Designing Creative Communities

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>We all want to be a part of a thriving community. But few of us know how to meaningfully contribute to the places where we live work learn and play. </strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Whether you dream of launching a community innovation center want to enhance your town with colorful murals or are simply looking to strengthen relationships with your neighbors </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Designing Creative Communities </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is the guide for you. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Award-winning community builder Spud Marshall coaches emerging leaders and community members alike through a simple process for how to transform your town into a creative place to call home. Filled with stories from Spud's work over the past decade </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Designing Creative Communities </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>teaches you how to actively create change and have a lot of fun along the way.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The book will introduce you to the CANVAS Framework where you'll learn how to:</span></p><ul><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>C</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>hart your path (and avoid getting an RV stuck in the mud).</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>sk probing questions (by jumping into an inflatable ball pit on the street).</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>N</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ame early adopters (and create a secret society).</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>V</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>isualize a prototype (while ensuring that bees don't escape into your home).</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>rticulate your story (using a giant blue chameleon car).</span></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>S</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>ustain efforts with partners (without harming a single piano).</span></li></ul>