This event is presented by the Tamarack Institute.
# Build your community development toolkit
The complex challenges facing our communities today require us to think and work differently. We need to turn things upside down and shift our thinking to focus on what is already in our communities that we can build from through an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) approach. This approach recognizes the power that communities have to create change and helps people to form the trust and connections necessary to create and sustain vibrant, inclusive communities.
This workshops provides an introduction to Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) as a people-centered approach to planning. The ABCD approach looks for and starts with people's gifts and strengths (assets), when these assets are connected, they can then address the problems and challenges in their communities.
Join Heather Keam as we work through the foundations and principles of ABCD, including new and improved processes, and how to center community in your programs and activities. This workshop is an introductory session for those who are new to ABCD or want a refresher as ABCD has changed a lot over the past 10 years.
# What's included?
- Workshop pre-learning and self-reflection exercise
- 3.5 Hour Virtual Workshop
- 1-Hour Coaching Session
# What will you learn?
Participants will work through the four actions of building a foundation of assets, connecting and identifying the functions of a community. There will also be an opportunity to explore how an ABCD lens can be applied to your current work.
Participants will learn about:
- ABCD as a people-centred approach
- Resources in a community
- Asset mapping
- The functions of a community