Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

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WealthWorks for Building Rural Economies

WealthWorks is an approach bridging community and economic development to build multiple forms of community wealth, resilience, and local ownership. This webinar provides a short overview for newcomers to the approach, followed by a focus on issues…


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Want to Know How Wealth Works? A Training for Coaches and Coordinators

This webinar offered participants a preview of the WealthWorks Training for Coaches and Coordinators.  Training facilitators shared the approach to the training and the expected outcomes. Participants were able to ask questions and explore how this…


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Wealth Creation in Rural Communities - Verde Valley, May 1, 2012

This introductory webinar introduced wealth creation concepts and vocabulary, including wealth creation value chains and multiple forms of wealth, to Walton Family Foundation grantees in the Verde Valley area of Arizona.


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Wealth Creation Webinar Presentation

Project Summary and Application Guidelines for the Wealth Creation in Rural Communities work as of 2009.
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Connecting Community Assets with Market Demand for Lasting Livelihoods

This webinar for the National Alliance for Rural Policy shared the WealthWorks approach and its main concepts, as well as how it has been used on the ground.
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Wealth Creation in Rural Communities: A Framework for Deep Collaborations and the Arkansas Biofuels Story

This webinar shares the principles and key tools of the Wealth Creation in Rural Communities – Building Sustainable Livelihoods framework, while also telling a story of this work on the ground. It uses the example of a biofuels value chain being constructed…


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Wealth Creation in Rural Communities: July 26, 2012 Presentation for the National Cooperative Business Association

This webinar presentation was made as part of Yellow Wood's work with the National Cooperative Business Association and individual cooperatives on measuring the impacts cooperatives have on multiple forms of wealth.


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