Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 1 of 3)
June 29, 2018
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Start with a focus on that which is external, beyond our own senses and our influence is to inadvertently render that which is proximate...
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Yorkshire Sport Foundation – Active Burngreave
Following on from last week’s blog (Sport as an asset for Community Building) about the community building potential of sports activities, this week we...
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Sport as an asset for Community Building
This is part one of a two part post on sport as an asset for community building. The origin stories of nearly all team...
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How to Ask Better Community Questions: It’s as Easy as ABCD
Joel Zaslofsky engages Cormac Russell in a vibrant conversation exploring the ideas of ABCD, motivations and important aspects to understand....
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What’s in a word?
Recently I’ve been reflecting on the power of language and its ability to influence and fundamentally shape how institutions relate to the communities that...
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The Paradox of the Alongsider: Serving While Walking Backwards (Part 2)
The alongsider 'serves while walking backwards' they stand with the person they serve, by seeking the help of community insiders who know their community,...
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The Paradox of the Alongsider: Serving While Walking Backwards (Part 1)
Being an alongsider, the shift from being an outside agent to an alongside colleague means supporting those inside a community to support eachother....
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They Drank no Wine (My last prescription)
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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