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Asset Based Community Development Graeme Stuart Dee Brooks . Assumptions About Workshop. We are all teachers and learners It’s about choices We all deserve respect We learn by being involved and having fun. Introductions. My name A little bit about me Why I’m doing the workshop. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Asset BasedCommunity Development

Graeme Stuart Dee Brooks

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Assumptions About Workshop

We are all teachers and learners It’s about choices We all deserve respect We learn by being involved and having

fun

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Introductions My name A little bit about me Why I’m doing the workshop

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What is ABCD?Asset Based Community Development:1. Focuses on community assets and strengths

rather than problems and needs2. Identifies and mobilises community and

individual assets, skills and passions3. Is built on community leadership4. Builds relationships

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Gifts I can give my community Gifts of the Head (Things I know

something about and would enjoy talking about with others, e.g., art, history, movies, birds).

Gifts of the Hand (Things or skills I know how to do and would like to share with others, e.g., carpentry, sports, cooking).

Gifts of the Heart (Things I care deeply about, e.g., protection of the environment, civic life, children).

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Asset Based Community Development provides key principles and practical tools to assist communities to help

themselves and others discover and mobilise community strengths.

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Communities have

deficiencies and needs

Communities and its

citizens Have

capacities and assets

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NEEDS MAP The Half Empty

GlassDelinquency

Gangs Crime High Unemployment

Graffiti Truancy Housing Commission Unsafe

Domestic Violence Tacky NeglectWelfare Recipients

Dysfunctional Child Abuse Unhealthy

Druggos Homeless UnemployedIlliterate Alcoholic

Needy Mental disabled Unskilled Dole- Bludgers

ControlFunds & Services

External organisations

Communities

Family

Individual

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Consequences of the Needs Map for Community Members

“We are deficient” Our local relationships are damaged Most money comes into our community for programs -

often narrowly defined Money gets directed towards professional helpers, not

community members We place focus on leaders which magnifies deficiencies We reward failure and foster dependency on systems Our community has a poor self-image We experience hopelessness

(Kretzmann & KcKnight 2007)

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Banks

Businesses

Schools

Parks

Hospitals

Local Council

Libraries

Churches CulturalGroups

Children

Leaders

Carers

Elderly

Youth

Extended “Families”

Artists

Groups& Associations

Labelled Individuals

Mentors & SignificantAdults

Child Care Centres

Shops

Neighbourhood Centres

TAFE

Community Health Centres

MedicalCentres

Sports ClubsParent groups

Gifts of Individuals

Non-Profit Community Groups

Local Institutions

ASSETS MAPThe Half Full

Story

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We Can Ask Questions in Two WaysBased on Appreciative Inquiry

What is wrong with our community? What problems can we fix? What are the needs of our community? What is

broken?OR

What are the strengths and assets of our community? Share a time when you felt our community was at its best?

What do you value most about our community? What is the essence of our community that makes it unique and

strong?

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Six Types of Assets to Connect:

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Talents, skills and passions of individuals

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Community groups and networks (Associations)

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Government and non-government agencies (Institutions)

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Physical assets (land, property, buildings, equipment)

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Economic Assets (productive work of individuals, consumer spending

power, local business assets)

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Stories, heritage, local identity and values

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Drivers

Hope Care Relationships

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Talents, skills and passions of individuals

Gifts, talents, dreams, and hopes- What do you like to do?- What would you like to learn?- What would you like to teach?- What would other people who know you say you

were good at doing ?

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A Simple Asset Map - Maitland CommunityAdapted from Maitland Defence Families Support Group

Individuals

Associations

Institutions Stories

Local Economy

Physical Space

InstitutionsDefence Community OrganisationLocal schools (Ashtonfield, East Maitland, Thornton)University of NewcastleRSL ClubsMaitland City LibrariesMaitland Art GalleryPCYCMaitland CouncilUniversitiesPolice & Fire DepartmentsHospitalsSocial Service Agencies

Animal Care GroupsAnti Crime GroupsBusiness OrganizationsCharitable GroupsCultural GroupsEducation GroupsElderly GroupsEnvironmental GroupsFamily Support Groups Fitness GroupsWomen’s GroupsYouth GroupsHeritage GroupsHobby and Collectors Groups

Sporting teams (Rugby, Cricket, soccer, etc)Little athletic Centres.AUSKICKBowling ClubsCraft groups

Political OrganizationsRecreation GroupsReligious GroupsService ClubsSocial GroupsUnion GroupsVeteran’s GroupsMen’s Groups Mentoring Groups

Associations

Community buildingsChurch hallsParksPlaygroundsSkate ParksDog Exercise AreasCyclewaysMaitland ParkWalka Water WorksMaitland aquatic centreEast Maitland Aquatic Centre

Local EconomyGreen Hills shopping centreBanksSupermarketsCharitiesMaitland MallHunter Valley VineyardsShark and Ray centreCommunity grantsFamily support Project Funding

For-Profit BusinessesChamber of CommerceBusiness AssociationsPersonal spending power

IndividualsSpousesDefence membersStudents WorkersChildrenYouth

Gifts, Skills, Older AdultsArtistsPeople with DisabilitiesParentsEntrepreneursActivistsVeterans

Physical SpaceGolf courseGardensParksPlaygroundsParking LotsBike PathsWalking PathsForests/Forest PreservesPicnic AreasCampsitesFishing Spots

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Mapping exercise

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Six Types of Assets to Connect:

Talents, skills and passions of individuals Community groups and networks (Associations) Government and non-government agencies

(Institutions) Physical assets (land, property, buildings,

equipment) Economic Assets (productive work of individuals,

consumer spending power, local business assets) Stories, heritage, local identity and values

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Three key steps to asset mapping

Discover the assets

Join the assets together

Create opportunities for these assets to be productive and powerful together

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What is ABCD?Asset Based Community Development:1. Focuses on community assets and strengths

rather than problems and needs2. Identifies and mobilises community and

individual assets, skills and passions3. Is built on community leadership4. Builds relationships

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Authority versus Leadership

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Community leaders

Leadership Skills

Community Connection

e.g. Gate keeper

e.g., Connector leaders

e.g. Expert

e.g., Mentors

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Learning conversationsDiscovering care

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Discovering Care = Motivation to act

Through learning conversations you can hear:

Concerns – What I don’t want to happen

Dreams – What I want to create

Skills & Abilities – What I have to give

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The Power of Two If one person spent one day having a conversation to

two people about what they could create (1+2) If the next day, those two people each had a

conversation with two different people (1+2+2+2)

And so forth Then in ten days, 2047 people would be having a

conversation In 15 days, 65,535 people would be in conversation In 20 days, 2 million people would be in a conversation

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Top Down

Start with an answer

Recruit people to implement the answer

Look for answers to the additional problem of "lack of motivation"

Mobilise assets

Discover what people care about, how they see the situation and

what they want to offer

Start with a learning conversation

Bottom Up

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Two Paths – Two SolutionsAnswer

Need

Services

Consumer

“Programs are the answer”

Question

Want/care to act

Mobilise assets

Community Members

“People are the answer”

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"Given the task of rejuvenating a region and the choice of $50 million, or $2 million and 20

committed local leaders, we would choose the smaller amount of money and the

committed leaders". 

(McKinsey and Company (1994) Lead Local Compete Global: Unlocking the Growth of

Australia’s Regions)

Importance of Leadership & its Development

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Appreciative Inquiry

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Appreciative Inquiry FocusDoing more of what works

Problem Solving FocusDoing less of something we do not

do well

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Human systems move in the direction of what we deeply and persistently ask questions about

Transformational topics are possible in any situation, and will generate more positive change - every time

The skill of framing and re-framing

Affirmative Topic Choice

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What’s the biggest problem here?

Why don’t people get involved?

Why do we blow it so often?

Why do we still have those problems?

What possibilities exist that we have not yet considered?

What’s the smallest change that could make the biggest impact?

What solutions would have us both win?

What has worked in the past?

The art of the questions

What makes questions inspiring, energising, and mobilising?

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Appreciative Inquiry – 4D Cycle

DISCOVER – Let’s share occasions when we were at our best

DREAM – What is our preferred future? DESIGN – What do we need in place to

make our dream a reality? DELIVER – Let’s work on goals, strategies

and projects

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The power of AI Stories

Stories stick like glue Makes information easier to remember Builds identities and fosters relationships Medium for conveying values, visions Helps other possibilities emerge

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Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciates what you have Imagines what can be Creates what will be

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For further information contact:

Dee BrooksCommunity Worker & FacilitatorFamily Action [email protected] W: (02) 4921 6845

Graeme StuartFacilitator & LecturerFamily Action [email protected] W: (02) 4921 7241

www.newcastle.edu.au/research-centre/fac/