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Community By Design Rather than Default

Community By Design Rather than Default. Dan Clark MSU Local Government Center . What makes a thriving community?. Why a Local Community Foundation?. Processionary Caterpillars . They were following: Instinct Precedent Habit Past experience Custom Standard practice Tradition.

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Community By Design Rather than Default

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  1. Community By Design Rather than Default Dan Clark MSU Local Government Center

  2. What makes a thriving community? Why a Local Community Foundation?

  3. Processionary Caterpillars They were following: Instinct Precedent Habit Past experience Custom Standard practice Tradition They mistook activity for accomplishment. They meant well–but got no place. Need for Leadership

  4. Transparent InclusiveDiverse

  5. What does your community look like? Senior Citizens New Comers School/Educators LongTimeResidents Faith Community ServiceGroups Business Elected Officials Youth

  6. VISION marathon

  7. Investment Follows Vision “If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that’s positive for them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire, and it has to be presented in a way that they feel compelled to follow.” • Martin Luther King, Jr.

  8. Secrets of Successful Communities • Develop a vision for the future. • Inventory local assets and resources. • Build plans around the enhancement of assets. • Use education, incentives, partnerships and voluntary initiatives – not just regulation. • Pick and choose among plausible futures. • Cooperate with neighbors for mutual benefit. • Protect community character as well as ecology and economics. • Develop strong leaders and committed citizens. -Ed McMahon

  9. 20 Attributes of Successful Communities • Based on research from the Heartland Center for Leadership Development

  10. COMMUNITY CULTURE

  11. Finding the Bright Spots • Communities change in the direction they inquire • Inquire into problems = keep finding problems • Discover that which is good • Discoveries - build a new future where the best becomes more common! • Engage the entire community: What is working well?

  12. Theory of Change • Complex problems call for many kinds of solutions • When all kinds of people develop relationships, new ideas emerge • When people consider an issue from different points of view, they uncover common ground and find better solutions • When people have a voice they are more likely to participate in carrying out ideas for change (food pantry) • Change is more likely to last when individual and collective actions are tied together

  13. Levels of Change New relationships and networks Small-group action efforts Changes made by organizations Policy changes (community service , community development board) Structural change

  14. Principles • Make inclusive participation a top priority • Frame issues in ways that are relevant to a wide variety of people (fitness center) • Use a process with neutral facilitation, ground rules, and balanced discussion • Use a process that engages and empowers people to act (crusty old men) • Connect talk with action and change (medical clinic) • Tell the story throughout the process

  15. Lone Ranger Myth • A romantic idea that great things are usually accomplished by a larger-than-life individual working alone.

  16. Ant Colony • Ant colonies are built by many individual ants that have a common goal and recognize their interdependence on each other for survival. • There is a complex social structure where everyone’s needs are met through the accomplishment of individual tasks.

  17. Dan Clark Director Local Government Center Montana State University P.O. Box 172240 Bozeman, MT 59717 Office:  406-994-6694 Cell: 406-570-4259 FAX:  406-994-1905 email: daniel.clark@montana.edu Website:  msulocalgov.org

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