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Supportive Communities

Supportive Communities. Presentation by Jonathan Gratch. Communities are. Social Networks Share Formal and Informal relationships Share common goals. Who are Communities for?. Supportive communities are available for almost any problem/ailment. From Medicine to Education to Chemistry

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Supportive Communities

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  1. Supportive Communities Presentation by Jonathan Gratch

  2. Communities are . . . • Social Networks • Share Formal and Informal relationships • Share common goals

  3. Who are Communities for? • Supportive communities are available for almost any problem/ailment. • From Medicine to Education to Chemistry • (not just the addictive kind)

  4. Members of a Community • All members of a community are invested in the development and completion of a specific set of goals.

  5. Members of a Community • Share identified,measurable goals • Share Accountability AND Responsibility toward aiding members in completing their goals • Agree to make adjustments on their work, based on review from member s of the community

  6. Members of a Community • Agree to share relevant human and economic resources • Effect permanent changes that’s support new work practices and furthers the goals of the community

  7. The Ultimate Goal The Ultimate goal of a supportive Community is Reform

  8. Functioning • For a group to function • Initiatives should be integrated from the start with increasing levels of progression • Leaders in each Community need to share in Goals and Objectives of the communities • Laggards/New comers must share Goals and Objectives to be achieved with the community

  9. More Stuff needed for Functioning • Quality of treatment and interaction of everyone is important • Leaders must aid Laggards! • Laggards must aid Leaders! • Transition from heavy support to greater independence of the individual is key.

  10. What this all Really means: Communication!!

  11. Successful Communities • Successful Communities are • Self-Reproducing • Self evolving • Extend beyond (initial) formal professional and organizational structures

  12. Successful Communities • May not always share the same organizational structure of a larger professional institution • Example: In schools the principal is head, in a community group organization he/she may need a lot of help!

  13. New Comers • By joining a group New Comers Gain access to communities professional Knowledgebase, tools and social norms through peripheral participation in authentic activates with other members

  14. Established Members and Leaders • Established members and leaders bring: • new information, • practices and • technologies

  15. Evolution of the Group • Newcomers, members, leaders bring new ideas into the group. • Discourse leads to adoption (or rejection) of new practices • Practice, over time, leads to evolution of new ideas within the group. (Schlager & Judith Fusco 2003)

  16. Major Problem • One Size Fits all Mentality • One Size Does not Fit all • Only Some . . .then again only the very few. . • Promotes stagnation within the community • Prevents development and implementation of new ideas. • Reduces Methods of enfranchising members of the group

  17. All Communities function within: • Context! Context! Context! AND • Location! Location! Location! • Every individual is different! • Every community is different!

  18. Professional Groups • Professional Groups are Supportive Communities

  19. Supportive Groups for Technology in Education • Consortium for School Networking • www.cosn.org

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