Incentives for involvement
ABCD and Community Organizing/Engagement
I'm working on rebuilding a Leaders Per Block program in our target area on the Westside of Chicago. The program is essentially a community group that identifies leaders throughout the community and connects them to each other, building social capital.
One of the biggest problems we've had is keeping people involved and making the organization more sustainable. In a distressed neighborhood like ours, most of our residents don't have a lot of discretionary time or income to dedicate to community development, despite excitement and desire to work with us. When it comes down to it, without some sort of direct benefit, its difficult to recruit and retain leaders.
We've been brainstorming ideas to incentivize membership and involvement. I was wondering what kind of things other organizations have done to get more sustained involvement.
updated by @chris-antonelli: 10/24/16 04:45:18PM