Overview
Healthy communities strive for their members to support one another, share their passions, and achieve personal growth. This book will help you learn to be connected and defeat loneliness by understanding where and how we belong. No matter the kind of organization, company, or social group, this book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community or strengthen the ones they already have. Drawing on both 3,000 years of history and his personal experience, Charles Vogl lays out seven time-tested principles for developing connected communities that last. These include: Boundary: the boundary between members and outsiders; Initiation: the activities that mark a new member; Rituals: the things we do that have meaning; Temple: a place set aside to find our community; Stories: what we share that allows others and ourselves to know our values; Symbols: the things that represent ideas that are important to us; and Inner Rings: a path to growth as we participate. With hands-on tools for applying these principles to any group--formal or informal, mission driven or social, physical or virtual--this book will guide you in your journey to become a community builder that brings people together.
Full Product Details
Author: Charles H Vogl ,
Charles Vogl ,
Ulf Bjorklund ,
Ulf Bjorklund
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Imprint: Ascent Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228368156
Publication Date: 11 March 2025
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Charles Vogl is an award-winning author, speaker, and adviser. He draws from a wealth of spiritual traditions to understand how individuals build loyalty, strengthen identity, and live out shared values. His work is used to develop leaders and programs worldwide within organizations including Google, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Twitch.tv, and the US Army. Vogl is also a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab. He holds an MDiv. from Yale, where he studied spiritual traditions, ethics, and business as a Jesse Ball duPont Foundation scholar. Charles H. Vogl has been working to build communities since his days as a Peace Corps volunteer. He now works with leaders in technology, finance, media, government, and social change organizations to help them create a meaningful difference. He is also a founding producer at Broken English Productions, creating works that have won several international awards. Ulf Bjorklund was born and raised in Boden, northern Sweden. Ulf studied acting and worked internationally with a theater company for twenty years. He has also done some on-screen work. When not narrating, he composes music and enjoys photography. Ulf Bjorklund was born and raised in Boden, northern Sweden. Ulf studied acting and worked internationally with a theater company for twenty years. He has also done some on-screen work. When not narrating, he composes music and enjoys photography.
