Interested in reading more about community, go to www.genuinecontactway.com/blog/community-is-it-a-person-place-or-thing and read what my colleague Becky Arrington says about community: Is it a person, place or thing?
Whatever it is, there has to be connections between its different parts, just like a spider web. What creates those connections would be interesting to discuss. One of the Nobel laurates of 2005 said that we have looked so much at the different parts, taking apart things as much as we can. Now it is time to look at the relationships between the parts to understand what the parts really are. Applying this on community, it would be interesting to look at the glue that keeps the different parts of a community together. Becky discusses the importance of shared values. Do people in a community always have shared values? Maybe some but they do not necessarily share all values they have. There is another thing that might also be part of the glue and that is purpose. Purpose answers the question why people come together and create a community in the first place. It might be to sustain common values.
What are your thoughts on this topic and your own experiences with different communities? Discuss it here or on the GenuineContactWay blog.
Happy New Year 2012!
I wish all children in the world a great year with joy, happiness and abundance in a supportive community.
Creating community is about action so to create a wonderful year for all children, please visit Unicef and buy an Inspired Gift.
Whatever it is, there has to be connections between its different parts, just like a spider web. What creates those connections would be interesting to discuss. One of the Nobel laurates of 2005 said that we have looked so much at the different parts, taking apart things as much as we can. Now it is time to look at the relationships between the parts to understand what the parts really are. Applying this on community, it would be interesting to look at the glue that keeps the different parts of a community together. Becky discusses the importance of shared values. Do people in a community always have shared values? Maybe some but they do not necessarily share all values they have. There is another thing that might also be part of the glue and that is purpose. Purpose answers the question why people come together and create a community in the first place. It might be to sustain common values.
What are your thoughts on this topic and your own experiences with different communities? Discuss it here or on the GenuineContactWay blog.
Happy New Year 2012!
I wish all children in the world a great year with joy, happiness and abundance in a supportive community.
Creating community is about action so to create a wonderful year for all children, please visit Unicef and buy an Inspired Gift.
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