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John McKnight

John McKnight

Associating Associations: The Power of Convening

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Because most associations are affinity groups of like-­‐minded people, the potential for dialogue about issues is small. The focus of most associational discourse is about how to manifest their like-­‐mindedness. There is, however, a context in which associations engage...
John McKnight

Institutional Precipitation

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It’s my understanding that, in chemistry, a precipitant is a reagent that produces a reaction of which it is not a part. It is analogous to one form of institutional action in relationship to a local neighborhood. Most neighborhood-focused institutional...
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Organizing the Unorganizables

Ann Livingston -
Conversation with Ann Livingston About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. On March 27, 2018, they talked with Ann Livingston about her pioneering work...
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How to Connect Neighborhood Churches to Your Local Community

Paul Sparks -
About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their February 20, 2018 dialog they invited Paul Sparks, a leading voice in the growing...
John McKnight

The Problem With Problems

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At a recent meeting with city managers, I was struck by how universally the focus of relationships with community was “problems.” Certainly, problems are one way of defining a part of the kinds of relationships government or any institution...
Conversations

Who Has the Skills to Build Community? We All Do

Sarah van Gelder -
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their September 12, 2017 dialog they invited YES! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder to share the stories...
Conversations

How Community Animators Work Around the World

Cormac Russell -
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their July 25, 2017 dialog they invited Cormac Russell to share his experiences in...
Conversations

How Community Action Shapes Health

Deborah Puntenney -
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their June 6, 2017 dialog they invited Deborah Puntenney to share her experiences in...
John McKnight

In Search of the Tie That Binds

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One way of classifying associations is in terms of whether or not they are space-bounded. The greatest number of associations are not space-bound. However, our focus has been upon those associations where a neighborhood or small town provides the...
John McKnight

The Affinity Dilemma

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  The essence of most associational groups is that they are composed of a group of people who care about each other and/or the same thing. By its very nature, this affinity creates outsiders. For example, a voluntary association of...
John McKnight

A Neighborhood Impact Statement: Changing the Burden of Proof

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There has been a great deal of effort to persuade local institutions to reach out to the local citizenry and to engage them in participating in decision making. This process usually leaves the decision as to which decisions citizens...
John McKnight

An Educating Neighborhood

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Throughout North America, one of the most popular mottoes is the African saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” Hardly anyone disagrees with its premise. However, there are very few neighborhoods that actually engage in this practice....
John McKnight

You Are the Guest: Chat Box Comments

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You Are the Guest Conversation with Peter and John December 12, 2016 – Chat Room   About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their December...
Conversations

You Are the Guest

John McKnight -
You Are the Guest Conversation with John and Peter December 12, 2016 About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their December 2016 dialog they...
Conversations

Be a Neighbor First

Lisa Gale Hadden -
In her work with the Michigan Area Health Education Center executive director Lisa Hadden has developed creative ways to get medical professionals oriented to support rather than control local partners. In this discussion with John and Peter the focus...
John McKnight

The Gift of Fallibility

John McKnight -
Highlights from A Conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block: The Gift of Fallibility, February 7, 2012 John: Welcome, everybody. “Fallibility,” if you look in the dictionary, means “capable of error and imperfect.” It seems to me that one of the...
Conversations

Neighbors As Citizens Making Democracy Work

David Mathews -
Conversation with John McKnight, Peter Block and Guest David Mathews TalkShoe Radio  ~  February 16, 2016 https://www.talkshoe.com/recording/attachment/key/11f4b7a337008a15b356fd37ea4fecfbf2f6cc86.mp3 Chris Whitten: Welcome to another conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block. For those of you who don't know, John and Peter are the...
Conversations

Sustainable Jobs, Sustainable Local Economies

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Conversation with Michael Peck and Kristen Barker John and Peter talk with Michael and Kristen about how co-operatives are emerging as powerful forces of change and the role citizen-workers have in bringing new opportunities and family-sustaining jobs to local neighborhoods. Michael...
Friends & Neighbors

Abundant Community Edmonton

Howard Lawrence -
  Tamarack's March 23, 2016 webinar on the Abundant Community Edmonton initiative featured Howard Lawrence and Anne Harvey from the City of Edmonton, the innovators and activators of this unique neighbourhood-building framework. They were joined by John and Peter, who...
Friends & Neighbors

Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann and John McKnight in Conversation

Peter Block -
John and Peter were joined in their conversation on March 8, 2018 by Walter Brueggemann, co-author of their recently released new book An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture. Also joining them were special guests and friends Peter Pula and...
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