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# Learn with us

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- Want a free e copy to review  - email me [paul@paulborn.ca](mailto:paul@paulborn.ca) 
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- ***[Download the Introduction](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Introduction-of-Breakthrough-Community-Change-by-Paul-Born.pdf)***

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# Publications by Paul

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### 10 - A Guide for a Community-Based COVID Recovery

This guide explores both why and how cities and communities have become such a force in community change, especially now during COVID-19 .

[Learn more](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/ten-guide-community-based-covid-recovery-2021)

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### Welcoming the Stranger

In this article, Paul Born discusses the phenomenon of migration, and Canadian cities' responses to displaced people.

[Learn more](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/316071/Resources/Article/Welcome%20the%20Stranger%20Article-2.pdf?__hstc=163327267.f45f440de5e1b7651ce8d0a48b5ddcf0.1659109418658.1671053266344.1671113191995.32&__hssc=163327267.8.1671113191995&__hsfp=504976062&hsCtaTracking=323bb7b8-04f9-46c1-9a87-0d7f01f3c5b1%7Cd5e45e95-f71c-464d-abfe-f9e0305ebd74)

![People Meeting Together](https://www.paulborn.ca/hubfs/People%20Meeting%20Together.jpeg)

### How to Develop a Common Agenda for a Collective Impact

Paul provides a 'how-to' approach for developing a common agenda when working on Collective Impact initiatives

[Learn more](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/316071/Resources/Publications/CommonAgendaforCollectiveImpact.pdf?__hstc=163327267.f45f440de5e1b7651ce8d0a48b5ddcf0.1659109418658.1671053266344.1671113191995.32&__hssc=163327267.14.1671113191995&__hsfp=504976062&hsCtaTracking=ab8b5486-94f7-41c3-a725-f1601d31d0a1%7Cb2008561-6185-4f03-95e4-5f2fd624f2e1)

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### Our Community Can Change | When We Work Together

Give people good information and effective tools, and they will organize and work together to create the kind of communities they want.

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### Possible

What happens when we give up or admit that there are no possibilities of making things better? What happens when we give up on the possible?

[Learn more](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Possible_by_Paul_Born.pdf)

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### 10 - A Guide For Cities Reducing Poverty

Read a concise overview of how cities are reducing poverty: their stories, their strategies, their resources, and tips for beginners on organizing a city-wide initiative. Whether you are a community leader, an elected official, a business leader, or a concerned citizen, this book was written for you.

[Learn more](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/ten-2016)

# Blogs & Podcasts

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[Breakthrough](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/tag/breakthrough?hsLang=en-ca)

### [Its time to think big again](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/its-time-to-think-big-again?hsLang=en-ca)

Its time to think and act big again!

Why? Because change-makers have always struggled to change the...

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[Breakthrough](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/tag/breakthrough?hsLang=en-ca)

### [Contribution vs Attribution](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/contribution-vs-attribution?hsLang=en-ca)

A major mindset shift is required to understand the impact of collaborative community change. We...

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[Breakthrough](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/tag/breakthrough?hsLang=en-ca)

### [Collective Strategic Thinking](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/collective-strategic-thinking?hsLang=en-ca)

I cannot overemphasize how predominant the strategic planning model is and how overused it is in...

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### [Breakthroughs For Change](https://www.paulborn.ca/blog-listing/breakthroughs?hsLang=en-ca)

I feel a contagious restlessness emerging. What will cause you to step forward with others to make...

## Stay in touch with Paul

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