Articles Posted in the " Community Building Education " Category




  • How to Build Community in your Apartment Building

    The reason we need to build Community in our apartment buildings is all in the name – apart-ment.  Although we live under the same roof, many people living in apartment buildings feel isolated and alone.  You can change that in your building. This article shows you how.



  • What in the World is Going On?

    We are resilient, empathetic, strong and compassionate.  These are not merely the characteristics of people in a crisis; these are the characteristics that reveal themselves when people are in a crisis.


  • Ripples

    My most exciting feedback to date is shared in this post. Spoiler alert; “Community building should be part of every class at the University”. Come read the story.


  • How Do We Build Community?

    The Answer, in a Few Words… We build community by communicating. In Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putnam says “Communication is a fundamental prerequisite for social and emotional connections.”  “Social and emotional connections” is a succinct definition of..


  • Community: It’s Time

    Community We hear the word “community” a lot today.  Yet we use the word so liberally, applying it to any group at all, that it has become nearly meaningless.  This does a disservice to the true meaning..