Wheres The Party? Building Strong Communities for Fun and Profit Speaker: Brad Edmondson

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

Most of US Cant Afford to Retire (Percent At Risk in National Retirement Risk Index)

Recipe for a Strong Community

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

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

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

Two Sarasotas

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)

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

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

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

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

Living Alone in Sarasota County (Percent of households that are one person in selected areas, 2010)

Volunteering and Health (mortality among adults aged by volunteering and motivation, )

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

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

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

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

Out of Many, One

Thank You! Brad Edmondson