Wednesday 20th August 2008
Facilitated by: Dr Jim Cavaye, Director, Cavaye Community Development
Community economic development often focuses on, well, economics – capturing more dollars locally, business retention and expansion etc. Yet, sustainable economic improvement goes hand in hand with community capacity such as the ability to redefine assets, organise to take action, engage the broader community and so on. Most people agree – but how do you help community people to do it?
This workshop will help you to better work with community members to foster skills, organisation, motivation and engagement. It will build on your experience and understanding and outline ways of engaging people meaningfully in an era of over-consultation and engagement fatigue. It will help you understand the drivers and barriers to community participation and new ways of involving people in economic development. It will also guide you in helping people to reinvigorate organisations in communities and
The workshop will cover:
- Your experiences and what you see as the elements of successful community economic development,
- Keys to engaging community members beyond the “usual suspects”,
- How community organisations can be revitalised,
- Encouraging participation and involvement,
- Managing conflict and apathy in communities.
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The following workshops will be run at the SEGRA 2008 Conference:
Half day Workshops
Full day Workshops
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