[The Network] Less than three weeks left to register for upcoming Network event, Asset-Based Community Development, May 16, 2012

Register NOW for: Asset-Based Community Development: Discovering Community Power

May 16, 2012, 9:15am to 4:15pm

Volunteers of America, 2660 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205 

For online registration please visit: Asset-Based Community Development: Discovering Community Power

Asset-based community development begins with the assumption that successful community building involves rediscovering and mobilizing resources already present in any community:

• The skills and resources of its individuals,
  
• The power of voluntary associations, achieved through building relationships

The assets present in the array of local institutions, the physical infrastructure of the community and the local economy. Another way of saying this is: successful community development is asset-based, internally-focused, and relationship-driven. Although some resources from outside the community are often needed, the key to lasting solutions comes from within. The gifts and skills of residents and the assets of the physical community are always the starting place.

No plan, solution or organization from outside the community can duplicate what is already there. Over time, some simple but powerful tools have been developed to aid this rediscovery and mobilization, tools that have emerged from practical experience.

Participants will:

• Learn the principles of asset-based community development
  
• Examine their own views of poverty & helping
• Define the capacity of their current organizational environment to create community change
• Envision their own ability to act within that environment
• Create an action plan to engage their community
• View the Network as a community of change for human service providers

 Eligible for 6 hours CEU.

Sponsored by The Human Services Network with support from The Denver Foundation Strengthening Neighborhoods Program. 

Presenter Mike Green is affiliated with the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute. He offers training and consultation to organizations to engage local communities as partners for collective action. Mike is the co-author of When People Care Enough To Act: ABCD In Action, which is all about creating successful community partnerships. The Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute is based at Northwestern University, and founded by Jody Kretzmann and John McKnight­, authors of Building Communities from the Inside Out. 

Mike is a licensed clinical social worker (M.S.W.) and family therapist and has worked in human services, public welfare, mental health and schools. See an example of Mike's workshops here.

Future Courses Don't forget, our training calendar is always available online. No need to wait for our individual class announcements!

See the Network's other trainings and programs online, along with information on membership, our resource listserv and directory, and updated info in human services via our blog, calendar, and members-only online resources.

Paid members of the Human Services Network of Colorado receive significant discounts on registration for paid trainings.  Memberships start at $45 for one year of benefits.

Best regards, 
John Dandurand, Executive Director
The Human Services Network of Colorado
720-252-3628
www.thenetwork-co.org

john.dandurand@thenetwork-co.org

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