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Teeny Tiny Summit - September 26 2023 featuring Peter Kenyon
The document emphasizes the importance of community-building from within rather than relying on external resources or top-down approaches. It highlights key concepts such as the value of local leadership, recognizing individual gifts and strengths, and fostering positive community relationships to empower collective action. The piece advocates for proactive community engagement and the development of resilient local economies through collaboration and asset-based development strategies.
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Teeny Tiny Summit - September 26 2023 featuring Peter Kenyon
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- 5. What to expect •The Teeny Tiny Summit will be recorded, and the materials will be shared • Previous Teeny Tiny Summit recordings and materials can be found under resources tab at: https://teenytinysummits.omafrabdb- events.ca 5 Presentation Name
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- 9. “Building Community from Within” Presentationby Peter Kenyon
- 11. Connecting with Ontario ConstanceCreek, March Township, Kanata, Ottawa
- 12. Spending time with peoplewho care “The greatest asset of any community is simply people who care” -Paul Born Tamarack
- 13. Engaging with people fromsmall rural communities ‘The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, someone else does’ - Peter Kenyon
- 14. ‘The sun doesnot forget a village because it is small’ African Proverb
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- 17. Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig SaultSte. Marie
- 21. Sharing about building fromwithin and community Power ‘I work from the firm belief that “whatever the issue, community is the answer.”’ -Margaret Wheatley
- 22. “Community has thepower to change everything. No amount of innovation, individual brilliance, or money can transform our broken society as effectively and sustainably as building community" John Kania, Co-creator of Collective Impact
- 25. ‘Most communities can oftenbe compared to an ice hockey game where 10,000 people who need the exercise, turn up to watch 12 players who don’t.’ (Peter Kenyon)
- 26. • ‘Top down,outside in’ • Focus on weaknesses, deficiencies, needs and disabilities • Services and programs are the answer to community needs • Consumers/clients/customers/service users • Silo provision • Focus on servicing of community, not strengthening community • Dependence on outside professionals Traditional Community Development
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- 30. Margaret Wheatley “One ofthe things we need to learn is that every great change starts from very small conversations held among people who care”
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- 38. Key Learnings: . ❖ Changeis an inside-job. ❖ Communities are untapped reservoirs of possibility. ❖ Never do anything for anyone that they can do for themselves.
- 39. Key Learnings: ❖ Healthycommunities are places where everyone member belongs, matters and contributes. ❖ Everybody has gifts- no exceptions. ❖ Start with what is strong, not wrong. ❖ Everyone cares about something and its their motivation to act.
- 40. Key Learnings: ❖ Communitybuilding is all about relationship building ❖ More conversations, less meetings! ❖ Less services, more community. ❖ Focus on strengthening community, not servicing community
- 42. ‘Change is athreat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me’ ‘When we do change to people they experience it as violence. When people do change for themselves they experience it as liberation” Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 43. ‘Our purpose is notto help people. Our purpose is to build a different kind of community for us all.’ Susan Rans
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- 45. John McKnight Jody Kretzmann AssetBased Community Development Institute. Chicago, USA
- 46. ‘Top down, outsidein’ Weaknesses deficiencies, needs Disabilities Consumers/clients/custom ers of services and programs Silo provision Servicing of community Dependence on outside ABCD Traditional Community Development ‘Inside out’ Strengths assets, opportunities Abilities, capacities Citizens/co-producers/co- owners of local initiatives Collaboration, relationships, networking Strengthening of community Importance of community relationships Leadership by ‘stepping back’
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- 48. Consumers Customers Clients ServiceUsers Producers Citizens Co-Designers Contributors
- 49. ‘Strong communities arecreated when citizens are the producers of their own future. They can not be replaced. No professional, institution, business or government can substitute for the power, creativity or relevance of productive citizens.’ Mike Green
- 50. ‘The future of everycommunity lies in capturing the passion, imagination, and resources of its people’. (Ernesto Sirolli)
- 51. The Story ofKulin
- 52. Town Mission- 1998 Stopdepopulation and loss of town services through- ➢Becoming a more than “a dot on the map”. ➢Building local pride and commitment.
- 57. Ninja Warrier Coursein Kulin
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- 69. What is the recipefor building a strong and resilient community from within?
- 70. ‘Given the taskof rejuvenating a region and the choice of $50 million, or $2 million and 20 committed local leaders, we would choose the smaller amount of money and the committed leaders.’ (McKinsey and Company (1994) Lead Local Compete Global: Unlocking the Growth of Australia’s Regions)
- 71. What is leadership? ‘Leadershipis the thing that wins battles. I have it, but I’ll be damned if I can define it’. General George Patton
- 72. 'Leadership is not necessarilya title or a powerful position; it is a process, it is relational, it is making something happen, it is leaving a mark.’ -Larraine Matusak
- 73. ‘A leader’s taskis to open doors and windows’. -John Gardiner
- 74. ‘If your actionsinspire others to dream more, learn more and become more, you are a leader.’ John Quincey Adams
- 75. ‘If you wanta year of prosperity, grow grass. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.‘ Scott’s Bluff Leadership
- 76. The Community Builders Program Agrassroots leadership program that seeks to support local community builders within a defined cluster of communities to better understand and build their local and regional community and economy.
- 77. C. B. ProgramGoals Provide the necessary information, skills, tools, motivation, confidence and passion to positively manage community change. Encourage new thinking about ways to better support and nurture social and economic development at local and regional levels. Stimulate collaboration between communities and create peer support networks and friendship links across a region.
- 78. C. B. LearningProgram Components Monthly ‘Cluster Muster’ workshop days Community asset mapping experiences. Individual community team meetings Additional leadership skills development opportunities. Final celebration event. Formulation of local action plans.
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- 80. Typical Monthly ‘ClusterMuster’ Day ‘First Impressions’ tour of host community – feedback to hosts. Informal sharing over refreshment breaks. Resource information session. Sharing of case studies. Interactive workshop experience focusing on an identified learning priorities.
- 82. 2. Cultivate apositive and proactive mindset • appreciates that meaningful and lasting transformation always originates from within the community, not from the ‘top down or outside in’ • accepts change and welcomes new and alternative thinking • values idea and opportunity obsession
- 83. Appreciative Mindset “Life isdifferent when you focus on the positive. There is more affirmation, more possibility and more hope.” (Father Gregorio Banaga )
- 84. We Can AskQuestions in Two Ways 1. What is wrong with our community? What problems can we fix? What are the needs of our community? What is broken? or 2. What are the strengths and assets of our community? Share a time when you felt our community was at it’s best? What do you value most about our community? What is the essence of our community that makes it unique and strong?
- 85. The key questionis- ‘What matters to you?’ Rather than - ‘What’s the matter?’
- 86. Communities have deficiencies and needs Communities and it’scitizens have capacities and assets
- 87. COMMUNITY NEEDS MAP Unemployment Vacant Shops Run Down Shopping Centre Homelessness Truancy Dysfunctional Families Welfare Dependency Alcoholism DrugAbuse Youth Suicide Loss of Community Spirit Child Abuse Mental Health Crime Bullying Graffiti Early School Leavers Illiteracy
- 88. COMMUNITY ASSETS MAP LOCALINSTITUTIONS & RESOURCES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS GIFTS OF INDIVIDUAL Local Businesses Ovals Hospital Schools Service Clubs Neigh - bourhood House Community Organisations Sporting Teams Churches Mosques Temples Young People All Residents Senior Citizens Community Stories Artists Labelled People Local Facilities Government Agencies Local Council
- 89. Community Asset Richness “Every communityhas far more assets than anyone person knows” -Mike Green
- 90. Six Key CommunityAssets 1.People’s passions, skills, connections and experiences and above all, what they care about 2. The physical world 3. Community associations 4. Institutional assets 5. Economic/business assets 6. Cultural assets-stories, traditions, heritage
- 91. 2. Positive andproactive mindset • focuses on optimism, expectation and ‘the half full part of the glass’ • takes risks and encourages a resilient ‘can-do’ outlook • balances the focus on community, economic and environmental wellbeing
- 93. "…But no communitycan use this guide unless you, the individual reading this foreword at this moment, say to yourself, ‘I’m going to pitch in to make this work.’” US Small Town Manual for Community Action, 1942
- 96. ‘I think negativepeople should be taxed. They require an incredible amount of energy. They're like corgis nibbling at your ankles and I'm sure they exist to show us the difference between heaven and hell.’ (Vicki Buck, Mayor, Christchurch City Council)
- 97. ‘You can’t moveyour town to a different location. You can move your town’s attitude in a different direction’ Heartland Center for Leadership Development, USA
- 98. ‘Nowadays towns arereally not so different from businesses, they need to keep recreating themselves. Not so many years ago country towns were subject to general trends. They would all do well or all do badly. The picture is now very uneven. The successful towns are likely to be driven by people who are passionate and creative, who see an opportunity and go for it. You need communities with a bit of get up and go spirit. Some have it, some don't.‘ Roy Powell
- 99. • Encourages broadbased and inclusive community involvement • Maximises community conversations • Identifies maps and promotes awareness of local assets, capacities, strengths, opportunities and competitive advantages 3. Healthy Community Building Behaviours
- 100. Gift-Obsessive ‘Every single personhas capacities, abilities, gifts and ideas, and living a good life depends on whether those capacities can be used, abilities expressed, gifts given and ideas shared” Jody Kretzmann
- 101. World Health Organisation(WHO) Definition of Mental Health- “a state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.’
- 103. Story of theNew Prospect Baptist Church
- 104. Introduction My name is___________. 1. What is your name? 2. Did someone talk to you about what the ‘Gift Exchange’ is all about? 3. What do you understand it to be? Basically, we believe that everyone has God-given talents and gifts that can be used to benefit the community. I’d like to spend a few minutes talking to you about your gifts and skills. Gifts Gifts are abilities that we are born with. We may develop them, but no one has to teach them to us. 1. What positive qualities do people say you have? 2. Who are the people in your life that you give to? How do you give to them? 3. When was the last time you shared with someone else? What was it? 4. What do you give that makes you feel good? New Prospect Baptist Church Cincinnati, OH Conversation Questions
- 105. Skills Sometimes we havetalents that we’ve acquired in everyday life such as cooking and fixing things. 1. What do you enjoy doing? 2. If you could start a business what would it be? 3. What do you like to do that people would pay you to do? 4. Have you ever made anything? Have you ever fixed anything? Dreams Before you go, I want to take a minute and hear about your dreams – those goals you hope to accomplish. 1. What are your dreams? 2. If you could snap your fingers and be doing anything, what would it be? New Prospect Baptist Church Conversation Questions
- 106. ‘We were feedingfolks, but we were not getting to know them.’ (Damian Lynch 111,New Prospect Baptist Church Pastor)
- 107. Discover what people careabout “Everyone cares about something, and that passion is his or her motivation to act.” -Jody Kretzmann
- 108. Canadian Survey :Why People Volunteered 82% of respondents said: ‘because someone who they knew, asked them do something they liked doing’
- 116. Key Question: Whose giftsare underutilised in the community?
- 117. Labelled People: • HomelessUnemployed • Low income person • Non-English speaking • Single parent • Addict • Offender • Old person • At-risk youth • Person with disability
- 118. 'EVERY LIVING PERSONHAS SOME GIFT OR CAPACITY OF VALUE TO OTHERS. A STRONG COMMUNITY IS A PLACE THAT RECOGNISES THESE GIFTS AND ENSURES THEY ARE GIVEN. A WEAK COMMUNITY IS A PLACE WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN’T OR DON'T GIVE THEIR GIFTS.' -Jody Kretzmann
- 119. ‘People really wantto get involved. They really want to. They’re looking for a way to turn their frustration, excitement, anxiety into action. The theme of my work in community for my entire life is that there are assets and gifts in community out there in communities, and that our job as good servants and as good leaders is having the ability to recognize those gifts in others, and help them put those gifts into action. Communities are filled with assets that we need to better recognize and mobilize if we’re really going to make a difference’ Michele Obama
- 121. BOI Handouts ❑ ‘27Ways to Recruit More Volunteers’ ❑ ‘83 Ways to Retain Volunteers’ ❑ !0 main Reasons Why www.bankofideas.com.au
- 122. ‘I can’t save theworld on my own…it will take at least three of us.’ Bill Mollison, a founder of the Permaculture Movement Supporting collaboration, partnerships and networking
- 123. ‘If you wantto go faster, go alone. If you want to go further, go together. (African Proverb)
- 124. • Develops specificyouth engagement, retention and attraction strategies • Nurtures altruism and community and neighbour support for those experiencing times of vulnerability • Actively builds community spirit, pride and a sense of attachment 3. Practice Healthy Community Building Behaviours
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- 126. Three Youth Engagement StrategyFoci While young people are resident in the community, create great memories and opportunities. Why they are studying, living, working and travelling away, keep “lines” to them. When young people are considering putting down “roots” (25-40 age) – partnering, having babies, buying a house, starting a business..remind them of “home” and its advantages.
- 127. • ‘RuMAD? –Are You Making a Difference? (Bank of I.D.E.A.S.) • ‘Community Minded Kids’ (Community Minds) www.bankofideas.com.au Practical and Useful Youth Empowerment Resources
- 128. 4.Impliment strong local economicdevelopment practices C.A.R.E. Business Strategy: C-REATION A-TTRACTION R-ETENTION E-XPANSION
- 129. ‘Right now, inyour community, at this very moment, there is someone who is dreaming about doing something to improve his / her lot. If we could learn how to help that person to transform the dream into meaningful work, we would be halfway to changing the economic fortunes of the entire community’ Ernesto Sirolli
- 130. ‘When the membersof a community come together for a common cause, without purely financial or commercial motives, when they co-operate and collaborate to save or preserve something that is important and valuable to the community, they can unlock something very powerful’ Julian Ross
- 131. GNP 360 Co-operativeLaunch
- 133. Tiny Riverina communityof Grong Grong raises $1m to save pub from closure
- 134. Ongerup locals buypub, service station, supermarket and cafe to keep town alive
- 141. The Community Championsin Sea Lake that Reopened the Pub as a Co-operative
- 142. This was theirMotivation and Vision
- 143. ‘We’ve got alot of young people here, and a lot of succession farmers, so we needed a town that has facilities, a place where they want to bring their kids up and keep the community going…it’s about future proofing the town for the next generation.’ Alison McClelland, Sea Lake Hotel Co-operative
- 144. Sea Lake Pub-This was their Goal
- 146. Victorian town ofSea Lake transformed from 'ghost town' to international tourism hotspot ABC Wimmera / By Danielle Grindlay and Jennifer Douglas https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-01/victoria-selfies- sea-lake-chinese-media-weibo-farmers-wife/11998822
- 147. Key Community BuildingBlocks For a strong and resilient community 1. Proactive and Shared Local Leadership 2. Positive Mindset 3. Healthy Community Building Behaviours 4. Strong Economic Development Practices
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- 151. ‘Twenty years ago,I was 21 years old and had just returned home from university to take up the role as the very first Director of the Deniliquin Ute Muster. What I learnt that year has stayed with me forever… Back then Deniliquin was in the grips of a devasting drought. Our passionate community rallied to ask a simple question- how can we put Deniliquin on the map? Ultimately, it came down to three elements: a big vision; a bold idea and in numerable beating hearts full of passion’ Liz Richie, CEO, Regional Australia Institute
- 152. ‘Conventional wisdom suggeststhat for a small town to survive it needs to be near a major highway, have significant natural resources in the region, be close to a larger city or have some other “characteristic or circumstance” working in its favour. Yet in reality, leadership is proving to be more important than location and attitude is more important than community size’ Heartland Center for Leadership Development, USA
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- 154. BOI WEBSITE- www.bankofideas.com.au COPYLEFT POLICY BOIresources, either in full or part, can be copied, quoted, reprinted, given away and circulated. Parts may be torn out, extracted, summarised and further enhanced. In short, all the contents are public property. Please use in any way to build the passion, skills and knowledge of citizens to contribute to healthier local communities and economies.
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- 158. ‘We want somuch that our daughters know a community life that is truly good....my dream has always been that Anne will the get the chance to live a life where she is needed for her gifts’ ‘.’ Mike Green
- 160. ‘Dream big. Start small. Actnow’ Robin Sharma
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- 164. 164 Registration Link: 2023BR+E Training Session October (site.com)