The importance of storytelling
January 14, 2016
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Storytelling is one of our most important community building tools Here's my two cents on how to tell one. ...
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12 Thoughts on Inclusive Community Building for 2016
January When we lose the ability to care for our neighbours, we also inadvertently chart a course towards a future wherein that carelessness becomes our...
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What is Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)?
In this short clip I explain what Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is. ...
Read MoreOnwards to 2016!!
Last year we had the privilege of some fantastic company on the blogosphere. Thank you for all of your time spent reading; your comments...
Read MoreFor those we’ve exiled to the edge
Throughout 2015 I have been most inspired by the huge reservoir of generosity and hospitality that I have encountered in the neighbourhoods I've worked...
Read MorePart 3: Why community organising and community building are necessary to the long term sustainability of our neighbourhoods
Since starting to compile this series of co-authored blogs the world has been hit by a number of major disasters. It is at these...
Read MoreABCD Reflection
In Middlesbrough we are working with our friends, Martyn and Dot, at Hope North East. We facilitated a workshop with workers and volunteers in the summer and will be...
Read MorePart 2: Community Building & Community Organising are an essential prelude to co-production & Community Engagement.
Part 2: Community Building & Community Organising are an essential prelude to co-production & Community Engagement. In the last 10 years we have seen a...
Read MoreThe relationship between Community Organising and Asset-Based Community Building in the UK (Three part series)
What would you discover if you could make visible all the invisible assets (the local things that make our communities special and powerful: people,...
Read MorePart 1: How Community Organising & Community Building can work together: the two-fisted fight
Part 1: How Community Organising & Community Building can work together: the two-fisted fight New forms of collective action are emerging in the UK. With...
Read MoreABCD stories
Local stories that reflect citizen-led action in neighbourhoods where we support communities to focus on what's strong and not what's wrong...
Read MoreManagement, Leadership and Stewardship
Management is about doing things right. Leadership is about doing the right things. Stewardship is about hosting a conversation and curating a climate within which everyone...
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