The Measurement Standard Nobody's Built (So I Did).
A draft framework for certifying community-strengthening engagement, from relationships to collective power.
The Answer is Community
Missives on Place-Based Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
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Your Neighborhood Doesn't Exist (According to the Data)
The critical failure of community measurement, how to fix it, and why I need your help to do it.
But Does it Build Community?
Developing the questions to spur community building within the practice of community engagement. (Reading Time: 6.5 minutes)
“Do you feel like you belong?” and other problematic questions.
The case for measuring place-attachment and identity, not belonging. (Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes)
What Top Sustainability Standards Get Wrong About Community
A review of LEED, SITES, SEED and LBC through the lens of social cohesion. (Reading Time: just under 6 minutes)
Across the Great Divide: Clark Anderson of Community Builders
An interview on building civic capacity and trust through engagement.
We Measure "Sustainability." Why Not "Community?"
The fastest path to scaling social cohesion runs through data and measurement. (Estimated reading time: 5 minutes)
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“Process ≠ Product: Why Community Engagement Needs Its Own Scorecard”
What do we miss when we conflate project engagement with project outcomes? (Reading time: about 4.5 minutes)