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Broad based relational organizing Building community capacity one person at a time. Presented by Tom Mosgaller 2013 JCEP Conference. Significant events and perceptive eyes. This can be the worst of times… …because the old questions don’t fit the new reality.
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Broad based relational organizingBuilding community capacity one person at a time Presented by Tom Mosgaller 2013 JCEP Conference
Significant events and perceptive eyes This can be the worst of times… …because the old questions don’t fit the new reality
Significant events and perceptive eyes This can be the best of times… …if we look out the window and anticipate what is coming into view
Definition of a leader: Leaders are people who create a shared vision powerful enough to lift people out of their petty preoccupations and focus them on things worthy of their efforts. John Gardner- Founder National Civic League
Exercise 1 What do you do? What is your story?
Parker PalmerHealing the Heart of Democracy • All in it together • Welcoming the “other” • Hold the tension • Find your voice • Build community capacity
Critical elements of effective diffusion of an idea: • Relative advantage • Compatibility • Complexity • Observability • Trialability
Exercise 2—Community Capacity Building Purpose: Scope: 3 2 1
The Geometry Lesson In the beginning
3 Sectors Public Private Civic
Civic—formal/informal associations Neighborhoods Co-ops Volunteer associations PTOs Church Groups Fraternities
Observations on American Democracy • Identify our problems • Generate solutions • Do it!
The Wisconsin IdeaThe Extension agents as catalyst, connector, capacity builder
Secret weapon of capacity building Relationships
How 1 on 1
1 on 1 • Listening—actively • Questioning—curiously • Sharing stories—meaningfully
Universals of relational organizing • Intentional • Mutual • Require care • Grounded in trust and forged in action • Built before they are needed
3 critical questions What can we do ourselves? What can we do with a little help? What do we need others to do for us?
So…. what does this have to do with community capacity building? Extension agents as: • Catalysts • Connectors • Capacity builders
"Thus in all ways, I will transmit my community greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to me.“ -from the Athenian Oath Pericles, Mayor of Athens, Greece over 2000 years ago