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What is Community Development?
• A collaborative, collective action taken by local people to enhance the long term social, economic, and environmental conditions of their community
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What is Community Development?
• The primary goal of community development is to create a better overall quality of life for everyone in the community
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Community Development is…
• When a community uses a process whereby people get together; communicate; identify priority needs; plan and take action to resolve problems and achieve outcomes which are desired by the community
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In other words….
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Is a Community Development Model
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Steps in Community Development• Perceive a need• Organize• Plan• Agitate and Animate• Get the community behind you• Use all community resources at your
disposal• Involve the media• Keep it “Mom and Apple Pie”• Never Cry Wolf• Gauge Success and Adapt your plan• Share the fruits of your success
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Steps in Community Development
Perceive a needUsually a blank space in the
community or something that is being threatened
Such as a Food Banka Women’s Shelter
Threatened InstitutionSuch as a Police Station Closure
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Steps in Community Development
OrganizeFind people with like minded
viewsRally around the cause
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Steps in Community Development
PlanMeetSharePlan
Be Aware
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Steps in Community Development
Agitate ‘n’ AnimateGet into the Community and
Inform them of the problem and your planned solution
Use Mall Displays, Pamphlets, Posters, Loudspeakers on Cars
The INTERNET
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Steps in Community Development
Use Community Resources
Approach Merchants, Service Clubs, Police, Firemen,
Media (TV-Radio-Press)
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Steps in Community Development
Get the Community Behind You
Make sure everyone is on side or at least given the chance to
decide where on the issue they are!
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Steps in Community Development
Involve the MediaIf the story is big they will come to
you. Don’t count on it.Be proactive but be prepared for
their needs.You have to make it easy for them to
do a story on you.
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Steps in Community Development
Keep it“Mom & Apple
Pie”Usually blank space in the
community or something that is being threatened
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Steps in Community Development
Never “Cry Wolf”
Don’t act prematurely or without everything you need.If you burn the community once they will never forget.
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Steps in Community Development
Gauge SuccessAnd Adapt Plans
Usually blank space in the community or something that is
being threatened
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Steps in Community Development
Share VictoriesIf you are fortunate to win,
Be gracious in victory.Invite everyone to celebrate
even your opponents.
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