Stick Your Neck Out
A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2005
194 pages
978-1-60509-390-1 (ISBN)
Description
Meeting challenges and resolving conflicts are things that can be done by anyone with the passion to do so, according to John Graham. And he should know. A veteran conflict mediator, Graham heads the Giraffe Heroes Project, whose extensive workshops have helped communities, cities, organizations, and individuals deal with challenge and change. Stick Your Neck Out is based on those experiences. The book details the skills, qualities, and strategies required to make a difference, with profiles of problem-solvers and activists from doctors to waitresses, who have all acted like giraffes and ",stuck their necks out", to address issues like poverty, gang violence, and pollution. Graham's concepts and coaching tips, from communicating with sensitivity to more urgent actions like filing complaints and protesting, apply equally well to macro and micro issues, all the way down to interfamily squabbles and work conflicts. Graham's ",giraffes", have tested his ideas in the real-life situations recounted here, and shown that they work.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- PREFACE
- WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK
- HARD AND SOFT
- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
- WHAT'S NOT IN THIS BOOK
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU CARE ABOUT?
- WHAT PROBLEM DO YOU TAKE ON?
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Lois Gibbs
- CHAPTER ONE: WHY DO IT?
- WHAT'S THE PATH TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE?
- GOING FOR IT
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Ernesto Villareal
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Andy and Vashti Hurst
- CHAPTER TWO: START HERE
- RESEARCH
- DECIDE THE FORM OF YOUR PARTICIPATION
- CREATE A SPECIFIC PROJECT
- CREATE A VISION FOR YOUR PROJECT'S SUCCESS
- ADD DETAILS TO YOUR PROJECT
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Sarah Swagart
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Michael Stewartt
- CHAPTER THREE: TRUST THEM? ARE YOU KIDDING?
- THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING TRUST
- HOW TO BUILD TRUST
- EFFORTS TO BUILD TRUS T ARE RISKY
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Steve Mariotti
- A GIRAFFE STORY: John Hayes
- CHAPTER FOUR: BUILDING A TEAM AND KEEPING IT TOGETHER
- HOW TO BUILD A TEAM FROM SCRATCH
- TEAM STRUCTURE
- TEAM MANAGEMENT
- CREATE AND COMMUNIC ATE A TEAM VISION OF SUCCESS
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Louise Stanley
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Global Volunteers
- CHAPTER FIVE: MAKING A PLAN
- STEPS FOR VISION ARY PL ANNING
- WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PL AN SUCCEEDS
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Mimi Silbert
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Fred Mednick
- CHAPTER SIX: RISK TAKING AND COURAGE
- AN OSTRICH NATION
- TURNING IT AROUND-THE GIRAFFE HEROES PROJECT
- TURNING IT AROUND-WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE RISKS FOR THE COMMON GOOD
- TIPS FOR TAKING RISK S AS AN ACTIVE CITIZEN
- A GIRAFFE STORY: JoAnn Burkholder
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Casey Ruud
- CHAPTER SEVEN: FINDING COMMON GROUND: NEGOTIATING AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR NEGOTIATING AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS
- TEN STEPS TO COMMON GROUND
- IT DOESN'T WORK EVERY TIME
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Diane Bock
- CHAPTER EIGHT: PERSUASIVE COMMUNIC ATIONS: SPEECHES, FUND-RAISING, AND MORE
- PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATIONS-STYLE, ATTITUDE, HEART, AND VISION
- HOW TO GIVE A GREAT SPEECH
- TIPS FOR RAISING MONEY
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Claudia Johnson
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Sarri Gilman
- CHAPTER NINE: DEALING WITH THE MEDIA: THE SECRETS OF GOOD PR
- WHY SHOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
- CREATING A MEDIA STRATEGY
- HOW TO GET THE MEDIA RESULTS YOU WANT
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Doris Haddock
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Karen Storek
- CHAPTER TEN: GETTING INS TITUTIONS TO DO WHAT YOU WANT
- DEVELOPING THE PUBLIC WILL
- WORKING WITH "THE SYSTEM"
- LOBBYING
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Bill Levitt
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Carl Ross
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND LEGAL ACTION
- PUBLIC TESTIMONY
- LEGAL ACTION
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Jerry Bilinski
- A GIRAFFE STORY: Ray Proffitt
- EPILOGUE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY
- CONNECTEDNESS-A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT WITH POLITICAL POWER
- LIGHTENING UP
- BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WORLD-AND FOR OURSELVES
- RESOURCES
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INDEX
