(3)

(4)

(5)

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line* or (b) drawing out of local discussions statements
of interest that can be developed as specific projects.

Selecting activities and developing a program in which
each activity is carried forward.

Coordinating community events through the develop-
ment of community calendars.

Keeping citizens informed through (a) news reports of
all events and (b) community achievement programs.

WHO ARE THE LEADERS?

To enlist the talents of all members of a community may be
too much to hope for, but certainly the degree to which this is
done measures the success of community planning endeavors.
Again there is no formula for success. It is largely a matter of
effective leadership.

Skillful community leaders have established certain guides
which may be taken as patterns. Usually one who is an effec-
tive community leader—

(1)
(2)
(3)

(4)
(9)

(6)
(7)

is vocationally efficient and dependable
has a genuine interest in the welfare of others

is thinking about the opportunities which his children

‘will have as well as the pleasures which he can now

enjoy
works with the established institutions and agencies

plans his work so that he will have time for community
activities

knows where and how to get needed help
likes to see others succeed and gives recognition to
their achievements.

WHERE—FOR WHAT AREA?

It may be said that each one of us lives in a thousand com-
munities. The areas of group interest are many. In extent
they range from the local loyalty that exists between a boy and
his dog to the broad concern that people all over the world

4 See footnote 2.