Asset-Based Community Development Workshop
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Capacity-Focused Framework
Snapshot of the Room
Asset Mapping Exercise
ABCD FUNDAMENTALS
Asset
Based
Community
Development
Asset-Based
Internally-Focused
Relationship-Driven
We all have assets and deficits.
Needs Based
Focus on deficiencies
People are consumers of services
Residents observe as issues are being addressed
Asset Based
Focus on effectiveness
People are producers
Residents participate andare empowered
ABCD
IndividualsEverybody!
AssociationsSocial Assets
InstitutionsPublic, private, nonprofit
Physical AssetsBuildings, natural assets
ExchangeFinancial transactions, etc.
Associations
1830 2000
Associations & Institutions
• Consensus • Control
• Care • Production
• Citizens • Consumers
• Capacities • Needs
Name_________________________ Phone________________________ Date__________________________
Health Construction & Repair Food
Caring for the Elderly Painting Catering
Caring for the Mentally Ill Plumbing Preparing for Many People
Caring for the Sick Electrical Serving to Many People
Caring for Disabled People Carpentry Operating Commercial Equipment
EMT or Emergency First Aid Brick and Masonry Baking
Nursing Experience Wall Papering Meat Cutting and Preparation
Nutrition Furniture Repairs Bartending
Exercise Locksmith or Lock Repairs
Building Garages Transportation
Office Dry-wall and Taping Driving a Car
Typing (WPM______) Cabinetmaking Driving a Van
Taking Phone Messages Welding and Soddering Driving a Bus
Writing Business Letters Concrete Work Driving a Tractor-Trailer
Receiving Phone Orders Heating and Cooling Systems Driving a Commercial Truck
Operation Switchboard Flooring and Carpeting Operating Farm Equipment
Bookkeeping Roofing Driving Emergency Vehicles
Computer Information Entry Other_________________________
Computer Word Processing Supervision
Other_______________________ Maintenance Writing Reports
Floor Cleaning/Refinishing Filling Out Forms
Child Care Carpet Cleaning Working with a Budget
Infant Care (0-1 yr) Household Cleaning Recording of Activities
Child Care (1-6 yrs) Lawn Mowing and Yard Work Writing Proposals or Grants
Adolescent Care (7-13) Gardening Planning Projects
Taking Kids on Field Trips Tree and Shrubbery Care Supervising Projects
Pre-school Care Other_________________________
Source: Vitalizing Communities, Community Guide , 1999, J. Allen, S. Cordes, and J. Hart, p. 28
Individual Skills/Assets Inventory
Inventory Tool 1A
OATH FOR COMPASSIONATE SERVICE Robert Lupton
• Never do for the poor what they have (or could have) the capacity to do for themselves.
• Limit one-way giving to emergency situations (crisis situation=YES, chronic situation=NO).
• Strive to empower the poor through employment, lending, and investing, using grants sparingly to reinforce achievements.
• Subordinate self-interests to the needs of those being served.
• Listen closely to those you seek to help, especially to what is not being said – unspoken feelings may contain essential clues to effective service.
• Above all, do no harm.
“What are you good at?” (assets)
“What are you most concerned or passionate about?” “We need you.”
COYOTE & BADGER
FOUR QUESTIONS ON THE PATH TOASSET-BASED ENGAGEMENT
Who decideswhat will be done?
Who are the producersof results?
How willthe gifts of individuals &the communitybe identifiedand mobilized?
Whose capacityis being built?
mncampuscompact.org/abcd
STARTING SMALL
Make it asset-based from the earliest planning stages.
We’re doing this for them; andIt makes us feel good to do it.
Don’t panic. You don’t have to map the assets of the entire community.
What change does yourcommunityseek to make?
1. Who is currently working to create that change? 2. What strategies are they using?3. What is your (current or proposed) role?
REMEMBER THESE?
?
“The best way to have a good idea is to havelots of ideas.”
- Linus Pauling
Handout
MY BROTHER’S COLLEGE ROOMMATE IS NOW A MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER.
I BAKE GREAT
CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIES
Look over your group’s collective assets.
Form action ideas from these assets.
Brainstorm actions that connect these assets to accomplish goals related to your issue.
PROJECTS,
EVENTS,
CAMPAIGNS,
PROTESTS,
CELEBRATIONS,
DEMONSTRATIONS,
MAKING, GROWING
OR FIXING THINGS
ASSET MAPPING OPTIONS
• No special training• 1 to 1 conversations• Simple surveys• Asset inventories
• Define your community.
• Who is available?
• How much time do you have?
• Resources for info. collection (printing or online)
• Identify existing relationships.
• Lists of information are good, but stories are even better because they can reveal hidden social and cultural assets.
• Don’t forget natural and built assets (landmarks, parks, buildings, etc.).
Many asset inventory examples at ABCD Institutehttp://www.abcdinstitute.org/
John Hamerlinckjohn@mncampuscompact.org
http://mncampuscompact.org/abcd/
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