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OUR NEWEST TITLES

See more books by George B. Cu� on pages 8, 10 & 11

Executive Policy Governance A leadership model for local government

by George B. Cu�

Leadership is a scarce and very valuable commod-ity that is absolutely critical to the success or failure of organizations, and is often more known by its absence than its presence. Leaders are in�uencers: they can see a target often more clearly and more quickly than others and they have the presence necessary to cause others to move in that desired direction.

This book is intended to be useful to anyone involved in an elected capacity at the local level. It o�ers a valuable model for any system based on democratic principles, including voting rights, equity, fairness, respect for the rule of law, and a willingness to adhere to democratically deter-mined decisions.

George B. Cu�, FCMC is a well-known name in the world of local government and author of the best-selling and highly praised books Making a Dif-ference: Cu�’s Guide for Municipal Leaders - Volumes 1 and 2 and the O� the Cu� series, which includes many of his articles on governance and manage-ment that have been published over the past three decades in Municipal World magazine.

Item 0056 approx. 150 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-06-3

$29.95 CDN

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OUR NEWEST TITLES

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pages 6 & 7

Item 0038 approx. 170 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-12-4

$29.95 CDN

Places and Spacesby Gord Hume

How municipalities design their public realm strongly in�uences their economy and culture.

There is an instinctual desire by people for beauty and peace in their surroundings.

Places and spaces help to shape the civility of cities and the people in them.

These are just some of the provocative themes in Gord Hume’s latest municipal masterpiece, Places and Spaces. How cities compete in the global economy is a�ected by their physical realm and local planning decisions.

Through in-depth interviews with leading ex-perts around the world, Gord deftly weaves a compelling blueprint for livable, prosperous, and sustainable cities. Places and Spaces is a sharply-conceived analysis of how the public and private realms intersect – and often collide.

Gord Hume is one of Canada’s most respected commentators on local government issues. He is a sought-after speaker for conferences and munici-palities around the world. An entrepreneur, four-term councillor, and successful business leader, Gord brings his unique perspective to 21st century city building in this must-read book.

AVAILABLE AUGUST 2014


Town and GownFrom Con�ict to Cooperation

by Michael Fox

Universities and colleges present a unique set of planning and community development challenges, and an increasing number of threats and negative perceptions about o�-campus student behaviour – especially in those near-campus neighbourhoods where students tend to concentrate. Despite the headaches, though, this annual in�ux of student residents results in big economic impacts, as well as business opportunities and investments for the com-munity. This book is an invaluable guide to building essential, positive relationships between the munici-pality and its local post-secondary schools.

Item 0065 / 118 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-04-9

$29.95 CDN

Item 0077 / 154 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-07-0

$29.95 CDN

Brands, Buzz & Going ViralA sourcebook of modern marketing strategies, tips, and tactics

by Ian Chadwick

Brands, Buzz & Going Viral is a vital resource for everyone involved in municipal marketing. For politicians, it explains the pros and cons of the many processes, tactics, and strategies used to get your municipality the attention you want. It won’t guarantee success, but it will arm you with the tools, methods, and directions that provide a solid foundation for building a successful campaign.

See more books by Ian Chadwick on page 13.


Rural Community Economic Developmentby Wayne Caldwell

Is there a secret to economic success?

What is it that leads to economic success in one community while another community struggles? This question is especially relevant for rural and small town communities that face unique is-sues and problems. This book provides hands-on strategies that can help change your community from one that �ounders to one that embraces the future.

Municipal Knowledge Series

Wayne Caldwell

RURALCOMMUNITYECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

With advice and assistance fromJennifer Ball, Eric Marr and Kate Procter

Item 0015 / 116 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-05-6

$29.95 CDN

Item 0020 / 124 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-10-0

$29.95 CDN

Run & Win (Second Edition)A Guide to Succeeding in Municipal Elections

by Brian H. Clark

Have you ever wanted to run for elected o�ce? Do you have a burning desire to serve your commu-nity? A vision of what you want your community to be? Do you feel left out of the process? Don’t let the next municipal election pass you by!

This book is written speci�cally to prepare you to “Run and Win” a successful election campaign.


Taking Back Our CitiesThrough exclusive interviews with mayors and po-litical and government leaders from coast to coast, Gord Hume’s explosive third book on municipal government in Canada – Taking Back Our Cities – shines a bright spotlight on the complex, often convoluted and sometimes thorny relationships between our various orders of government.

The book is �lled with candid, thoughtful quotes from present and past leaders. It also o�ers insight-ful comments and ideas from people who have been in the council and federal and provincial political trenches for many years. It includes inno-vative ideas and thought-starters from the author, and provocative truths and challenges from Cana-dian political leaders “on the inside.”

OUR CITIESBACKTAKING

GORD HUME


Item 0034 / 172 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-00-1

$29.95 CDN

More by Gord Hume

Item 0036 / 120 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-95-2

$29.95 CDN

The Local Food RevolutionThis book explores the relationship food has with building strong communities, how it is changing local economies, and how food and food-related issues have become critical new challenges for municipal councils across Canada. It also o�ers an unblinking look at how life in rural communities is being disrupted and the steadily increasing sprawl of urban centres into green lands. Attention then turns to the shifts that are impacting traditional local economies and prosperity.


More by Gord Hume

Item 0035 / 140 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-89-1

$29.95 CDN

Cultural Planning for Creative CommunitiesThis book o�ers a practical “how to” guide on Municipal Cultural Planning and the Creative City concepts for municipalities of all sizes. Authored by Gord Hume, the text includes a foreword by Glen Murray, as well as contributed chapters from Greg Baeker, Nancy Duxbury, and Tim Jones.

From public art to economic development, from rejuvenating downtowns to saving heritage prop-erties, from integrating creative city concepts into your o�cial plan to attracting the creative class, this book o�ers it all!

Item 0037 / 176 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-03-2

$29.95 CDN

10 Trends for Smarter CommunitiesFrom leadership to technology, from innovative ways of �nancing municipalities to huge social trends that are changing our communities and our countries, Gord Hume’s fourth book opens new windows for municipalities on how they are going to grow and prosper in coming decades.

This timely book explores 10 big, important new challenges facing our towns and cities. It is a must-read for people who aspire to position their municipality to successfully compete in the global marketplace for talent, investment, and prosperity.


O� the Cu�A collection of writings by George B. Cu�

Volumes One, Two, ThreeThis collection of writings includes a sampling of columns and articles George Cu� has written over the past three decades.

These are issues on which Cu� has lectured, or which derive from actual occurrences at ground level. They re�ect the real challenges of political life, and are written from an experiential point of view. These articles have been selected because they bring to bear a particular perspective on mat-ters that Cu� believes will be most likely to bene�t the reader.

Item 0055-1 - ISBN 978-0-919779-88-4 Item 0055-2 - ISBN 978-0-919779-92-1 Item 0055-3 - ISBN 978-0-919779-93-8

Approx. 120 pp each

$29.95 CDN each

See more books by George Cu� on pages 10 and 11.

Governance Collection


Governance Collection

Item 0080 / 134 pp ISBN 0-919779-81-6

$29.95 CDN

Guide to Good Municipal Governanceby C. Richard Tindal and Susan Nobes Tindal

The outgrowth of four decades of municipal workshops, this book is written speci�cally to help councils and sta� in their challenging task of governing Canada’s municipalities. Examples of municipal best practices from across Canada are used to illustrate the keys to good governance described in this guide.

Item 0045 / 140 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-90-7

$29.95 CDN

Municipal Ethics Regimesby Greg Levine

This book explores three areas of concern and their associated mechanisms at the local level: integ-rity, codes of conduct, and ethics and integrity commissioners; lobbying, lobbyist registration, and lobbyist registrars; and administrative justice, administrative justice codes, and ombudsmen.

Key features of these regimes are examined with practical information and insight into designing and implementing e�ective ethics mechanisms at the municipal level. Appendices contain models for by-laws, codes, checklists, and examples of forms.


Item 0059-2 / 120 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-82-2

$29.95 CDN

Item 0059-1 / 100 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-62-4

$29.95 CDN

Management consultant George Cu�, a contribu-tor of dozens of articles and columns to Municipal World, delivers no-nonsense advice about the ap-propriate roles of council and the administration. These two volumes de�ne what municipal gover-nance is all about.

Volume 1: A survival guide for elected o�cialsCu� examines the appropriate roles of council members, the head of council, and the administra-tion, discussing: orientation; the art of governance; council landmines; understanding leadership; council management problems; governance best practices; hallmarks of successful elected o�cials.

Volume 2: The case for e�ective governanceOften, council members sense that what they are doing is adding little value to the well-being of their communities, but they are unsure as to how to make the changes or adjustments that would result in stronger, more focused leadership. In this second volume, Cu� aims to help municipal councils understand and apply the principles and techniques of e�ective governance, covering is-sues such as: leadership tools and processes; job descriptions of a council, mayor, councillor, and chair of committee; importance of the council-cao relationship; establishing council’s vision and priorities; and more.

Making a Difference:Cuff’s Guide for Municipal Leaders


Cuff’s Survival Kit

Item 0059-3 $74.85 CDN

O�er valid for new subscribers only

Our most popular new-councillor

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Give yourself the knowledge you need to start o� on the right foot, with essential readings from Cu�, and a subscription to Municipal World magazine. Kit includes:

• copy of Volume 1: A survival guide for elected o�cials

• copy of Volume 2: The case for e�ective governance

• one-year subscription to Municipal World magazine


Item 0025 / 174 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-91-4

$29.95 CDN

Rediscovering the Wealth of PlacesA Municipal Cultural Planning Handbook for Canadian Communities

by Greg Baeker

Creativity and culture have moved from the mar-gins to the centre of thinking about economic de-velopment in our cities and communities. Vibrant, authentic places are magnets that attract and retain creative people – and the creative workforce that is generating wealth in an expanding knowl-edge economy.

Rediscovering the Wealth of Places is a practical introduction to core planning concepts and tools. This includes a methodology for cultural mapping and the systematic identi�cation of a wide range of local cultural assets. A strong focus is on e�ec-tively integrating culture in planning across mu-nicipal departments. This important work includes chapters from Elena Bird; David T. Brown; Susan M. Gardner; Jeannette Hanna; Gord Hume; Jennifer Keesmaat; Mark Kuznicki; Colin Mercer; and Kevin Stolarick.

Greg Baeker is a nationally recognized leader in in-tegrated cultural plans for communities of all sizes, ranging from large urban centres such as Toronto to small rural areas like Prince Edward County.

Visit our website at books.municipalworld.com for up-to-date information on new releases, as well as other products and services available from Municipal World.

“... Greg Baeker’s Rediscovering the Wealth of Places is possibly the most powerful tool available to civic leaders at a time when the �nancial crisis is forcing cities to adopt smarter forms of urban governance.”

- Lia GhilardiNoema Research and Planning


Item 0075 / 128 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-01-8

$29.95 CDN

POLITICALLYSPEAKING


Media Relations &Communication Strategies

for Municipal Politicians

Politically Speakingby Ian Chadwick

Politically Speaking o�ers an informed insider’s view of e�ective strategies and methods munici-pal politicians can use to communicate e�ectively with the media, and in a way that ensures the mes-sage is both received and understood.

Author Ian Chadwick provides tips and tools to help prepare you for dealing with this important aspect of elected o�ce, from media releases to live interviews.

Item 0076 / 128 pp ISBN 978-1-926843-02-5

$29.95 CDN

Social media for municipalities and municipal

politicians

Digital Connectionsby Ian Chadwick

Social media: everyone’s using it today. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, blogs, and photo/video sharing sites. These and other services have literally hundreds of millions of users. But what does it mean for your municipality? Or for you as a municipal politician? What services should you use? What are the rewards and what are the risks? How do you measure success and failure in social media? How do you measure activity and response rates? Who owns and controls usernames and passwords?

Social media is both a boon and a mine�eld for municipalities. For newcomers, this book is a prac-tical guide about where to start. For municipalities already using social media, it o�ers thought-pro-voking issues: liability, sta� access, compensation, security and crafting social media policies.


Item 0085 / 125 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-84-6

$29.95 CDN

Strategic Planning for MunicipalitiesA Users’ Guide

by Thomas E. Plant

Too often, strategic planning is seen as a complex process, involving only senior management in the design and production of a glossy strategic plan document that is used infrequently in the running of the municipal operation. But, strategic plan-ning has the potential to be a powerful process that catalyzes the municipal organization, bring-ing together the public, sta�, and management in the development of a common vision, direction and goals. It can also function as an accounting mechanism, allowing the public and management to evaluate progress and ensure that the munici-pality is moving in the right direction. This book guides the reader through a holistic framework for developing and implementing a comprehensive municipal strategic plan.

Strategic planningessentials


Strategic planningessentials

Item 0084 / 120 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-94-5

$29.95 CDN

Roadmap to SuccessImplementing the Strategic Plan

by Thomas E. Plant

Plant’s previous book, Strategic Planning for Munic-ipalities: A Users’ Guide, outlined the steps involved to develop a strategic plan. In this new book, he proposes that developing the strategic plan is not the end of the process but the beginning. Equally important is to carefully lay out how the plan will be implemented to successfully position the municipal organiza tion to be able to actualize its strategic vision and goals. Failure to do so will re-sult in a strategic plan that just gathers dust – not a meaningful “living” strategic plan that impacts the organization’s decision-making process. This book details how the organization must change to reach this future state. As well, it reviews how to develop key strategic indicators to ensure the organization is able to quantify successful attain-ment of the strategic vision, goals and objectives or to document how far the organization is from attaining its goals.


Item 0060 / 265 pp ISBN 0-9692286-1-9

$42.95 CDN

Item 0061 / 200 pp ISBN 0-919779-63-8 Book only: $29.95

Item 0061CD - Book, plus companion survey tools on

CD-ROM: $82.95

Public Sector Performance MeasurementSuccessful Strategies and Tools

by Charles K. Bens

There is an impressive set of tools and techniques that should be learned by managers and employ-ees if they really want to develop and properly use the best performance measures within a proper decision-making context. Case studies of the suc-cessful application of this model and examples of how these measures are being used help provide a sense of practicality and reality for this process. Bens gives speci�c guidelines on how to use performance measures, as well as guidelines for managing projects successfully.

Measuring UpAn Evaluation Toolkit for Local Governments

by Charles K. Bens

This book includes a set of more than 30 surveys that can be used to help create an ongoing bot-tomline for the public sector.

The toolkit includes surveys for assessing commu-nity and planning; citizens and candidates; overall organization; decision making; personnel; as well as guidelines for using evaluation surveys.


Item 0070 / 115 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-77-8

$29.95 CDN

Item 0095 / 130 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-86-0

$29.95 CDN

ProcurementA Practical Guide for Canada’s Elected Municipal Leaders

by Denis Chamberland

This easy-to-read guide shines a light on some of today’s most high-pro�le and important procure-ment issues, discussing: roles and responsibilities of elected representatives; �duciary duty; sole sourcing practices; local preference in procure-ment; con�dentiality of information; what to expect from suppliers; supplier debrie�ngs and complaint procedures; and more.

Stepping Up to the Climate Change ChallengeEdited by Susan M. Gardner and David Noble

This book highlights the important role for Cana-da’s local governments in contributing to climate change solutions, locally and globally.

With powerful examples from Canadian munici-palities that are already leading the way, Stepping Up also highlights the theory, tools, and strategies that local governments can put into practice im-mediately to begin mitigating climate change and better prepare their communities to adapt to the changes already evident.


Election Resources

Item 0068 / 142 pp ISBN 0-919779-66-2

$29.95 CDN

Electing Better PoliticiansA Citizen’s Guide

by Charles K. Bens

This guide is o�ered as an easy-to-use resource for all voters – regardless of political philosophy – set-ting out speci�c criteria for evaluating candidates, complete with “scorecards” for use in this process. In addition, issues at the local, provincial, and fed-eral levels are examined, as are the special consid-erations that apply in comparing new candidates against incumbents.

Item 0050 / 135 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-76-1

$29.95 CDN

Ontario’s Municipal Con�ict of Interest ActA Handbook

by M. Rick O’Connor and George H. Rust-D’Eye

A practical handbook to the municipal con�ict of interest law in Ontario. Includes chapters on identi-fying con�icts of interest; exceptions; statutory du-ties of members; court proceedings; practical/legal strategies; a quick checklist of “Things You Need to Know”; List of Cases; and text of Municipal Con�ict of Interest Act. Short case summaries tell you what the courts decided in various situations – and why.


Item 0010 / 400 pp ISBN 970-0-919779-99-0

$54.95 CDN

Ontario’sMUNICIPAL ACT

From the publishers of

2011 EDITION

Consolidation of amendments

made up to and including

February 2011

Ontario’s Municipal Actby the editors of Municipal World

An easy-to-use, spiral bound, and completely codi-�ed consolidation of Ontario’s Municipal Act and current amendments. This important reference book includes an Index by George Rust-D’Eye.

Item 0090 / 156 pp ISBN 978-0-919779-85-3

$19.95 CDN

Truth PicksObservations on This Thing called Life

Special MW edition by popular columnist Peter de Jager

What’s a Truth Pick you ask? It’s a short, sharp commentary on a popular quote or pithy saying, intended to extract the truth hidden within the quote that makes it worthy of repetition. Consider it a form of mental �oss.

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