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In many neighborhoods, local associations establish a schedule of meetings and the focus is on what should happen at that time. One of Saul Alinsky’s inviolable rules was “never meet to meet.”...Read MoreAt a Kettering meeting with City Managers, I was struck by how universally the focus of relationships with community was “problems.” Certainly, problems are one way of defining a part of the...Read MoreWhere we once dreamed of livable cities and revitalized neighborhoods, we now bemoan gentrification and displacement. As neighborhood conditions have improved, the small businesses and...Read More“First, do no harm.” This dictum is frequently but mistakenly associated with the Hippocratic Oath. Although it was disconcerting to learn that our physicians are not guided by this rule, I’m...Read MoreCommunity is built on relationships and people develop relationships through frequent contact with others. So, if you want to build community, you need places to bump into other people. The...Read MoreOriginally posted on the Jeder Institute For more than 10 years now I have been blending over 20 years of Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) experience with Art of Hosting (AoH)...Read MoreA Guide for Government Officials Seeking to Promote Productive Citizen Participation
By John L. McKnight, 2019-01-31Some years ago I attended the annual Canadian Conference of Community Development Organizations. Several hundred groups were attending. The convener of the conference told me that the best...Read MoreA Guide to Identifying and Sharing a Neighborhood's Educational Assets with Young People by Julie Filapek and John McKnight
By John L. McKnight, 2019-01-29We have had an Education Workgroup for some time. It has involved 9 neighborhoods involved in identifying knowledge assets of local residents and connecting them with local young people. One...Read MoreAsset-Based Community Development Methodology Insures an Evidence-Based Initiative
By John L. McKnight, 2019-01-17The asset-based research reported in " Building Community From The Inside Out " is an analysis based upon what may be the largest database ever collected of successful neighborhood improvement...Read MoreThere's a couple of great stories happening on the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/429625007423984/Read MoreAs a proud practitioner of Asset-Based Community-driven Development (ABCD), I’m convinced that every person and every neighborhood has abundant and often underutilized strengths that can be...Read MoreMy ABCD experience and learning – for Thought and Discussion - By Brian Nugent
By Brian Nugent, 2018-01-23I have worked in international aid and development for a long time and about 10 years ago I started using the ABCD approach along with other such methods to engage and work with communities....Read MoreKenya just grew recently from a third world country to a developing one. The country is still relying so much on Aid and handouts from the actors of development. This has indeed created a...Read MoreHello Everyone- Below are some journal articles that have come across my desk recently that show the reach of ABCD. If you do not have access to an academic library, send me a message if you...Read MoreThis is a blog written by Nick Maisey about the community building work being undertaken in Gloucestershire, UK. You can read the original post here...Read MoreThe ABCD Institute Faith Working Group is interested in capturing stories where faith communities or faith-based groups have mobilized their own resources and/or effectively leveraged resources to...Read MoreWhen Disaster Hits, Your First Responder Probably will Not Be a First Responder
By Ron Dwyer-Voss, 2017-10-06Original Article on Shelterforce “If there were ever a place for top down systems, it is in disaster response.” That was the observation of a colleague as he explained the ICS — Incident...Read MoreMy friend Rudy Green is fond of reminding me, “It ain’t about you.” Every time I start to think that the success of a community building effort is somehow the result of my efforts, skills or...Read MoreLocal community driven initiatives-2 - Building Warehouse, Cold Storage etc by united effort of local people: can change the food production scenario
By Suman Chowdhury Mony, 2017-08-25In every year there are huge production of crops and vegetables in many countries. Developed countries utilize all of their production, but it is difficult for the developing and underdeveloped...Read MoreI do a considerable amount of ABCD training. I always end an introductory training with an exercise that has people identify actions they could take, based on connecting the assets they have...Read More
