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Where’s The Party? Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit

Where’s The Party? Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit. Speaker: Brad Edmondson www.bradedmondson.com. The Great Recession (Unemployment rate for US, Florida, and Sarasota County, Jan 1990-Jan 2012).

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Where’s The Party? Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit

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  1. Where’s The Party?Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit Speaker: Brad Edmondson www.bradedmondson.com

  2. The Great Recession(Unemployment rate for US, Florida, and Sarasota County, Jan 1990-Jan 2012)

  3. Most of US Can’t Afford to Retire(Percent ‘At Risk’ in National Retirement Risk Index)

  4. Recipe for a Strong Community

  5. Two Kinds of Social Capital • Bonding: Birds of a Feather Flock Together

  6. Two Kinds of Social Capital • Bonding: Birds of a Feather Flock Together • Bridging: E Plurbus Unum (Out of Many, One)

  7. VolunteeringInAmerica.gov(Percent of residents who volunteer in mid-sized American cities, 2010)

  8. Two Sarasotas

  9. “How often can you talk about your deepest problems with at least some of your family, friends, or church members?” (CHIP Survey of Sarasota County residents, 2010)

  10. Suspicious Minds(Percent of Sarasota County Residents who have high trust in selected groups, 2006 & 2010)

  11. Global Sarasota(Number of county residents born in selected countries, 2010) • Mexico: 6,000 • Canada: 4,100 • United Kingdom: 3,200 • Germany: 2,700 • Cuba: 2,600

  12. Global Sarasota(Number of county residents born in selected countries, 2010) • More than 1,000 residents: Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Italy, Poland, Ukraine • More than 500 residents: China, India, Vietnam, Philippines, France, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Venezuela, Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Dominican Republic

  13. Aging = Living Alone(percent of householders in one-person households, by age, 2010)

  14. Living Alone in Sarasota County(Percent of households that are one personinselected areas, 2010)

  15. Volunteering and Health(mortality among adults aged 62-66 by volunteering and motivation, 2004-08)

  16. Tips for Rebuilding Community • KISS (Keep It Simple & Small)

  17. Tips for Rebuilding Community • KISS (Keep It Simple & Small) • Mentoring Miracles

  18. Tips for Rebuilding Community • KISS (Keep It Simple & Small) • Mentoring Miracles • Grassroots & Nonpartisan

  19. Tips for Rebuilding Community • KISS (Keep It Simple & Small) • Mentoring Miracles • Grassroots & Nonpartisan • Enlist Entrepreneurs

  20. Out of Many, One

  21. Thank You! Brad Edmondson www.bradedmondson.com brade@lightlink.com

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