The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.

In order to effect great change we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

Remote villages and communities have lost their identity and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations the automobile.

In the social business marketplace brands that hope to build loyal and growing communities do so most effectively when they demonstrate their core values and allow a community to build and engage around it.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities our families our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America America. In our best days we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities large and small.

And in my own life in my own small way I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.