Earth Wisdom Teachings
31440 Loma Prieta Way
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Ph.:408/282-4537

Foundation for Community Encouragement
109 Danbury Road, Suite 8
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Ph.:203/431-9484

Foundation for Global Community
222 High Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Ph.:415/328-7756

Foundation for Interdependence
470 San Antonio Road, Suite M
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Ph.:415/856-7853

Independent Sector
1828 "L" Street N.W.
Washington DC 20036
Ph.:202/223-8100

M.I.T. Organizational Learning Center
30 Memorial Drive
Building E60 Third Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Ph.:617/253-1549

Trusteeship Institute, Inc.
15 Edwards Square
Northampton, MA 01060
Ph.:413/584-8191

World Business Academy
P.O. Box 21470
Washington, D.C. 20009
Ph.:202/822-4022