This document outlines strategies for unleashing community power by mobilizing local assets. It discusses tapping into the gifts of individuals, voluntary associations, the built and natural environment, local economy, culture and identity, and local agencies. Specific tools are presented for mapping assets, identifying connector leaders, creating bumping places, being welcoming, forming block/building action groups, creating a common vision, and using open space technology. The overall message is that every community has untapped strengths and that a process of discovery, connection and action can strengthen communities from the ground up.
Slides from Session 2 and 3 of the recent ABCD Guide training in Hudderfield, hosted by Kirklees Council. Session 2 was facilitated by Shaun Burnett and Session 3 by Cormac Russell.
A report on how to improve people's quality of life on new housing developments, with 8 practical recommendations for councils, developers and community organisations.
Communities are only as strong and vibrant as the people who live in them. So when you come across extraordinary people doing remarkable things, and those actions spread like a friendly virus to others, you end up with something quite magical and powerful: Extraordinary Communities.
The pages of this book celebrate projects and ideas big and small, some simple some not so simple. Some require time, commitment and tenacity. All are driven by a passion and a belief in doing something good. These are ordinary people who chatted in pubs, cafes or at the school gates and asked – ‘What if…?’ ‘We really need a…’ or ‘Why don’t we…?’ And then – this is the extraordinary bit – they did it.
Slides from Session 2 and 3 of the recent ABCD Guide training in Hudderfield, hosted by Kirklees Council. Session 2 was facilitated by Shaun Burnett and Session 3 by Cormac Russell.
A report on how to improve people's quality of life on new housing developments, with 8 practical recommendations for councils, developers and community organisations.
Communities are only as strong and vibrant as the people who live in them. So when you come across extraordinary people doing remarkable things, and those actions spread like a friendly virus to others, you end up with something quite magical and powerful: Extraordinary Communities.
The pages of this book celebrate projects and ideas big and small, some simple some not so simple. Some require time, commitment and tenacity. All are driven by a passion and a belief in doing something good. These are ordinary people who chatted in pubs, cafes or at the school gates and asked – ‘What if…?’ ‘We really need a…’ or ‘Why don’t we…?’ And then – this is the extraordinary bit – they did it.
Facilitating local networks of mutual support amongst marginalised people in ...Iriss
The work of Neighbourhood Networks in providing preventative models of support, and opportunities for mutual support, to people who are marginalised or disadvantaged and who might otherwise receive no support at all and thereby run the risk of entering significant and costly, but nonetheless avoidable crises in their lives.
Contributor: Neighbourhood Networks. (WS05)
Over the course of a year and a half, we helped a national non-profit promote and plan their bi-annual No Barriers Summit. We produced a variety of print and online collateral; helped coordinate with the host site, sponsors, vendors, and presenters; and worked onsite during the event to coordinate interviews, video shoots, and anything else that needed doing. After the event, we created a promotional brochure and video, and we helped create a host site RFP.
An Eden Project Field Guide to community-owned places and spacesEdenProjectWebTeam
How do ordinary people get access to land or buildings to run businesses, offer services, generate energy or build houses? Community-owned assets can help make a community socially, environmentally and above all, economically viable. This guide offers an introduction to acquiring a community asset – a building or a piece of land – as the first major step towards creating the community you want to live in.
This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
From User Focus to DCUX: A Historical Overview of UXPA DC Conferences (aka, P...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Poster summarizing the history of the User Experience Professionals Association Washington DC chapter and its programming over the past (almost ) 20 years.
Book review on 'Cognitive Surplus' by Clay Shirky. Great book if anyone is looking for digital insights and understanding of how online communications work. Any questions just ask... I'd be more than happy to get back to you...
Neighbors Online: Community Engagement for All Seattle WorkshopSteven Clift
For event details see: http://seattleneighbors.eventbrite.com
For post event SEATTLE exchange, join: http://www.facebook.com/groups/seattleneighbors/
For national exchange, join Locals Online: http://e-democracy.org/locals
We plan to share some video from the event.
TTS Calabogie Mentorship Sessions_notes all sessionsREDB_East
Alternative Servicing
First Nation Settler Collaboration for Economic Development
Municipal-Volunteer Relationships
Newcomer Attraction and Settlements
Super-Successful GLAMs (Text version with notes)Michael Edson
Opening remarks for The Commons and Digital Humanities in Museums
Sponsored by the City University of New York Digital Humanities Initiative, November 28, 2012
Organized by Neal Stimler and Matt Gold, with Will Noel and Christina DePaolo.
http://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/07/wednesday-november-28-the-commons-and-digital-humanities-in-museums/
Neighbors Online: Engaging Government to Community InclusionSteven Clift
Explore the top ten ways people use online neighborhood forums to build inclusive and engaged communities. Presentation to National Association of Government Web Professionals.
Hugely successful event on Asset Based Community Development in Torbay, delivered by Cormac Russell. January 2012. Hosted by Brixham YES. Funded by NESTA (Neighbourhood Challenge) & Big Lottery.
Slides from 2 Day ABCD Workshop delivered by Cormac Russell and Jim Diers, Hosted byForever Manchester Foundation and supported by the Community Foundation Network. November 17,18 2011
ABCD in Action in Croydon: Asset Mapping in Thornton Heath, April 26, 27, 2011.
2 Day Workshop with Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute and Nurture Development UK
Facilitating local networks of mutual support amongst marginalised people in ...Iriss
The work of Neighbourhood Networks in providing preventative models of support, and opportunities for mutual support, to people who are marginalised or disadvantaged and who might otherwise receive no support at all and thereby run the risk of entering significant and costly, but nonetheless avoidable crises in their lives.
Contributor: Neighbourhood Networks. (WS05)
Over the course of a year and a half, we helped a national non-profit promote and plan their bi-annual No Barriers Summit. We produced a variety of print and online collateral; helped coordinate with the host site, sponsors, vendors, and presenters; and worked onsite during the event to coordinate interviews, video shoots, and anything else that needed doing. After the event, we created a promotional brochure and video, and we helped create a host site RFP.
An Eden Project Field Guide to community-owned places and spacesEdenProjectWebTeam
How do ordinary people get access to land or buildings to run businesses, offer services, generate energy or build houses? Community-owned assets can help make a community socially, environmentally and above all, economically viable. This guide offers an introduction to acquiring a community asset – a building or a piece of land – as the first major step towards creating the community you want to live in.
This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
From User Focus to DCUX: A Historical Overview of UXPA DC Conferences (aka, P...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Poster summarizing the history of the User Experience Professionals Association Washington DC chapter and its programming over the past (almost ) 20 years.
Book review on 'Cognitive Surplus' by Clay Shirky. Great book if anyone is looking for digital insights and understanding of how online communications work. Any questions just ask... I'd be more than happy to get back to you...
Neighbors Online: Community Engagement for All Seattle WorkshopSteven Clift
For event details see: http://seattleneighbors.eventbrite.com
For post event SEATTLE exchange, join: http://www.facebook.com/groups/seattleneighbors/
For national exchange, join Locals Online: http://e-democracy.org/locals
We plan to share some video from the event.
TTS Calabogie Mentorship Sessions_notes all sessionsREDB_East
Alternative Servicing
First Nation Settler Collaboration for Economic Development
Municipal-Volunteer Relationships
Newcomer Attraction and Settlements
Super-Successful GLAMs (Text version with notes)Michael Edson
Opening remarks for The Commons and Digital Humanities in Museums
Sponsored by the City University of New York Digital Humanities Initiative, November 28, 2012
Organized by Neal Stimler and Matt Gold, with Will Noel and Christina DePaolo.
http://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/07/wednesday-november-28-the-commons-and-digital-humanities-in-museums/
Neighbors Online: Engaging Government to Community InclusionSteven Clift
Explore the top ten ways people use online neighborhood forums to build inclusive and engaged communities. Presentation to National Association of Government Web Professionals.
Hugely successful event on Asset Based Community Development in Torbay, delivered by Cormac Russell. January 2012. Hosted by Brixham YES. Funded by NESTA (Neighbourhood Challenge) & Big Lottery.
Slides from 2 Day ABCD Workshop delivered by Cormac Russell and Jim Diers, Hosted byForever Manchester Foundation and supported by the Community Foundation Network. November 17,18 2011
ABCD in Action in Croydon: Asset Mapping in Thornton Heath, April 26, 27, 2011.
2 Day Workshop with Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute and Nurture Development UK
Neighbors Online: Connecting Communities for All Workshop - Bay Area @ The HUBSteven Clift
For future webinar version see: http://neighborsonline.eventbrite.com
The audio for download: http://e-democracy.org/files/sound/neighborsonlinebayarea.mp3
Audio in SlideShare is not synchronized with slides.
A comprehensive resource outlining and exemplifying active concern for our environment.
Why? Looking after a wonderful world specially designed for human beings; human rights & responsibilities, respecting one another & having freedom to choose involves caring for your country
What? litter pick-ups, designing community bins, various websites/videos raising highlighting issues, awareness-raising campaigns
How? Bags of inspiration for doing something in the style of Martin Luther King
Who? You - how will you respond. Doing nothing is not an option
See related Litter Article, which is evaluated as part of the lesson scheme of work.
Communicating marine issues to the wider public-Karen Mitchellrebeccalynam
Aligning messages with values. Karen Mitchell will look at public research carried out by Natural England on the difficulties of communicating with different cohorts of the general public on marine matters.
This presentation is about my motivation and experiences of working as an online project coordinator in global community work. Its message can be summarized accordingly,
People + Purpose + Technology = Community
2. Community is Defined by Circle of Relationships
Economic
Exchange
Participation
Friendship
Intimacy
3. YOUR TURN:
-What is your name?
-How are you involved in
Belltown?
-What would you like to
get out of this workshop?
4. POWER OF COMMUNITY
• Create Great Places
• Care for the Earth
• Care for One Another
• Prevent Crime
• Emergency Response
• Health and Welfare
• Happiness
• Social Justice
• Democracy
5. Power to Care for the Earth
Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle
68. Power of Community
Care for the Earth
Prevent Crime
Respond to Disasters
Care for One Another
Advance Social Justice
Promote Health
Instill Happiness
Create Great Places
Strengthen Democracy
79. Community in Crisis
Single-purpose land
use
Increased mobility
More time working
Fear
Electronic screens
Consumerism
Globalization
Specialization
Professionalization
83. We all say that it takes a village to raise a child. And
yet, in modernized societies, this is rarely true. Instead, we
pay systems to raise our children – teachers, counselors,
coaches, youth workers, nutritionists, doctors, and
McDonald’s.
We are often reduced as families to being
responsible for paying others to teach, watch, and know our
children, and to transport them to their paid child raisers.
Our villages have often become useless – our neighburs
responsible for neither their children nor ours. As a result,
everywhere we talk about the local “youth problem.” There
is no “youth problem.” There is a neighborhood problem:
adults who have forgone their responsibility and capacity to
join their neighbors in sharing the wealth of children. It is our
greatest challenge and our most hopeful possibility.
-John McKnight and Peter Block
The Abundant Community
84. Keys to Opening Your Community
to Broad and Inclusive Participation
275. YOUR TURN:
-What is the unique identity
of Belltown?
-What are your cultural and
historical assets?
276. Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals
• Voluntary associations
• Built and natural environment
• Local economy
• Culture and identity
• Local agencies
296. Do Learning Conversations
CREDENTIAL
WARM UP TALK
MOTIVATION TO ACT
● Gifts/talents to contribute
● Dreams to realize
● Concerns/needs to address
WILL THEY PARTICIPATE?
WHO ELSE DO THEY KNOW?
337. SUGGESTIONS FOR BLOCK/BUILDING ACTION GROUPS
Crime prevention
Emergency preparedness
Block parties
Skills exchanges
Share tools, pickup truck, camping equipment, etc.
Buy in bulk
Policy discussions
Support for latchkey kids
Support for housebound seniors
Support for one another
Rideshares
Improve/maintain common spaces:
Paint mural in intersection
Plant street trees
Provide broad base for neighborhood association
Create website for block/buildiing
Create a manifesto of block/building values and commitments to one another
Create a directory of available expertise (recycling, technology, etc)
Create a green block/building in which each household commits to reducing carbon footprint
Conduct a talent show
Show outdoor movies on side of a building
Celebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day by recognizing good deeds
348. Actions from Initial Gatherings
Neighborhood walking map
Planning for senior co-housing
Gay/lesbian community projects
A one-stop lifelong learning website
365. YOUR TURN:
What is your vision for Belltown?
(What would a healthy Belltown
look like, both physically and
socially? What would you keep,
change and add?)
366. Use Open Space Technology
High Point Neighborhood House
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384. YOUR TURN:
Brainstorm actions that would
utilize Belltown’s strengths and
move towards your vision
of a healthy community?