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Lately we've been hearing that people are interested in opportunities for learning more about ABCD. It would be helpful if you could let us know what kind of training you're interested in. What are specific topics that would be helpful? Would you prefer face-to-face training or online? If online, would you prefer to be part of a course or webinar that a group goes through together? or would you prefer that it be something that is recorded and could be self-paced? What specific topics are you interested in?

Let us know what you're interested in!

Deb

Thanks for your suggestion! I know there are a couple of ABCD faculty members (including me!) who are thinking about developing an introductory online course for ABCD sometime this year. Keep an eye on our newsletter for any announcements about that. If you don't mind, I may contact you directly for your ideas about what would be most helpful to you.

Deb

This may have been an old event, Magdalena. I see that Devon posted it 9 months ago, which would have been before June 6-8, 2017. 

What's the difference between stakeholders and community engagement? Someone asked me this question today... I'd love to know what you all think! Share your thoughts here please!

Thanks, Graeme for sharing these!

Deb

Ian, I'm involved, along with several other ABCD Faculty as an "ABCD Eval Team" with a project that works with museums and libraries. We're using Developmental Evaluation as the core of our work. I'm finding it very compatible with an ABCD perspective. There are lots of resources online about DE... Here's one resource that you might want to check out if you are unfamiliar with DE.

http://www.betterevaluation.org/en/plan/approach/developmental_evaluation

Deb

Thank you for sharing all of these! I look forward to listening to them all.

Thanks, Peter for your thoughts on this topic... I personally have worked with a for-profit organization that offers supports for people with disabilities, so this is an interesting question for me to consider. As I think about the 6 assets of ABCD (individual, associations, institutions, economic, physical, and culture/stories), one of those assets is local institutions which includes businesses. So yes, I think there is a possibility of "gapping" between community and local institutions. In my mind, a lot depends on the role of the business in that community and how they see themselves. Does the for-profit see itself as "leading by stepping back"?  How do the employees of that for-profit see themselves?

Recently I had the good fortune of talking with someone who works for a mining company as a community development specialist. He definitely saw his role as actually working for the people of the community, even as he was employed by the company. It was an interesting conversation. He shared how it can be very challenging.

Thanks, Peris! Great ideas. I've also been getting suggestions via email, so keep sending them in! Post them here or email to abcdinaction@gmail.com

Deb

Love it!