They Drank no Wine (My last prescription)
May 11, 2018
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As practitioners if we figure out how to be good guests (alongsiders) in the lives of those we serve, it will show in our...
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Five questions on citizen life and how to support it
1. How to support communities in developing self-belief and finding sustainable solutions? 2. How can we encourage a culture which enables citizens to act upon...
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4 Invisible Assets Waiting to be Discovered
The ego versus eco choice is made every day, it is important therefore, for democratic process and cultural wellbeing that we as residents remind...
Read MoreShifting from a deficit mindset to ABCD
What do you do when people seem locked in a deficit mindset?...
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Subjects, Clients, Customers… or Citizens? (Words Matter)
Rather than client or customer, when you refer to someone as a citizen you see them as a primary inventor of a better tomorrow...
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Show or Tell
Actions speaking louder than words is start point, but you need to consider what you are communicating: authentically showing up is recognising you can’t...
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The Money Is the Bait, Not the Fish
Here the “fish” is social capital, not fiscal capital, in fact fiscal capital is only used as bait to draw out, and productively connect...
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Empathy not Sympathy
Sympathy creates dependence between ‘the needy’ and the ‘needed’, at the expense of interdependence at the center of community life. Empathy invites people who...
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Thinking Differently About Funding
How do you preserve community power and autonomy in the face of grants from organizations that have predefined the agenda before communities have even...
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Touchstone Eight: Celebrate every step of the way
We’ve covered a lot of ground over the last two months in this series, entitled: The Eight Touchstones of Community Building. We’ve also shared many...
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Touchstone Seven: Implementation
Touchstone seven recognizes that civic actions can start with either an outside in (external orientation) or inside out (internal orientation)....
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Touchstone Six: Visioning and Planning
Once a strong connection is built with the community, it’s time to look to the future and envision what it could look like in...
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