6 Keys of Connection: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Powerful Community

Cormac Russell, a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD) with experience in 36 countries joins Enterprise Radio. Russell is the co-author of the book The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods. This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Cormac Russell discuss the following: * What do you mean by “The Connected Community”? * Can you give us some examples? * You talk about the keys to the good life; what do you mean by that? What is distinctive about the keys you recommend? * What problems do more connected communities address besides the obvious one of social isolation? * Is this not all just motherhood and apple pie and parochial, given the serious issues our world is currently dealing with? * Can you offer three practical tips to get going for those interested in creating a more connected neighborhood where they live? Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD) with experience in 36 countries. A social explorer, author, speaker, and managing director of Nurture Development, he sits on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. John McKnight is cofounder of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute, a Senior Associate at the Kettering Foundation, and sits on the board of a number of community development organizations. Russell and McKnight coauthored The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods. Website: https://theconnected.community People also listened to this:  Single Strategy That Drives Amazon and Apple’s Success