Ignite!

Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Ph.D., captured the attention of academics and practitionerseverywhere with her landmark textbook, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health, whichprovided a comprehensive approach to coalitions. Ignite! Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change is a more concise, user-friendly bookgeared for community practitioners, leaders, and activists who want to build and sustain innovativeorganizations and coalitions to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Learn why sustaining and building a coalition is very much like planning, building, fueling, andsustaining a campfi re, and get detailed guidance on how to: determine if coalition building is the best way to achieve your goals; pick the simplest structure to achieve your objective; build and sustain innovative organizations and community coalitions with the powerto change policies, systems, and environments. The book s four parts Before You Build It, Build It, Make It Work, and Sustain It providepractical strategies to build coalitions, as well as troops, clubs, neighborhood associations, andother organizations. Whether you re a volunteer or professional, you ll get tools that make it easier to accomplishmeaningful and lasting change with Ignite!