Asset Based Community Development Graeme Stuart Dee Brooks
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Asset BasedCommunity Development
Graeme Stuart Dee Brooks
Assumptions About Workshop
We are all teachers and learners It’s about choices We all deserve respect We learn by being involved and having
fun
Introductions My name A little bit about me Why I’m doing the workshop
What is ABCD?Asset Based Community Development:1. Focuses on community assets and strengths
rather than problems and needs2. Identifies and mobilises community and
individual assets, skills and passions3. Is built on community leadership4. Builds relationships
Gifts I can give my community Gifts of the Head (Things I know
something about and would enjoy talking about with others, e.g., art, history, movies, birds).
Gifts of the Hand (Things or skills I know how to do and would like to share with others, e.g., carpentry, sports, cooking).
Gifts of the Heart (Things I care deeply about, e.g., protection of the environment, civic life, children).
Asset Based Community Development provides key principles and practical tools to assist communities to help
themselves and others discover and mobilise community strengths.
Communities have
deficiencies and needs
Communities and its
citizens Have
capacities and assets
NEEDS MAP The Half Empty
GlassDelinquency
Gangs Crime High Unemployment
Graffiti Truancy Housing Commission Unsafe
Domestic Violence Tacky NeglectWelfare Recipients
Dysfunctional Child Abuse Unhealthy
Druggos Homeless UnemployedIlliterate Alcoholic
Needy Mental disabled Unskilled Dole- Bludgers
ControlFunds & Services
External organisations
Communities
Family
Individual
Consequences of the Needs Map for Community Members
“We are deficient” Our local relationships are damaged Most money comes into our community for programs -
often narrowly defined Money gets directed towards professional helpers, not
community members We place focus on leaders which magnifies deficiencies We reward failure and foster dependency on systems Our community has a poor self-image We experience hopelessness
(Kretzmann & KcKnight 2007)
Banks
Businesses
Schools
Parks
Hospitals
Local Council
Libraries
Churches CulturalGroups
Children
Leaders
Carers
Elderly
Youth
Extended “Families”
Artists
Groups& Associations
Labelled Individuals
Mentors & SignificantAdults
Child Care Centres
Shops
Neighbourhood Centres
TAFE
Community Health Centres
MedicalCentres
Sports ClubsParent groups
Gifts of Individuals
Non-Profit Community Groups
Local Institutions
ASSETS MAPThe Half Full
Story
We Can Ask Questions in Two WaysBased on Appreciative Inquiry
What is wrong with our community? What problems can we fix? What are the needs of our community? What is
broken?OR
What are the strengths and assets of our community? Share a time when you felt our community was at its best?
What do you value most about our community? What is the essence of our community that makes it unique and
strong?
Six Types of Assets to Connect:
Talents, skills and passions of individuals
Community groups and networks (Associations)
Government and non-government agencies (Institutions)
Physical assets (land, property, buildings, equipment)
Economic Assets (productive work of individuals, consumer spending
power, local business assets)
Stories, heritage, local identity and values
Drivers
Hope Care Relationships
Talents, skills and passions of individuals
Gifts, talents, dreams, and hopes- What do you like to do?- What would you like to learn?- What would you like to teach?- What would other people who know you say you
were good at doing ?
A Simple Asset Map - Maitland CommunityAdapted from Maitland Defence Families Support Group
Individuals
Associations
Institutions Stories
Local Economy
Physical Space
InstitutionsDefence Community OrganisationLocal schools (Ashtonfield, East Maitland, Thornton)University of NewcastleRSL ClubsMaitland City LibrariesMaitland Art GalleryPCYCMaitland CouncilUniversitiesPolice & Fire DepartmentsHospitalsSocial Service Agencies
Animal Care GroupsAnti Crime GroupsBusiness OrganizationsCharitable GroupsCultural GroupsEducation GroupsElderly GroupsEnvironmental GroupsFamily Support Groups Fitness GroupsWomen’s GroupsYouth GroupsHeritage GroupsHobby and Collectors Groups
Sporting teams (Rugby, Cricket, soccer, etc)Little athletic Centres.AUSKICKBowling ClubsCraft groups
Political OrganizationsRecreation GroupsReligious GroupsService ClubsSocial GroupsUnion GroupsVeteran’s GroupsMen’s Groups Mentoring Groups
Associations
Community buildingsChurch hallsParksPlaygroundsSkate ParksDog Exercise AreasCyclewaysMaitland ParkWalka Water WorksMaitland aquatic centreEast Maitland Aquatic Centre
Local EconomyGreen Hills shopping centreBanksSupermarketsCharitiesMaitland MallHunter Valley VineyardsShark and Ray centreCommunity grantsFamily support Project Funding
For-Profit BusinessesChamber of CommerceBusiness AssociationsPersonal spending power
IndividualsSpousesDefence membersStudents WorkersChildrenYouth
Gifts, Skills, Older AdultsArtistsPeople with DisabilitiesParentsEntrepreneursActivistsVeterans
Physical SpaceGolf courseGardensParksPlaygroundsParking LotsBike PathsWalking PathsForests/Forest PreservesPicnic AreasCampsitesFishing Spots
Mapping exercise
Six Types of Assets to Connect:
Talents, skills and passions of individuals Community groups and networks (Associations) Government and non-government agencies
(Institutions) Physical assets (land, property, buildings,
equipment) Economic Assets (productive work of individuals,
consumer spending power, local business assets) Stories, heritage, local identity and values
Three key steps to asset mapping
Discover the assets
Join the assets together
Create opportunities for these assets to be productive and powerful together
What is ABCD?Asset Based Community Development:1. Focuses on community assets and strengths
rather than problems and needs2. Identifies and mobilises community and
individual assets, skills and passions3. Is built on community leadership4. Builds relationships
Authority versus Leadership
Community leaders
Leadership Skills
Community Connection
e.g. Gate keeper
e.g., Connector leaders
e.g. Expert
e.g., Mentors
Learning conversationsDiscovering care
Discovering Care = Motivation to act
Through learning conversations you can hear:
Concerns – What I don’t want to happen
Dreams – What I want to create
Skills & Abilities – What I have to give
The Power of Two If one person spent one day having a conversation to
two people about what they could create (1+2) If the next day, those two people each had a
conversation with two different people (1+2+2+2)
And so forth Then in ten days, 2047 people would be having a
conversation In 15 days, 65,535 people would be in conversation In 20 days, 2 million people would be in a conversation
Top Down
Start with an answer
Recruit people to implement the answer
Look for answers to the additional problem of "lack of motivation"
Mobilise assets
Discover what people care about, how they see the situation and
what they want to offer
Start with a learning conversation
Bottom Up
Two Paths – Two SolutionsAnswer
Need
Services
Consumer
“Programs are the answer”
Question
Want/care to act
Mobilise assets
Community Members
“People are the answer”
"Given the task of rejuvenating a region and the choice of $50 million, or $2 million and 20
committed local leaders, we would choose the smaller amount of money and the
committed leaders".
(McKinsey and Company (1994) Lead Local Compete Global: Unlocking the Growth of
Australia’s Regions)
Importance of Leadership & its Development
Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry FocusDoing more of what works
Problem Solving FocusDoing less of something we do not
do well
Human systems move in the direction of what we deeply and persistently ask questions about
Transformational topics are possible in any situation, and will generate more positive change - every time
The skill of framing and re-framing
Affirmative Topic Choice
What’s the biggest problem here?
Why don’t people get involved?
Why do we blow it so often?
Why do we still have those problems?
What possibilities exist that we have not yet considered?
What’s the smallest change that could make the biggest impact?
What solutions would have us both win?
What has worked in the past?
The art of the questions
What makes questions inspiring, energising, and mobilising?
Appreciative Inquiry – 4D Cycle
DISCOVER – Let’s share occasions when we were at our best
DREAM – What is our preferred future? DESIGN – What do we need in place to
make our dream a reality? DELIVER – Let’s work on goals, strategies
and projects
The power of AI Stories
Stories stick like glue Makes information easier to remember Builds identities and fosters relationships Medium for conveying values, visions Helps other possibilities emerge
Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciates what you have Imagines what can be Creates what will be
For further information contact:
Dee BrooksCommunity Worker & FacilitatorFamily Action [email protected] W: (02) 4921 6845
Graeme StuartFacilitator & LecturerFamily Action [email protected] W: (02) 4921 7241
www.newcastle.edu.au/research-centre/fac/