Introduction to Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)

The day will be a screens on session that is participatory and immersive.  We will discover and explore principles and practical ways to apply ABCD in different communities and environments. There will be a lunch break and smaller breaks across the day.

Connecting people to community and seeing them as a part of a community is vital for having a voice and to create a sense of belonging. ABCD is a powerful approach to community engagement and development that focuses on abilities and potential, rather than problems and deficits by discovering the resources that are already present in a community.

By building relationships and creating the space for opportunities to emerge, community members become powerful and are more in control of their own decision making. The key principles will demonstrate how ABCD ensures an inclusive community process and participants will leave the workshop with practical tools to assist communities to help themselves and others discover and mobilise community strengths.

“Every single person has skills, abilities and gifts”. John McKnight

Drawing on the experience of both the participants and the facilitator, participants will leave our workshops with practical tools, skills and ideas on how to:

• - Build on What's Strong not What's Wrong.
• - Focus on assets rather than deficiencies
• - Identify and mobilise community assets
• - Discover skills of individuals
• - Build and maintain effective partnerships

Join us on this journey of discovery as we offer a highly immersive and interactive workshop to introduce you to a range of asset-based community development (ABCD) practices and processes for creating powerful community actions and outcomes.

Anyone with an interest and passion for communities making decisions and being part of their own actions. Community members, community development and engagement practitioners, NDIS workers, academics, youth workers, first responders, local government, state government, federal government, school chaplains, community workers; anyone working in community

Please contact us if cost is a barrier to your participation or you require an invoice for payment. Please contact us if cost is a barrier to your participation.  or you require an invoice for payment. Tickets are not refundable after 7 days before the event date.

Your hosts for this event are:

Dee Brooks - Through her down-to-earth style, Dee Brooks brings people together in dynamic ways to realise and engage the full potential of their networks and communities. Dee is an Intentional Nomad who has traveled and worked in over 20 countries. Based on two decades of grassroots work, her work has inspired people at hundreds of events and workshops worldwide where she offers community engagement and development training and also provides professional co-design, facilitation and keynote addresses for conferences, forums and events.