Category Archives: Community organizing

Community Leadership Development: A Compendium of Theory, Research, and Application

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The development of leadership capacities addresses a vital and continuing need in communities and organizations as they attempt to adapt to a wide range of social, economic, environmental, and political changes. Leadership development activities that focus on building new skills and fostering … Continue reading →

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Community Entrepreneurship – A framework for Social Change Leadership

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The objectives of this article are to: (1) characterize the special requirements for practicing leadership in community-based, social change settings; (2) identify a distinctive kind of leadership, called community entrepreneurship, which is appropriate to such settings; and (3) draw implications … Continue reading →

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Community Organizing Models

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Assessing unique social action approaches throughout history to determine their ongoing influence and to assess new or adapted models emerging today. Models Summarized: Alinksy, Faith-Based Community Organizing, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Civil Disobedience, Conciousness-Raising, Asset-Based Community Development, Spiritual Activism, Social … Continue reading →

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The Collective Leadership Framework for Community Change

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Giorgio Bertini

Collective leadership is still an emerging field, so there is not one,common definition. It is, however, about embracing and marshalling human, cultural and technological resources in ways that enable local people to work together to improve their communities for the … Continue reading →

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Mass Localism – A way to help small communities solve big social challenges

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Giorgio Bertini

Policymakers increasingly recognise that many of the solutions to major social challenges – from tackling climate change to improving public health – need to be much more local. Local solutions are frequently very effective, as they reflect the needs of … Continue reading →

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Saul Alinsky, community organizing and rules for radicals

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Saul Alinsky‘s work is an important reference point for thinking about community organizing and community development. His books Reveille for Radicals (1946) and Rules for Radicals (1971) were both classic explorations of organizing and remain popular today. Mike Seal examines … Continue reading →

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How should we organize ourselves in the 21st century?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

How do we organise ourselves to achieve our political aims? It is an age-old question, with the answer often revolving around two poles of attraction, the centralised cadre versus the decentralised loose network. Symptoms of the general structural instability of … Continue reading →

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#yeswecamp: nosotros sí podemos

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Las TIC han generado posibilidades reales de participación: “No somos los mismos desde que estamos en las redes sociales”, decía Castells en motivo de la revolución Egipcia. Las redes sociales, abundantes en posibilidades de participación, han causado un empoderamiento … Continue reading →

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Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community – Changing the Nature of the Conversation

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read This booklet is written for citizens who care for the well being of their community. It is for those people who want to live in a neighborhood and a city that works for all its citizens and who have … Continue reading →

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Resilience: plan for anything, don’t plan for everything

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Former Time foreign editor Joshua Cooper Ramo rightly concludes that ‘much of what we face cannot be deterred or prevented’. He argues in consequence that the US should ‘rechristen the Department of Homeland Security as the Department of Resilience … Continue reading →