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David CrowleyInteresting list on ways to build #socialcapital @AndrewLittle140 via @socialcap http://t.co/1kXSZ25oUK
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78. Use public transportation and start talking with those you regularly see
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3. Register to vote and vote
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12. Avoid gossip
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99. Be real. Be humble. Acknowledge others' self-worth
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54. Stop and make sure the person on the side of the highway is OK
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60. If you grow tomatoes, plant extra for an lonely elder neighbor – better yet, ask him/her to teach you and others how to can the extras
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61. Ask a single diner to share your table for lunch
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70. When somebody says "government stinks," suggest they help fix it
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71. Turn off the TV and talk with friends or family
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2. Attend town meetings
3. Register to vote and vote
4. Support local merchants
5. Volunteer your special skills to an organization
6. Donate blood (with a friend!) -
78. Use public transportation and start talking with those you regularly see
79. Ask neighbors for help and reciprocate
80. Go to a local folk or crafts festival
81. Call an old friend
82. Sign up for a class and meet your classmates
83. Accept or extend an invitation
84. Talk to your kids or parents about their day
85. Say hello to strangers -
87. Ask a new person to join a group for a dinner or an evening
88. Host a pot luck meal or participate in them
89. Volunteer to drive someone
90. Say hello when you spot an acquaintance in a store
91. Host a movie night
92. Exercise together or take walks with friends or family -
11. Plan a vacation with friends or family
12. Avoid gossip
13. Help fix someone's flat tire -
16. Attend home parties when invited
17. Become an organ donor or blood marrow donor. -
96. Join a book club discussion or get the group to discuss local issues
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25. Get to know the clerks and salespeople at your local stores
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99. Be real. Be humble. Acknowledge others' self-worth
100. Tell friends and family about social capital and why it matters -
101. Greet people
102. Cut back on television
103. Join in to help carry something heavy
104. Plan a reunion of family, friends, or those with whom you had a special connection -
29. Play cards with friends or neighbors
30. Give to your local food bank
31. Walk or bike to support a cause and meet others -
106. Read the local news faithfully
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108. Fix it even if you didn’t break it
109. Pick it up even if you didn’t drop it
110. Attend a public meeting
111. Go with friends or colleagues to a ball game (and root, root, root for the home team!) -
36. Answer surveys when asked
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113. Hire young people for odd jobs
114. Start a tradition -
39. Form a local outdoor activity group
40. Participate in political campaigns
41. Attend a local budget committee meeting -
116. Help jump-start someone’s car
117. Join a project that includes people from all walks of life
118. Sit on your stoop
119. Be nice when you drive
120. Make gifts of time -
46. Start a lunch gathering or a discussion group with co-workers
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125. Raise funds for a new town clock or new town library
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51. Eat breakfast at a local gathering spot on Saturdays
52. Have family dinners and read to your children -
129. Invite friends or colleagues to help with a home renovation or home building project
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54. Stop and make sure the person on the side of the highway is OK
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59. Go to church...or temple...or walk outside with your children–talk to them about why its important
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135. Open the door for someone who has his or her hands full
136. Say hi to those in elevators -
137. Invite friends to go snowshoeing, hiking, or cross-country skiing
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62. Stand at a major intersection holding a sign for your favorite candidate
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66. Say "thanks" to public servants – police, firefighters, town clerk…
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67. Fight to keep essential local services in the downtown area–your post office, police station, school, etc.
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142. See if your neighbor needs anything when you run to the store
143. Ask to see a friend’s family photos
144. Join groups (e.g., arts, sports, religion) likely to lead to making new friends of different race or ethnicity, different social class or bridging across other dimensions -
69. Gather a group to clean up a local park or cemetery
70. When somebody says "government stinks," suggest they help fix it
71. Turn off the TV and talk with friends or family
72. Hold a neighborhood barbecue
73. Bake cookies for new neighbors or work colleagues
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Hans Henrik H Heming150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL
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Kimberly Davisall about building social capital ... an initiative of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, Kennedy School of Government
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Naoko McCrackenSocial capital is built through hundreds of little and big actions we take every day
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