National Tour, Logan – Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)
We are excited to be hitting the road with our national tour, this will be the first time since the pandemic we have offered face to face Asset Based Community Development training with open registrations.
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is a powerful approach to community development that focuses on discovering and mobilizing the resources that are already present in a community.
When a group of people discover what they have they join together in new connections and relationship they build power. When people become more productive together, they exercise their power to address problems and realize dreams. Together we are better.
This approach recognizes that people learn best how to build “community partnerships that work” successfully by learning from their own experience, by having clear principles of practice, and by learning from the experience of other community builders.
Connecting people to community and seeing them as a part of a community is vital for having a voice and to create a sense of belonging. ABCD is a powerful approach to community engagement and development that focuses on abilities and potential, rather than problems and deficits by discovering the resources that are already present in a community.
By building relationships and creating the space for opportunities to emerge, community members become powerful and are more in control of their own decision making. The key principles will demonstrate how ABCD ensures an inclusive community process and participants will leave the workshop with practical tools to assist communities to help themselves and others discover and mobilise community strengths.
“Every single person has skills, abilities and gifts”. John McKnight
Through the workshop participants will learn by:
- Discussing the principles and philosophy of ABCD
- Learning practical strategies to find and engage community assets
- Exploring principles of community organising
- Exploring how agencies and communities can work together more effectively
- Building an ABCD community partnership
Participants will leave with multiple, effective participatory tools, practices and processes such as:
- Asset Mapping
- Learning Conversations
- Needs versus Strengths
- Co-Design & Ideas to Action
- Angry Hamburger
- ABCD Power Ladder
Join us on this journey of discovery as we offer a highly immersive and interactive workshop to introduce you to a range of asset-based community development (ABCD) practices and processes for creating powerful community-led actions and outcomes.
Who’s the workshop for?
Anyone who wants to explore the power of collective creativity and collaboration with each other and within their communities:
- Community development workers and engagement leaders, policy officers and program managers
- Business leaders and social entrepreneurs
- Community and not for profit leaders, community organisers, and their teams
- Next generation leaders and other young activists
- NDIS directors, team leaders, planners
What to expect
- The days will be highly immersive and participatory including a lunch break and smaller breaks across the day
- A team of 2-3 trainers from the training team will be at each event
- Wear comfy clothes; this is active and immersive learning in action
- Each session will be emergent and subject to change based on participant’s feedback
Be prepared to share stories, get to learn from each other and have loads of fun!
We are partnering with KENG (Kingstone East Neighbourhood group) who are hosting us, with thanks to Thrive Logan for facilitating conversations.
Please reach out if finances are an issue. If you are passionate about joining, we want you there!
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Refunds are available up to 1 day prior to the event.
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Dee Brooks
Phone
+61 403 330 932Website
https://www.jeder.com.au/members/dee-brooks/Other Organisers
