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

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 8:58 p.m.

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Cormac Russell, a\\xa0veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD)\\xa0with 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\\xa0to host\\xa0Eric Dye\\xa0& guest Cormac Russell\\xa0discuss the following:

* What do you mean by \\u201cThe Connected Community\\u201d?
* 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\\xa0is a\\xa0veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD)\\xa0with experience in 36 countries. A social explorer, author, speaker, and managing director of\\xa0Nurture Development, he sits on the\\xa0faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago.\\xa0John McKnight is\\xa0cofounder of the\\xa0Asset-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\\xa0The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods.

Website: https://theconnected.community

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