The Charrette Handbook is a step-by-step guide to successful design exercises that help citizens shape the future of their community. Based on a training program developed by the National Charrette Institute, the book offers a three-phase approach to planning and conducting a charrette and putting the results into action. The new edition shows how to leverage social media, conduct charrettes on a budget, and add public health partnerships to the planning mix.

The Charrette Handbook is a step-by-step guide to successful charrettes -- those extended exercises that help citizens envision new possibilities for their communities. Based on a program developed by the National Charrette Institute, the book offers a three-phase approach to project management, describing how to organize for a charrette, how to conduct one, and how to put the resulting ideas into effect. The section on preparation has been extensively overhauled for this edition.