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Make notes with this printable workbook
The Idea Friendly Action Guide is designed especially to work with the Idea Friendly video (below) and works pretty well with the book. They both follow the Idea Friendly Method! Print it out, make your notes, and start taking action.
Share these videos with others
- Idea Friendly video – 24 minute video works through the Idea Friendly basics with time to work on your own ideas and discuss
- Rural Collaboration Webinar with SaveYour.Town and Dr. Dell Gines – recorded webinar to help you develop robust networks for targeted purposes
Ready to share with others? Get the watch party tips to make the most of your time together.
You can find a SaveYour.Town video to address most any challenge in your rural community. See all our videos at LearnTo.SaveYour.Town.
Members get access to dozens of videos on challenges like too many empty buildings, a downtown that is dead after hours or retaining young people.
Reference PDFs and downloads
- The Idea Friendly Creed – download the PDF or a sharable JPG
- 99% of the best things you can do for your town don’t require anyone’s permission – list post at SmallBizSurvival.com
- Old Way vs Idea Friendly Way Behavior chart – PDF
- Success List from Carol Peterson, Milnor, North Dakota – PDF
- Your First 10 Steps in becoming more Idea Friendly – list post at BeckyMcCray.com
- References list – books, research and experts mentioned in the book – PDF
- Discussion guide for groups – the book club questions
Get your own copy of The Idea Friendly Guide
You can learn more about the book and find links to buy at saveyour.town/IFGuide
Become certified in the Idea Friendly Method
Our Idea Friendly Toolkit includes more videos that go deeper into the method, the Idea Friendly Creed in a printable format, and an Action Guide workbook to help you implement what you’ve learned. Once you complete the toolkit, you earn a certificate that you can hang on your wall, share on LinkedIn, or wave around at the next city council meeting when someone says that won’t work here. The certificate also visually connects you with other people across the country who are making their communities more Idea Friendly, just like you.
Work with us
Invest six months to work with us in person and online to generate lasting change in your community with our Intensive Idea Friendly Action Package.
My presentations on my Idea Friendly method, rural trends, downtowns, economic development and community development have given practical ideas to audiences at over 300 events. Rural and small town conferences, economic development organizations, councils of government and chambers of commerce in the US, UK, Canada and Australia have chosen me to boost optimism, change thinking and unleash immediate action. Invite me to speak at your next event on these rural topics.
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