13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition13 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.... |
Contents
Chapter 1
Forget the Water | 1 |
Chapter 2
Dont Attract Business | 13 |
Chapter 3
Dont Engage Youth | 24 |
Chapter 4
Deceive Yourself | 36 |
Chapter 5
Shop Elsewhere | 47 |
Chapter 6
Dont Paint | 59 |
Chapter 7
Dont Cooperate | 70 |
Chapter 8
Live in the Past | 82 |
Chapter 10
Reject Everything New | 105 |
Chapter 11
Ignore Outsiders | 116 |
Chapter 12
Grow Complacent | 128 |
Chapter 13
Dont Take Responsibility | 139 |
Conclusion | 151 |
About the Author | 155 |
About 13 Ways Inc | 157 |
Chapter 9
Shut Out Your Seniors | 93 |
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