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Neighborhood and community organizing Nominal Group Technique (NGT), 134, 139,
(continued) 160–61, 179
assisting organizations to develop Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
techniques for setting goals and 17, 282
objectives for quality of life global role of, 79–80
improvement efforts, 129–30 Nonviolence, 75–76
assisting organizations in managing Nonviolent civil disobedience, objectives of,
internal confl 132 ict and disagreements,
133–34 Noponen, Helzi, 134–35, 269, 308
assisting organizations to learn how to North American Free Trade Agreement
monitor and evaluate the progress of (NAFTA), 391, 404
their neighborhood or community North Carolina Family Support, Family
efforts, 134–35 Preservation (FS/FP) Initiative, 297
assisting organizations to plan Nuclear proliferation, 411
celebrations that mark the progress
of leadership, organizational Obama, Barack, 178, 192, 372
development, and action victories, O’Connor, Mary Katherine, 282
135–37 Odum, Howard W., 101, 102
assisting organizations to plan for and Ohmer, Mary, 11
take effective action, 135 Oppression, 113
assisting with organization building Oregon Center for Community Leadership,
skills through training, workshops, 342
one-on-one coaching with leaders Organizational culture, 251
and participants, and consultation Organizational leaders, assisting with
with neighboring organizations, developing skills, 130
129 Organizational maintenance capacity,
identifying and establishing working developing, 123
relationship, 126–27 Organizational theory, 100
scope of concern, 123–25 Organization-building skills, assisting with,
theories and concepts that ground the 129
model, 137–38 Organization for Economic Co-operation and
collective effi Development (OECD), 388, 413, 427 cacy, 148– 49
group process and facilitation, 138– 40 Organized social change, 288
power and empowerment, 143– 47 Organizer, 41
principles of democratic participation, with coalitions, 344, 346
140– 43 in community practice processes, 10–12
social capital, 147– 48 in coordinating action groups, 374–76
social work / community practice roles, with functional communities, 190
149–53 in neighborhood and community settings,
Neighborhood-based planning, 289, 293 149–53
Neoconservatism in rapidly globalizing role of, 28, 39, 45, 371
world, 76–77 Organizing functional communities, model
Netherlands Organization for International for, 30, 173–208
Development Cooperation, 204 core skills and competencies for,
Netting, Ellen, 25, 255 193–207
Neugarten, Dial, 324 guiding steps, 176–81
Nevada’s Living Wage Campaign, 360 scope of concern, 175–76
New Deal, 389 social work/community practice roles,
New Mexico, DWI problems in, 359–60 190–93
New social movements, 390–92 theories and concepts that ground the
New Testament, 55 model, 181–90
Nineteenth Amendment, 58 Ottawa Charter for Public Health
Nolten, Marleen, 204 Promotion, 339