Becoming a Community Builder

Building Communities Through Effective Planning

Posted on: Jun 25 2010

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A great woman once said “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Summer is upon us and so too is the last session of Becoming a Community Builder. In this sixth and final session Ian will explore Building Communities Through Effective Planning.
The community development approach to planning has proven to be the most effective in creating great plans that have stakeholder buy-in and actually produce meaningful solutions to real problems. So if we want to be a Community Builder we better know how to be a catalyst and convener for effective planning to occur. Join us and enhance this much needed tool in your tool kit!


Link to Handout:
BACB Handout for Session #6

LEARNING OUTCOMES:.
·      Participants will learn practical and actionable insight on how to ignite the planning process
·      Participants will gain insight into planning approaches that ensure that our stakeholders influence decisions that affect them
·      Participants will leave the session with practical steps to get a planning process started for the bottom up

Quality of Life Advocacy

Posted on: May 28 2010

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Please click PLAY ARROW (>) in bottom-left of video toolbar, if videocast does not start immediately! An ACE Community Leader: Has the ability to work proactively to promote recreation, parks, sports, arts, culture, and heritage as services that deliver essential benefits to the community.

Link to Handout: BACB Handout for Session #5

Catalyst for Responsibility

Posted on: Apr 29 2010

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Link to Handout:
BACB Handout for Session 4

Spring is upon us and we are all getting ready for all that it means in the Recreation and Parks/Quality of Life Sector. Join us for part four in the series “Becoming a Community Builder ”. We will discuss how to become a catalyst for responsibility. We will be discussing how to motivate and create buy-in in others and how to use that buy-in to get things done. Don’t forget to get the most from the program, make sure you watch all the videos from previous sessions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:.
·      Participants will be able to identify the steps to effective engagement.
·      Participants will better understand how to develop and apply strategies for generating buy-in from stakeholders they work with and serve.
·      Participants will learn motivational techniques that assist others in taking ownership and giving their best.

Big Picture Thinking

Posted on: Mar 26 2010

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Link to Handout:
BACB Handout for Session 3

Becoming a Community Builder, “Big Picture Thinking”. Capra said that for leaders to be effective today, they needed to shift their thinking “from parts to whole,” from things to relationships, from structures to processes, from hierarchies to networks, from the rational to the intuitive, from analysis to creation.” In this broadcast Ian will explore the importance of a proactive, system thinking/ holistic approach and how to establish it as a pillar of your leadership style, as you strive to better Become a Community Builder!

Commit to Continuous Improvement

Posted on: Feb 26 2010

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Link to Handout:
Continuous Improvement Handout

We have all heard about continuous improvement, and know that if we want to be our best we must continuously improve…so if we have heard it, know it, why is it that many individuals, departments and even communities are still doing things as they have always done and don’t seem to improve? Join us as we explore the second competency for being a Community Builder - a Commitment to Continuous Improvement. Ian will help us establish a vision for our legacy, create a code of conduct to help that vision become a reality and provide tools to help us follow through on the commitments we have made to improve ourselves. All combining to help us be our best, as we do the important work of Community Building.

January 2010 Webcast

Posted on: Jan 29 2010

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Handout for Session 1
The Change Continuum

Change Continuum

Posted on: Jan 29 2010

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The Change Continuum

Leadership History Survey

Posted on: Jan 29 2010

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Leadership Survey