Asset-Based Community Development is an approach to connecting and empowering community members that is strengths-based, community-centered, and has had positive implications for health, social connectedness, and overall community well-being. I am available for consultation and evaluation on utilization ABCD in different contexts.
Workshops
Connecting Communities is a training series offered to communities to learn more about Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and its utilization.
- A set of 1 1/2 hour sessions over lunch/dinner or a midday training. Provides a framework/overview of what ABCD is and possibilities for use in the community. Sessions are intentionally planned with a local group to incorporate ABCD principles into the process.
- What is ABCD
- The Power of Invitation
- Social Capital
- Gifts in the Community
- Asset Mapping Activity
- Additional Optional Working Sessions for incorporating practices
- How can Disability Service Providers support this work?
- Follow Up Session for Key Stakeholders
- How to incorporate Asset Mapping into other activities in your community
Writings
- What is Social Capital and why is it important for people with disabilities?
- Opportunities for Asset Mapping in Human Services Working Paper
Resources
- Training Reading and Resource List (available for training participants)
- Academic/ Peer-Reviewed Literature on ABCD
From others:
- ABCD Insitute at DePaul University contains a number of resources developed by ABCDI Stewards, including:
- What is the Essence of ABCD? by Mike Green
- Seven ABCD Community Development Principles for Institutions by Tom Mosgaller
- Inclusion Takes both Person-Centered and Community-Centered Work by Mike Green
- Jeder Institute’s Participatory Community Building Guidebook contains tools and strategies that align with ABCD
- ABCD in Action: online network of practitioners
- Abundant Community site that contains stories and other information as a follow up to John McKnight and Peter Block’s book of the same name.
- Graeme Stuart is a scholar-practitioner in Australia and pulls together several key pieces around ABCD in this piece.