“Asset mapping” is an important component of “asset-based development,” an approach to community development that seeks to build on a community’s existing resources – rather than focus on its needs – as a means to achieving development goals. Asset mapping …
Logic Models: A Tool for Program Planning and Assessment
A logic model is a graphic representation to describe a program that shows the linkages between what the program does (the input and outputs) and the expected results (outcomes) related to a specific problem or situation. The model identifies the …
Making Group Decisions – Six Options
As you know, one of the primary functions of groups is to make decisions. We have a problem → we need to change something → we need a decision. At times though, this is easier said than done.
Some groups …
Lisa Hinz, University of Minnesota Extension
Lisa Hinz is an Educator with the University of Minnesota Extension in Leadership and Civic Engagement. Lisa works regionally and statewide with public and community-minded individuals and organizations, providing short-term workshops and long-term cohorts on leadership, facilitation, and civic engagement. …
Teaching Community Development to Children
I was recently thinking about ways that citizenship skills and the concept of community are conveyed to young children. Part of this thought process led me to wonder how young is too young to introduce the concept of community capacity…
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Understanding Consensus
There are six decision-making options: spontaneous agreement, one person decides, compromise, multi-voting, majority voting, and consensus building. In meetings, we know that the facilitator, group leader or the group needs to choose the most appropriate method before any decision that …
Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Cornell University
Heidi is a Senior Extension Associate with Cornell University’s Community and Regional Development Institute and someone who is committed to community empowerment and sustainability – meaning the ability of community members to shape their future in ways that make them …
Jane E Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Jane Haskell is a Community Development Educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. She thrives in designing and implementing experiential community development programs for youth and adults. As a result of her community facilitation work, she collaboratively created two curricula, …
Sharon Gulick, University of Missouri Extension
Sharon Gulick is Director of Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (ExCEED) with University of Missouri Extension. She works with small towns, communities and regions on issues related to planning and strategizing for community economic development. She has more than 25 …