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The Connected CommunityFrom Paris to Power with loveSend us a textHey friends,It's been a while. In this episode, Prof. Mike Fox is back to tell us what he has been up to in the field of Engaged Learning, and Sacha shares some reflections on her trip to Paris, where she recently presented a paper on her work. Cormac also explains why there has been a hiatus in episodes and shares his recent journey with cancer, and reflects on what he has learned as a patient of the service system. Welcome back, everybody. Sacha an...
2026-02-081h 09
Greater Manchester Live Well PodcastFrom fixers to partners: When public services share power with communitiesWhat happens when systems start to share power? They shift from fixers to working in genuine partnership with communities, with better results. What happens when we rethink culture and control and build power within communities? When we create spaces for change and grow system leaders’ capacity to act on community voice, insights and ideas? Hear how councils, funders and services are helping communities lead lasting change across Greater Manchester. Rethinking funding, building trust and changing - not just strategies but culture and mindsets. You'll hear what system leaders, commissioners and people wor...
2026-01-0830 min
Reading McCarthyEpisode 61: Part One of Seeking Guidance for THE COUNSELORFull disclosure time here on the READING MCCARTHY podcast. When Ridley Scott’s film The Counselor arrived in theaters with its very own shiny McCarthy screenplay, I was underwhelmed. We’d been waiting for over half a decade for The Passenger and had no idea we’d be almost another ten years waiting for that project (and of course we had no concept of Stella Maris at the time). I found interesting elements in the film but didn’t think it held together. But people smarter than me (such as my three guests in this program) convinced me to return to...
2025-12-171h 07
Greater Manchester Live Well PodcastTrust and power: What public services can do to grow community wealthExplore growing power, sharing resources and creating the conditions for happy, healthy lives - what systems can do to create community wealth.From participatory grant-making to local funds, how collaboration, trust and community ownership are transforming how money and opportunity flow. Featuring funders, councils, health, voluntary sector and community organisations, this is a discussion about community led, system-enabled change. Through stories of empowerment, inclusion and the impact of being resource rich, we’ll explore what helps this flourish. How local authorities and other public services and funders are teaming up with communities, growing po...
2025-12-1138 min
Greater Manchester Live Well PodcastOurs not mine: Growing community wealth through ownership and opportunityExplore how growing community wealth, opportunities and ownership moves us from fixing problems to preventing them — together.What happens when communities have ownership of ideas, spaces, decisions and local enterprise? This episode explores how health and wealth are deeply connected and why thriving communities need control of resources. We’ll hear how communities are reclaiming spaces, reshaping local economies and creating fairer futures. From cooperatives to community run spaces, we'll discover what happens when ownership and opportunity are local. Shaping the future of Greater Manchester from the ground up, cr...
2025-12-0434 minThe Connected CommunityAll our Relations: Town and GownSend us a textOur latest episode is “All our Relations: Town and Gown”.In this episode, Prof Michael Fox, Dr Sacha Dewolfe, and Cormac Russell explain why they have decided to develop a new online course to enable Universities and educational institutions to better align with communities.Mike has nearly five decades of academic and practical experience in community-engaged learning. Sacha is the cohost of this podcast and is well known to our listeners. She is passionate about desire theory and indig...
2025-09-0553 min
Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library PodcastENCORE - The Community Is the Center of the Library at the Community Libraries of ProvidenceWe're on a break for August, and taking this opportunity to share some encore episodes with you. Today we are revisiting episode 15 from the 17th of December 2024. In it, host Cheryl, library director at the Community Libraries of Providence, talks with her colleagues Dhana, Michelle, Lee, and Khamry about the variety of ways CLPVD is building library services that respond to the unique communities they serve. They also get into re-learning how to read for pleasure after school, book club titles, and Hot Frosty. In the Last Chapter, Cheryl asks: What books do you like to give as gifts?
2025-08-2655 minOverdueing It: The Rhode Island Library PodcastENCORE - The Community Is the Center of the Library at the Community Libraries of ProvidenceWe're on a break for August, and taking this opportunity to share some encore episodes with you. Today we are revisiting episode 15 from the 17th of December 2024. In it, host Cheryl, library director at the Community Libraries of Providence, talks with her colleagues Dhana, Michelle, Lee, and Khamry about the variety of ways CLPVD is building library services that respond to the unique communities they serve. They also get into re-learning how to read for pleasure after school, book club titles, and Hot Frosty. In the Last Chapter, Cheryl asks: What books do you like to give as gifts?
2025-08-2655 min
Playful Nature Podcast by WildStrong#23. Dr William Bird. Creating Health Through People, Place and PurposeShownotesSummaryIn this episode, Andrew speaks with Dr William Bird MBE, GP, health innovator, and the creator of Health Walks, the Green Gym, and Beat the Street. They explore how true health is built through belonging, safety, and feeling valued, and why community connection and a sense of place matter more than ticking boxes on exercise guidelines.William shares his journey from pioneering social prescribing in the 1990s to leading large-scale programmes that change how towns think about health. The conversation covers the science behind stress and motivation, the pitfalls of infrastructure...
2025-08-201h 10
INI KOPER#515 Pengembangan Masyarakat Berbasis Aset (ABCD)"Looking Back to Look Forward" karya Cormac Russell, yang menampilkan wawancara dengan John McKnight, menyelami asal-usul dan filosofi Pengembangan Masyarakat Berbasis Aset (ABCD). Buku ini menekankan bahwa ABCD bukanlah model baru melainkan deskripsi abadi tentang bagaimana masyarakat secara alami menguat dan mengatasi tantangan dengan memanfaatkan aset internal mereka. Berbeda dengan pendekatan yang berfokus pada kekurangan, ABCD menyoroti pentingnya menemukan dan memanfaatkan enam aset utama: karunia individu warga, kekuatan asosiasi lokal, sumber daya institusi, lingkungan fisik dan ekonomi tempat tersebut, serta kisah-kisah bersama dan warisan budaya. Intinya, ABCD mengajak kita untuk melihat melampaui masalah dan mengenali kekayaan yang sudah ada...
2025-07-2308 min
The Proper Mental PodcastWhy we don't have a health problem, we have a village problem with Cormac RussellWelcome to episode 214 with Cormac Russell, who is an author and social explorer.
He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute.
Cormac has spent more than 20 years working all over the world training communities and professional organisations in Asset-Based Community Development and other strengths-based approaches.
In this episode I chat to Cormac about his strengths based approach to community, the four modes of change and how these things impact and support good mental health.
We chat about what 'helping' someone really...
2025-06-091h 08The Connected CommunityFrom institutionalization to the connected community: Glyn Butcher and the People Focused MovementSend us a textGlyn Butcher - People Focused Group. Doncaster Glyn Butcher is a remarkable individual who transitioned from decades of institutionalization within mental health and other service systems to become a prominent community builder and advocate for Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in Doncaster and across the UK. Main Themes and Important Ideas:1. The Harmful Nature of System-Focused Care and Institutionalization: Glyn spent over 40 years in various institutions (mental health, drug and alcohol, police, child welfare), experiencing a loss of identity, agency, connec...
2025-05-1133 min
SoWhoCaresAnywaySoWhoCaresAnyWay E17 Start with what's strong, not wrongAre you ready to take a challenge, starting conversations with three people in your own community?
In this episode I am delighted to be joined by Cormac Russell, a global leader in Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). In this episode we explore how communities can shift from focusing on needs and deficits to recognising strengths and assets, ensuring change is driven by local people, relationships, and existing resources. Cormac talks about how, by ensuring that people are defined by their gifts they can actively contribute and interact within their own community. Cormac explains the true meaning of community...
2025-05-0956 minThe Connected CommunityCommunity Conversations: "What do you think Communities are for?"Send us a textIn this episode, we ask: What do you think communities are for? Sacha shares some reflections from the field and speaks openly to Cormac about some of the fundamental dilemmas and frustrations she, her team, and her students encounter when working in community-centered ways.
2025-03-0147 min
Playful Nature Podcast by WildStrong#11 Cormac Russell. It Takes a Village: Why Health Starts with ConnectionIn this episode of thePlayful Nature Podcast, Andrew sits down withCormac Russell, a social explorer, author, and global expert inAsset-Based Community Development (ABCD). Cormac is the founder ofNurture Development and a faculty member of theABCD Institute at DePaul University.His work has impacted communities inover 35 countries, helping people reclaim their power, build local resilience, and redefine what health and well-being truly mean.Together, Andrew and Cormac talk about:🌿Why health isn’t just about medicine—it’s about community🏡How modern life has pulled us apart—and what we can do about it
2025-02-131h 03
Pete's podcast on community developmentIn Remembrance of the late John McKnight - a conversation with Cormac RussellThis 34 minutes episode is a remembrance of the late John McKnight - who died at 92yo, 2.11.24, at home.
Cormac Russell introduces the listener to John, and honours his significant work in community development, civil rights and public health.
This is a story of what Cormac calls 'a sensational life'. There's so much wisdom in this episode and as curator of this podcast, I hope people dip into this wisdom tradition and pause to remember John's life.
Also, here is Cormac's more personal eulogy to John: https://vimeo.com/1040452609/759698ca86?share=copy
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2025-01-1433 minThe Connected CommunityPolitics and The Connected Community (An interview with Dominic Cardy, leader of the Canadian Future Party))Send us a textIn this first episode of season 2, we interview Dominic Cardy, the leader of the Canadian Futures Party, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024), and a provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022). Sacha and I asked Dominic to explore how politicians can support communities in their efforts to connect and grow civic muscle in responding to a wide range of sociopolitical and economic challenges affecting their day-to-day lives and the future of our planet. In this interview, Dominic shares a wealth of experience and deep care for communities alongside a sharp...
2025-01-141h 03
Conversations on Healing PodcastTrauma Transformed: Insights on Healing Childhood TraumasDr. Bruce Perry is a global leader in understanding how trauma impacts the developing brain. He is the Principal of the Neurosequential Network and has spent over 30 years as a clinician, researcher, and educator in children's mental health and neuroscience. Dr. Perry co-authored several influential books, including "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" and "What Happened to You?" with Oprah Winfrey, a bestseller translated into 26 languages. His Neurosequential Model (NMT) offers a brain-based framework for trauma-informed care and has been adopted by organizations across the globe, impacting millions. Dr. Perry has published over 500 scientific articles, appeared on 60...
2025-01-091h 17
What is a Good Life?What is a Good Life? #100 - Living In Mutual Solidarity with Cormac RussellOn the 100th episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Cormac Russell. Cormac is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America.His most recent bo...
2024-12-101h 10
Let's Talk Ideas'ABCD Is Everything' With Jennie WatkinsIn this episode we are joined by Jennie Watkins, who reflects on her journey from community activist, to city councillor, to senior case worker for the MP for Gloucester, as she starts her new role at Bromford as an Executive Support Manager.
Today's topic, ABCD or Asset-Based Community Development, a methodology for the sustainable development of communities based on their strengths and potential.
If you'd like to know more about Jennie and her work before Bromford, you can find out over on her LinkedIn.
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2024-10-1033 min
Conversations to Connect#20. Discover community at your doorstep with Cormac RussellOn today’s episode I am joined by Cormac Russell, a social explorer, author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America. His most recent books are The Connected Community- Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods (Coauthor John McKnig...
2024-09-181h 18
Our Creative Connection PodcastCormac Russell - Exploring community strengths through the lens of Participatory PhotographySummary
In this conversation, Chris Chinnock and Cormac Russell discuss the concepts of asset-based community development (ABCD) and participatory photography. Exploring the idea of a good life and how it can be interpreted in different ways by individuals and communities.
They emphasize the importance of building relationships and trust when working with communities, and the need to relocate authority to the community level.
They also discuss the power dynamics between institutions and communities, and the limitations of top-down approaches. The conversation highlights the value of using photographs as a tool for expression and storytelling, and the role of community associations...
2024-09-051h 20
At the Table: Christian Community for the Common GoodThe Connected Community with Cormac RussellToday's episode is a conversation with Cormac Russell, a social explorer, writer, and speaker inviting folks to look at their communities through the lens of asset-based community development. Cormac has written several books on ABCD, and his most recent, co-authored with John McKnight, is titled "The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods". His books, articles, and presentations have been a significant part of my own education on asset-based community development, and I am so grateful he joined me for this conversation. In this episode, we talk about the asset-based community development framework, the p...
2024-09-031h 11
WNC Original MusicEp 185 Couldn't Be Happiers pt 3Couldn't Be Happiers return for their 3rd and final episode (for now) and it's probably for the best because it's the episode most likely to get me canceled
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2024-08-2340 minLet's Talk Ideas'Finding The Silver Lining' With Rob FountainIn this episode we are joined by Rob Fountain, former CEO of Age UK and current Head of Strategic Partnerships at Gloucestershire VCS Alliance to talk about the challenges of heading up service-based organisations and how we need to go about re-defining the leadership and goals of services to better aid the people who need them.
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Hilary Cottam - Social Services Are...
2024-06-1340 minThe Connected CommunityIn Pursuit of the Connected Community - A Year in Review with Sacha and CormacSend us a textSacha wishes to correct her wording around a program being offered at Mount Allison Univeristy. There is work toward a Master of Community Supported Education not a Bachelor of a community Engaged Learning.Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theoryMattering Theory: https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/the-psychologists-guide-to-living-a-good-life-through-mattering-wellness-fairness-isaac-prilleltensky/Jamie Vollmer: Schools Can’t Do it Alone: Vollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schoo...
2024-06-011h 11
Positivity MattersCormac Russell: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)Guest: Cormac Russell, Co-Author of The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of NeighborhoodsRecorded: May 23, 2024
2024-05-241h 22Reading McCarthyEpisode 51: Teaching McCarthy Round TableAlthough the fact often goes unacknowledged, it is a truth that sometimes an author’s residence within and endurance in the canon is a result of how that author is perceived and taught in the academy. Most literary scholars are also professors and teachers. For this episode of Reading McCarthy I round up some of the usual suspects for a panel discussion upon teaching the works of McCarthy to students. The guests include Stacey Peebles, Chair of the English program, Director of Film Studies, and the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Humanities at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. She is...
2024-05-041h 27The Connected CommunitySix Degrees of Ubuntu (All My Relations) with Rama NaiduSend us a text6 Degree Shifthttps://www.6degreeshift.com/Truth & Reconciliation (TRC)https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/trc-website/
2024-05-0145 minThe Connected CommunityCommunity Engaged Learning: The Sackville 20/20 story-with Prof. Michael FoxSend us a textBoétie, E. (1576). The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude. Unknown.Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1994). What is philosophy? Columbia University PressRockport, Tom. (2005). Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology (review). Journal of the History of Philosophy, 43(4), 493-494Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-284Russell, C. & McKnight, J. (2022). The Connected Community. 1st ed. Berrett-KoehlerTuck, E. (2010). Breaking up with Deleuze: desire and valuing the irreconcilable, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 23(5), 635-650*Sac...
2024-04-011h 01
Sports Opinion LogRussell Wilson signs w/Steelers - UNC dominates Duke - Lakers get W over Bucks & TWolvesUNC closes out the regular season finale dominating Duke wire to wire in 84-79 W as cormac Ryan lights up the FLUKE Devils for 31 points - Russell Wilson signed with the Steelers. Can he help them in their five game playoff losing streak? - Saquon Barkley leaves the Giants for rivals Philadelphia Eagles - Lakers get a thrilling victory over the Milwaukee bucks on Friday & Anthony Davis dominating double double leads the Lakers to a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves - Yankees ace pitcher Gerrit Cole to have an MRI on his pitching shoulder & why the Yankees season hangs on...
2024-03-1252 minThe Connected CommunityThe Power of Resident-led Responses, and How to Mobilise That Power Where You Live.Send us a textTEDxPerth talk number 1 - 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WSkXWSJacTEDxPerth talk number 2 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp92gIuxPYWest Beacy Bunch websitehttps://westbeacybunch.org/Tim Darby websitehttps://www.timdarbycreative.com/Ecoburbia - home website and businesshttps://ecoburbia.com.au/
2024-03-0144 minThe Connected CommunityWhen institutions put Communities first, An in depth interview with Katie KellySend us a textKay Hall is a resident and community leader in my hometown of West Kibride and a Director on the West Kilbride Initiative Board. More info at www.westkilbride.org.uk and www.crafttownscotland.org.ukNew Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.ukEast Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer. Website Vibrant Communities · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
2024-02-2651 minThe Connected CommunityWhen institutions put Communities first, An in depth interview with Katie KellyKay Hall is a resident and community leader in my hometown of West Kibride and a Director on the West Kilbride Initiative Board. More info at www.westkilbride.org.uk and www.crafttownscotland.org.ukNew Local is an independent Think Tank and Network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Website is www.newlocal.org.ukEast Ayrshire Vibrant Communities have done some incredible work around community led action planning and community asset transfer. Website Vibrant Communities · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
2024-02-2244 minThe Connected CommunityWelfare Systems that Harm and the Family, and Community Alternatives that HealSend us a text~An in-depth interview with Elizabeth Wendel and Kevin Campbell (Co-directors, Pale Blue)
2024-01-011h 01The Connected CommunityIt Takes a Village to Educate a ChildSend us a textSpeaker information: Dr. Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroyhttps://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/alicia-noreiga-mundaroy.htmlVollmer, J. (2010). Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press.
2023-12-0133 min
Human Capital LeadershipS48E18 - The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods, with Cormac RussellIn this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Cormac Russell about his book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods.
Cormac Russell (http://linkedin.com/in/cormacrussell) is a social explorer, author, speaker, and managing director of Nurture Development, he sits on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago.
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2023-11-1325 min
Social Impact Insights18 - The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods, with Cormac RussellIn this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Cormac Russell about his book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods.Cormac Russell (http://linkedin.com/in/cormacrussell) is a social explorer, author, speaker, and managing director of Nurture Development, he sits on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago.Check out all of the podcasts in the HCI Podcast Network!
2023-11-1030 min2023-11-0149 minThe Connected CommunityIntroduction to The Connected Community (Part 2)Send us a texthttps://natoaganegfirstnation.ca/Government of Canada. (2022). Statistics on Indigenous Peoples. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/indigenous_peoplesTuck, E. (2009). Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities. Harvard Educational Review, 79(3), 409-428Tuck. E., & K., Yang. (2019). Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education: Mapping the Long View, 189-203. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Indigenous and-Decolonizing-Studies-in-Education-Mapping-the-Long-View/Smith-Tuck- YangTuck-yang/p/book/9781138585867Renga, I. (2017). Unpacking a Liturgical Framing of Desire for the Purposes of Educational Research. American Educational Studies Association, 53(3), 263-284
2023-10-0133 minThe Connected CommunityIntroduction to The Connected Community (Part 1)Send us a textCormac Russell, interviewed by his cohost Sacha DeWolfe, shares his perspective on The Connected Community and provides a synopsis of what the podcast will highlight for listeners.Thanks for listening to our first episode. Sacha based much of her conversation with Cormac on the contents of his new book, The Connected Community - Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods. You can read a book review here. Other books and thinkers referenced in the first episode include: At the...
2023-09-0154 min
Healthcare Change MakersSonia Hsiung and Natasha Beaudin: How Connection and Belonging Can Change the Culture of Our Health SystemWhen HIROC put a call out at the 2023 Alliance for Healthier Communities Conference for changemakers, the community delivered. We heard about some amazing healthcare changemakers across the province of Ontario – people like Sonia Hsiung and Natasha Beaudin, and the social prescribing initiative they have been involved in. Sonia is with the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing and the Canadian Red Cross, and Natasha works with the Alliance for Healthier Communities. On this latest episode, Philip De Souza sits down with Sonia and Natasha to talk about how the social prescribing pilot star...
2023-08-0828 min
Consider This NorthumberlandInternational expert Cormac Russell talks to county leaders about building stronger communitiesThe show and full interview: A group of community leaders gathered one Saturday morning in Cobourg to hear
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2023-08-0538 min
Common Good PodcastPart 2 - John McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected CommunityThe Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods, as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19. This week's episode is part 2 of the previous episode so if you haven’t heard the last episode it would be good to press pause, go listen to it and then come back when you’re finished. In this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell continue discussing their new book...
2023-03-2816 minPete's podcast on community developmentCormac Russell conversation #2 on his new book (co-authored with John McKnight) The Connected CommunityIn this second twenty minute conversation, Cormac explains the three-fold compass of the book: Discover, Connect, Mobilise; and the seven key functions of a community (you'll have to read it folks). Interwoven wth stories and ideas, this conversation has got me off to my local library insisting that the book is available there for local residents and citizens to read.
2023-03-0821 min
Becoming Bridge BuildersHow to Create A Connected CommunitySend us a Text Message.The downside of focusing too much on diversity and inclusion is you highlight the individual apart from the whole. Instead of building a community, you risk fracturing a community. That is the foundation of this episode. How do we get back to a time-tested and proven concept of community?Meet Cormac Russell, co-author of "The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods." He is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD) with experience in 36 countries. A social explorer, author, speaker, and managing director of Nurture Development, he...
2023-03-0245 minPete's podcast on community developmentConversation #1 with Cormac Russell on his new book (co-authored with John McKnight) The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of NeighbourhoodsIn this 21 minute episode, Cormac introduced us to his 'writing practice' (an unplanned conversation) and then the key intentions of this new book. Albeit, Peter sees it as a comprehensive 'resource' for mobilising citizen action in neighbourhoods. Cormac is the founder of Nurture Development, and he works locally and globally. More information about this new book is available here: https://theconnected.community/
2023-03-0120 min
Get Down To Business with Scott "Shalom" KleinPodcast of “Get Down To Business” – 02/26/2023 - Deepak Ohri, Cormac Russell, Tom Miroballi and Tommy HontonJoin Scott "Shalom" Klein on his weekly radio show, Get Down To Business with guests:
Deepak Ohri
Cormac Russell
Tom Miroballi
Tommy Honton
2023-02-2239 minCommon Good PodcastJohn McKnight & Cormac Russell: The Connected CommunityThe Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this episode, John McKnight & Cormac Russell discuss their new book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power of Neighborhoods, as a part of the ABCD Book talk on January 19.The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and...
2023-02-0736 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingBuilding an Interconnected Community: A Conversation with Cormac RussellKimon and Richard speak with Cormac Russell, Managing Director at Nurture Development. Cormac focuses on helping institutions, NGOs, governmental organizations, and companies interested in improving their communities. The biggest issue that Cormac encounters in these organizations is a problem with disconnection. In this interview, Cormac discusses his work to overcome disconnection and bring people together.Before he began his work as a community organizer and developer, Cormac wanted to become a psychologist. He worked in childcare, helping kids with mental health issues. Many of the issues he saw that these kids faced became most prominent as they...
2023-01-301h 04
Enterprise Podcast Network – EPN6 Keys of Connection: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Powerful Community Cormac Russell, a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD) with 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 to host Eric Dye & guest Cormac Russell discuss the following: * What do you mean by “The Connected Community”? * 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 recomm...
2023-01-1616 min
Survival of the KindestCormac Russell: The Connected Community"There's this really interesting untapped potential within the threshold of your neighbourhood and if you could have a pair of special glasses to see all the invisible stuff that modern life blinds us from seeing, you'd see the gifts of your neighbours, you'd see the possibilities in your associations, you'd see all of the things that never get reported."
This week’s Survival of the Kindest podcast sees the return of Cormac Russell. Cormac has a new book out, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth and Power of Neighbourhoods, written with John McKnight, co-originator of Asset Ba...
2023-01-1000 min
Narativ Leadership Story TalksLeadership Story Talks | 2022 Year In ReviewJerome and Julienne discuss lessons learned from the 5 most popular episodes of 2022, which are all linked below in the show notes. From Zev Shalev and his story of witnessing the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa as a young student in his uniform to Julienne and Jerome's episode on intentions versus resolutions, you will get practical insights while hearing leadership stories that you can implement in your own life.You'll hear about our take from the episodes on psychological safety with Sona Sherratt, the benefits of community based approaches to problems both in society at large a...
2022-12-2926 min
Inside Personal Growth with Greg VoisenPodcast 983: The Connected Community with Cormac RussellMy guest for this episode is one of the authors of recently released book The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods, Cormac Russell. The book is co-authored by John McKnight.
2022-12-1556 min
The King's Fund podcastThe cost-of-living crisis: is the nation's health paying the price?Anna Charles speaks to Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, Helen Barnard, Associate Director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Marie Gabriel CBE, Chair of North East London Integrated Care System and Cormac Russell, Founding Director of Nurture Development, to find out how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting the nation's health and wellbeing, and what the health and care system can do in response. If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, we've put together a list of organisations that can offer advice, guidance and support. Related resources Pov...
2022-12-0232 min
Village In The CityStrathcarron Hospice: Moving from 'community engagement' to 'community development'We're talking to Susan High and Hannah Gray from Strathcarron Hospice near Falkirk in Scotland. Susan and Hannah have played a key role in moving the hospice from a 'community engagement' focus (a good thing in itself) to a 'community development' focus (even better). This work over the past 2-3 years has had eye-opening results and useful outcomes for their work both as clinicians and in the community. This journey is described in Cormac Russell's paper Understanding ground-up community development from a practice perspective published in the open access journal Lifestyle Medicine. It's free to download a...
2022-11-1540 minNarativ Leadership Story TalksNarativ Story Talks | The Connected Community with Cormac RussellCormac Russell is a social explorer, an author and a much sought-after speaker. He is the Founding Director of Nurture Development and a member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. Over the last 25 years, Cormac’s work has demonstrated an enduring impact in 35 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other community-based approaches in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe and North America. In our interview, Cormac described his work in communities and how he's made a career out of using community-based approaches to...
2022-11-0755 minVillage In The CityCormac Russell and The Connected CommunityJoin Mark McKergow and international ABCD guru Cormac Russell as they discuss Cormac's new book The Connected Community (with John McKnight). They discuss why connecting the community is so important, the critical role of discovering what's there already, and how to encourage neighbours to enhance their communities. Cormac reveals his 'tapestry weaving' metaphor for community development, which isn't in the book! We have questions from the USA, Ghana and Ireland about the role of local government, how to get involved in ABCD in an international setting, and thoughts on violence reduction (or is it?) with lessons from the USA...
2022-10-1950 min
WNC Original MusicEp 155 Day and Dream pt 1Day and Dream join the podcast and we figure out which is which!
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2022-10-1151 minReading McCarthyEpisode 31: McCarthy and Irish Writers with Richard RussellThis episode delves again into McCarthy's roots as we consider his intersections with Irish literature. The guest in this episode is Tennessean by birth and now fully Texified, Richard R. Russell is Professor of English and director of graduate programs at Baylor University. He earned an M Phil at the University of Glasgow and his MA and PhD from the U of North Carolina. Books include Seamus Heaney: A Critical Introduction, Edinburgh University Press, Seamus Heaney's Regions. University of Notre Dame Press, June 2014. Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel’s Drama. Syracuse University Press, Irish Studies series, 2013. Poetry and Pe...
2022-10-101h 12
Sermons at Morehead FCCWelcome to the NeighborhoodIn this week's sermon "Welcome to the Neighborhood" Pastor Nancy explores the words of the prophet in Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7.
"Jeremiah says, 'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you…for in its welfare you will find your welfare.' These words, even though they were first spoken to a people living in foreign land over 2,500 years ago, hold wisdom for us today. What can we do to promote the flourishing of our community? We who are homeowners and renters, landlords and small business owners, students and retirees. What part do we have to play in...
2022-10-0923 min
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods by John Mcknight, Cormac RussellPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods Author: John Mcknight, Cormac Russell Narrator: Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Find out how to uncover the hidden talents, assets, and abilities in your neighborhood and bring them together to create a vibrant and joyful community. It takes a village! We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever...
2022-09-2705 min
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal HerringRussell Worth Parker - Marine Veteran and StorytellerBHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 137: Marine Veteran and Storyteller Russell Worth Parker Russell Worth Parker, known as Worth, is a retired Marine and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. After 27 years in the Corps, he is home in Wilmington, North Carolina, hunting and fishing and being a husband and father – and has, as he puts it, "fallen backwards into a writing career." Parker's work has been published in The New York Times, Garden & Gun, The Bitter Southerner, Backcountry Journal, Shooting Sportsman, Salt Magazine and military websites such as SOFLETE.com. Join us for a full-tilt conversation that ranges fr...
2022-08-022h 31Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal HerringRussell Worth Parker - Marine Veteran and StorytellerBHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 137: Marine Veteran and Storyteller Russell Worth Parker Russell Worth Parker, known as Worth, is a retired Marine and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. After 27 years in the Corps, he is home in Wilmington, North Carolina, hunting and fishing and being a husband and father – and has, as he puts it, "fallen backwards into a writing career." Parker's work has been published in The New York Times, Garden & Gun, The Bitter Southerner, Backcountry Journal, Shooting Sportsman, Salt Magazine and military websites such as SOFLETE.com. Join us for a full-tilt conversation that ranges fr...
2022-08-022h 31
Pete's podcast on community developmentConversation #3 with Cormac Russell - 'community' as a better narrative than institutionsIn this 3rd part of our 1 hour conversation Cormac Russell explores community as a better narrative than ones institutions provide, moving from discovery to connecting elements of our practice. Telling stories, sharing wisdom, expressing some anger, Cormac provides some potent and poignant analysis of what ABCD approaches to CD can offer. Listeners can learn more by googling Cormac's work, checking out his web site www.nurturedevelopment.org (which curates a huge array of free resources), buying the book Rekindling Democracy (and also looking out for his latest in September - The Connected Community).
2022-03-2621 minPete's podcast on community developmentConversation #2 with Cormac Russell - 'Services supplement a life, but don't a life make'In this 2nd part of our 1 hour conversation, Cormac Russell chats with Peter Westoby about the ABCD 'model' and some of the challenges of institutional assumptions and how community development or/and community offers a different way forward. We also start to explicitly draw on Cormac's new book with John McKnight, The Connected Community, which offers a profoundly accessible framework of practice.
2022-03-1921 minPete's podcast on community developmentConversation #1 with Cormac Russell - his journey in discovering ABCDIn this first episode (21 mins) of a 1 hour conversation (split into 3 episodes), Cormac Russell shares personal and professional parts of his story in discovering community development, particularly the assets-based-community-development (ABCD) 'model'. Loved every minute of this, riffing between Australia and Ireland. I can't wait to meet Cormac over a pint of Guinness in Dublin one day.
2022-03-1221 minVillage In The CityEpisode 6: Community Development and Rekindling Democracy with Cormac RussellCormac Russell is a passionate advocate for bottom-up community development, carried out BY citizens for their own communities. He is a long-term expert in Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), and says that finding and building 'what's strong' is vital in dealing with 'what's wrong'. Who gets to decide what the priorities are? What is the role of outside professionals and experts? And how can this make communities which are not only stronger but also more democratic and empowered?We are thrilled that Cormac has agreed to join us at Village In The City this month. He...
2022-01-1153 min
Protopia with Robert VoigtFlourish Forward Fairly with Cormac RussellToday I am pleased to share my conversation with my friend Cormac Russell.You’ll hear his thoughts about the COVID-present world we are entering and how we can flourish forward fairly. As we awaken to the fact that it is communities that produce health, we’ll also see that community is no longer a nice to have, but a necessity.He is the Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute, at DePaul University, Chicago. His decades-long commitment to ABCD has seen Cormac working in-community with endu...
2021-10-2444 min
Survival of the KindestMINI SERIES - Ep 3 of 3: How and Why Social Health Impacts Disease54: MINI SERIES - Ep 3 of 3: How and Why Social Health Impacts Disease "A gift is not a gift until it is given." In the final part of our mini-series which has been focusing on how and why our social health has impacts on our physical health Julian talks to Cormac Russell. Having described the how and why social relationships are so important to human health and wellness, in so many different ways, the next question is what on earth can we do about it. There is no better place to start than with Cormac’s wo...
2021-10-121h 19
Taking Back Our EconomyRekindling Democracy through Active Citizenship and Community BuildingWelcome to the eighth CEA Presents Taking Back Our Economy podcast series hosted by Martin Simon Today, our fellow founders of the Community Exchange Alliance: Anitha Beberg, Christine Gray, Edgar Cahn, and Tim Jenkin are joined by a special guest, Cormac Russell, from from Nurture Development in Dublin, Ireland. Our topic today is "Rekindling Democracy through Active Citizenship and Community Building."
In this episode, we will go over how building the core economy/the unpaid care economy of home, family, neighborhood and community helps strengthen democracy. Cormac Russell is a social explorer, an author...
2021-05-0948 min
Survival of the KindestFrederick J. Riley - Our Responsibility to Help Others33: Frederick J. Riley - Our Responsibility to Help Others "You can find another path towards life. No matter where you are, I think folks think that you have to do this big grandiose thing to give back. But ultimately, it can be the most simplest form of giving back as long as you're content with what that is." This week on the podcast Julian talks to Frederick J. Riley, from Weave: The Social Fabric Project, part of the Aspen Institute. Julian and Frederick talk about how his early life, in the largely segregated city of...
2021-04-061h 09
FEASTA and EHFFCrises and collectivityDavid Somekh of the EHFF interviews Professor John Drury of Sussex University and Cormac Russell of Nurture Development. They talk about their research into collective behaviour in terms of crisis, ways in which communities can come together when the circumstances call for it, and how a sense of solidarity can be encouraged to take root rather than fade away over time.
2021-03-3128 min
UnfurlingClimate Change (Pt 2): "Start with Strong"We revisit Climate Change, this time exploring how we can draw on our individual and collective strengths in tackling it. We learn from UK- and Kenya-based guests - our “guides” - who span local government, community projects, and global business. They share their journeys; their successes, challenges, and learnings; and what strengths have empowered them, their work, and their worlds. Start: We share what’s drawing us to the topic again, and what we mean by strengths. ~12:15: We join our first guide, our very own Elizabeth Wainwright, who focuses on her experiences as a District Councillor i...
2021-03-131h 47
The Neighboring Movement PodcastCormac Russell: Part 5Welcome to the 5th and final part of our Cormac Russell interview! For the past 4 weeks, hosts Matt and Adam have broken down an hour long conversation they had with Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. Listen in for the conclusion of this inspiring conversation. I really want to just have basically a transcript of everything Cormac says in this episode; there are so many profound, make you think, things packed into this short episode. B...
2021-03-0913 minThe Neighboring Movement PodcastCormac Russell: Part 4Welcome to Part 4 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview! For the past 3 weeks, hosts Matt and Adam have broken down an hour long conversation they had with Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. We are down to our last 2 parts of the conversation and oh friends, we are still very much in the depths of this rich, chocolate peanut butter pie!This week, Cormac starts out by talking a little about economics of institutions and...
2021-03-0234 minThe Neighboring Movement PodcastCormac Russell: Part 3Welcome to Part 3 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview. Hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe.To recap a bit, Cormac has been telling us about the 3 Lanes. The first lane is what communities can do for each other. The second lane is what citizen's can do WITH institutions, key word is "with." And the third lane is what institutions alone can do. And where we...
2021-02-2315 min
Survival of the KindestCormac Russell - De-centering the Professional, Re-centering the Citizen27: Cormac Russell - De-centering the Professional, Re-centering the Citizen "A gift is not a gift until it is given." This week Julian talks with Cormac Russell, student and expert practitioner at the same time of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and founder of Nurture Development. Cormac grew up in rural Ireland, embedded in the warmth of his community. He studied psychology and philosophy to doctoral level, working in the field of child psychology. His ambition to do what is helpful to his fellow citizen, combined with clear insight into what he was doing, led him...
2021-02-161h 19The Neighboring Movement PodcastCormac Russell: Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of 5 of our Cormac Russell interview. Hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe.This week, you'll hear Cormac discuss the world as it is, a heightening of a sense of individualism and then asking the question, where do we go from here? What does the work look like when we re-center democracy within the neighborhood?"Now the question might be, what's...
2021-02-1627 minThe Neighboring Movement PodcastCormac Russell: Part 1This week, hosts Matt and Adam are joined by none other than Cormac Russell, the author of "Rekindling Democracy," a much sought-after international keynote speaker and Managing Director of Nurture Development, the leading Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) organization in Europe. There are so many golden eggs in this interview, you would think it was Easter already! To paraphrase Matt and Adam, this interview is so rich it's like a deep fried peanut butter pie, so we will break it down into 5 segments so that you can fully digest all of the great quotes and incite this interview h...
2021-02-0925 min
The Sunday Night ArmyMusic Series Special Spotlight on 5 ArtistsOn this episode I showcase 5 talented artists from around the world. I play one latest track from each artist on the show.
Andrew Patterson – Normal People
The Straddlerz - Streets of Love
Anni Pohto – DEEP
Cormac Russell – I don't miss you
Cryptic Kairos – The Dark Side
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2021-02-0724 min
Jersey Beat PodcastJersey Beat Podcast #183Amanda Rose Riley - Can You Still Remember December? Devon Kay & The Solutions - A Little Bit Modern Hut - I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World The Red Shift - Revolution Or Bust! Concrete City - Lulu Louise The Gentlemen Rogues - Do The Resurrection! Drunken Prayer - It's Christmastime Crush Limbo - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth The Conte Brothers - Father Christmas The Pom Poms - Christmas Postcard (Wish You Were Here) Kevin Devine - Splitting Up Christmas...
2020-12-191h 14The Neighboring Movement PodcastFinding Hope During the Election CycleIn this episode, Matt and Adam discuss how we as a community can find our way forward on this long road we all find ourselves on- the election season. "Spoiler Alert: The way forward is neighboring." They discuss 5 points on a journey that has helped them feel a bit better about what we each can specifically do get things moving in a positive direction.Quotable Moment: "What we have to remember is that the neighborhood is the smallest and most important unit of democracy."- Cormac Russell in "Rekindling Democracy"You can find the entire...
2020-10-1322 min
Be a Better LeaderCormac Russell in Conversation with Mike ChittyOver the last 20 years Cormac has worked in over 30 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.
He is passionate about the proliferation of community-driven change and citizen-centred democracy, and has supported hundreds of communities to make ABCD visible through what he calls ABCD Neighbourhood Learning Sites.
His motto, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin, is: ‘When it comes to Community Building, well done is better than well said’.
In January 2011 Cormac was appointed to the Expe...
2020-10-121h 28
Be a Better LeaderCormac Russell in Conversation with Mike ChittyOver the last 20 years Cormac has worked in over 30 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.He is passionate about the proliferation of community-driven change and citizen-centred democracy, and has supported hundreds of communities to make ABCD visible through what he calls ABCD Neighbourhood Learning Sites.His motto, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin, is: ‘When it comes to Community Building, well done is better than well said’.In J...
2020-10-121h 28
Transforming Our FuturesMapping Your Local CommunityIn this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey interview Cormac Russell where we discuss enriching local communities through community mapping and asset based development.
In this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey will be interviewing Cormac Russell one of the leading experts in Europe on asset based community development where we will be discussing how you can map your local community by using the assets based community development principles
We will look at how community mapping can enrich a local community and create new connections as well as build on its strengths
Cormac...
2020-08-2833 min
Decentered Media PodcastDecentered Media Podcast 077 – Cormac Russell Working in Citizens SpaceHow do we support and promote the role of community media in a world that is dominated by large media organisations and platforms? What can advocates of community media learn from the community development movement, that can be applied when working in a local and community media context? That’s the framework for a fascinating conversation I had with Cormac Russell today.
Cormac Russell is the Managing Director of Nurture Development, and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago.
Over the last twenty years Cormac has worked in ov...
2020-06-041h 04
Patient Critical PodcastCormac Russell: Rebuilding and ResurgenceCormac Russell discusses the enduring lessons of COVID-19, and how community and grassroots organizers are critical components of health, well-being and caring for each other. Twitter: @CormacRussell | Web: NurtureDevelopment.org
2020-04-1500 min
The Data BingeBrig Lamoreaux | The Learning Algorithm - Simple Truths of Data Science & EducationToday's episode features Brig Lamoreaux, a Sr. Advanced Analytics and AI Solution Architect at Microsoft, and Brig's been with the company for about 4 years. Brig has roughly 20 years of software development and engineering experience. Before Microsoft Brig worked for Apollo Education Group for 10 years, where he spent his time building research and software behind adaptive learning and modeling student knowledge. Some of the systems Brig has been involved in developing and productizing feature novel advances in education including cognitive science theories and data driven personalization. Brig has also spent a lot of time directing, programming, and leading 12-week learning...
2020-01-1956 minPatient Critical PodcastCormac Russell: Asset Based CommunitiesA discussion with Cormac Russell of Nurture Development, exploring the loneliness epidemic through a lens of community, strategies to move care to the communities where people live, and people powered health.
2019-11-0600 min
How To Build CommunityABCD With Cormac RussellOver 20 years, in 30 countries and with 100s of communities, CORMAC RUSSELL has been a leading figure in the field of 'Asset-Based Community Development', or ABCD. But what is it? Why is it important? And what can we learn from it? Cormac has been sharing some of his stories and experiences.
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2019-04-2641 min
Women TodayCormac Russell on Quing and the CommunityWe’re often told that community is important, but one man has found that connecting with those around you can have incredible results, changing - and even saving - lives. As the Managing Director of Nurture Developments and a leader of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), Cormac Russell has worked in over 30 countries training communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in South Africa, Canada, Sweden and Australia to name just a few.
Passionate about community-driven change and citizen-centred democracy, he is now working with Isle of Man based mental health charity Quing (by invitation of Graham Clucas), on a mission to he...
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Smart and Simple Matters: Creating Community, Simplicity, and Good VibesHow to Ask Better Community Questions: It’s as Easy as ABCD with Cormac Russell – SASM 127This episode features Cormac Russell to explore why our unexpressed gifts can do tremendous harm, how an institutionalized five-year-old changed his life direction, and why community makes a better verb than a noun.
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2017-07-2500 min
Rob HopkinsCormac Russell on Asset Based Community DevelopmentCormac is Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia. He also gave a great TEDx talk that we loved. Here he talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.
2017-01-2319 minRob HopkinsCormac Russell on Asset Based Community DevelopmentCormac is Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia. He also gave a great TEDx talk that we loved. Here he talks to Transition Network's Rob Hopkins.
2017-01-2319 min
Hope is a StrategyCormac RussellAs part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Cormac Russell. The interview has lots of insights into how Cormac succeeds, about strengths, weaknesses, mindset, and resilience and about his journey from Clinical Psychologist to Asset Based Community Development. Cormac Russell dominant Gallup StrengthsFinder (TM) talent themes: Strategic, Empathy, Ideation, Futuristic, Adaptability, Maximizer, Developer, Connectedness, Activator, Individualization For a full transcript, please see this blog post: http://www.kingfishercoaching.com/cormac-russell-true-strength-podcast-episode-9/ Cormac Russell on Twitter: @CormacRussell Nurture Deve...
2016-11-2847 min
White Line FeverWLF #72 - Matt Russell, BB Steal, The Answer, Black Star Riders@WLFpodcast concludes its chats with Ricky Warwick, Craig Csongrady and Cormac Neeson plus FOX NRL commentator Matty Russell talks about nerves, preparation and pronouncing difficult names.
2015-03-2652 min
White Line FeverWLF #72 - Matt Russell, BB Steal, The Answer, Black Star Riders@WLFpodcast concludes its chats with Ricky Warwick, Craig Csongrady and Cormac Neeson plus FOX NRL commentator Matty Russell talks about nerves, preparation and pronouncing difficult names.
2015-03-2652 min