Community Building begins with Community Organizing
Amy Sample Ward, NTEN
Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0
Welcome!
Amy Sample Ward@amyrsward
http://nten.org
http://amysampleward.org
Debra Askanase@askdebra
http://communityorganizer20.com
Agenda
• 5 Principles of Community Organizing
• Principles in Action: Short-Term Community Building
• Principles in Action: Long-Term Community Building
• Discussion and Shared Learning
Five community organizing principles
Focus on shared goals and shared ownership
Be transparent
Go where the people are
Cultivate leaders
Know your community
Principles in Action: a short-term campaign
Follow the Leader, part of the “Get Hands On” series of online campaigns
Goals:
• To inspire people to become involved in community service
• Asking the people who have been identified as service leaders to lead volunteer projects in their communities – greater commitment
Principles in Action: building a community prior to the campaign
To Mama With Love 2011
Goals:
• Raise money for Epic Change
• Create a community to support a fundraising campaign and Epic Change long-term
Principles in Action: a long-term community building
350.org
Goal:
• To build a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis.
• Create opportunities for grassroots efforts, local communities, and individuals to take action and advocate for climate policy and change
Principles in Action: community building in real-time
Chain Reaction
Goal:
• The Chain Reaction Networks helps individuals and organisations to connect together.
• Create offline and online opportunities to bring individuals, organizations, governments, etc. together to make more lasting collaborations for change
Discussion and shared learning
Focus on shared goals and shared ownership
Be transparent
Go where the people are
Cultivate leaders
Know your community
Resources and links
• http://socialbysocial.com
• http://wearemedia.org
• http://www.communityorganizer20.com/2011/05/03/how-to-create-love-online-case-study/
• http://www.communityorganizer20.com/2011/02/24/follow-the-leader-innovative-social-media-activism/
• http://amysampleward.org/2010/05/07/guest-post-on-online-community-report-sustainable-community-building/
• http://amysampleward.org/2009/08/06/online-community-building-gardening-vs-landscaping/
• http://amysampleward.org/2011/01/20/diy-community-engagement-metrics/
• http://amysampleward.org/2011/05/18/crowdsourcing-vs-community-sourcing-whats-the-difference-and-the-opportunity/
Image credits
Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/1384952210/
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Slide 22: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2391554020/
Slide 23: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaaronfarr/666261449/
Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stignygaard/2728636677/
Slide 57: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33914386@N08/3230910546/
Thank you!
Amy Sample Ward, [email protected]
http://nten.org
Also
http://amysampleward.org
Twitter: @amyrsward
Debra Askanase, Community Organizer [email protected]
www.communityorganizer20.com
Twitter: @askdebra
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