Asset-Based Community-Driven Development (ABCD) Immersion Workshop
Date: 27th – 29th November 2017
Location: SydWest Multicultural Services, Blacktown, NSW
Hosted by: Dee Brooks, Om Dhungel, Michelle Dunscombe, Peregrin Chiara & Rachael Eyles
Many of the challenges faced by individuals and communities require transformational change, which
can best be achieved by focusing on the strengths within. Ways to access and build on these strengths
include:
- Citizen & Community-led Initiatives
- Asset-based or Place-based projects
- Collective Impact & Action work
- Collaboration & Community Conversations
- Participatory Citizen’s Juries & Budgeting, & more
Over the 3 days of this immersion workshop, 23 participants from 3 countries, experienced how to blend
ABCD with a range of powerful strengths-based approaches to community work and complementary
methodologies to create powerful outcomes and left with practical tools & skills on how to:
- Focus on assets and strengths rather than deficiencies
- Discover ways to blend methodologies
- Apply strengths-based monitoring and evaluation
- Build effective partnership strategies
- Increase confidence in hosting group work
- Form powerful enquiries and proposals
- Explore group dynamics and decision-making
Contact Information
Om Dhungel FAICD, MBA, B.Sc. Engg. Om Dhungel is a consultant, trainer and a mentor. He is a practitioner of Strength-Based Approach to refugee settlement and community engagement and also operates as a Strategic Connector assisting governments, corporations and NFPs to develop meaningful cross-sectoral collaboration. A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Om…
