Ignite! : Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change - Frances Dunn Butterfoss Ph. D.

Ignite!

Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change

By: Frances Dunn Butterfoss Ph. D.

Paperback | 16 September 2013

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Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Ph.D., captured the attention of academics and practitioners everywhere with her landmark textbook, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health, which provided a comprehensive approach to coalitions. Ignite! Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change is a more concise, user-friendly book geared for community practitioners, leaders, and activists who want to build and sustain innovative organizations and coalitions to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Learn why sustaining and building a coalition is very much like planning, building, fueling, and sustaining a campfi re, and get detailed guidance on how to: ⢠determine if coalition building is the best way to achieve your goals; ⢠pick the simplest structure to achieve your objective; ⢠build and sustain innovative organizations and community coalitions with the power to change policies, systems, and environments. The bookâs four partsâ"Before You Build It, Build It, Make It Work, and Sustain Itâ"provide practical strategies to build coalitions, as well as troops, clubs, neighborhood associations, and other organizations. Whether youâre a volunteer or professional, youâll get tools that make it easier to accomplish meaningful and lasting change with Ignite!

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