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Exploring RegionalAssets and Barriers
Module
Five
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Reflecting on the Last Meetingof the Team
What did you find most useful about thetopic? Any items still unclear?
What did you accomplish since the lastmeeting?
Other thoughts or comments?
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Building on the SET Modules
A Snapshot of SET
Introduction to Regional Development
Building a Strong Regional Team
Developing a Regional Vision and Regional Goals
Exploring Regional Assets and Barriers
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What Module Five Is All About
Introduce the notion of asset-based regionaldevelopment
Discover the assets that exist locally and can be
mobilized to support your regional goals
Pinpoint barriers to achieving regional goals
Review goals and adjust as needed
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Important Principles of Asset-BasedRegional Development
Many assets exists in our region (butoftentimes get overlooked).
The long-term vitality of the region
depends on our ability to uncover andeffectively utilize (in a sound manner)the resources we have available locally.
Taking the time to link local assets toone another improves the chances ofachieving our regional goals.
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Three Key Arenas forUncovering Regional Assets
People
Community
Institutions
Voluntary
Associations
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Lets Start with People
People
Community
Institutions
Voluntary
Associations
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Assets of Local Individuals
Everyone has talents and skillsthat can benefit the region.
Strong regions value and makegood use these skills.
Some tools to consider using: Mapping of the talents/skills
of local people
Peoples involvement in
community-related efforts
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Tools to Uncover Individual Assets
Capacity Inventory ofIndividuals
Community Participationand Leadership Inventory
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More Information on thesePeople Tools
Specific Tool What It Does Why Its Important
Capacity Inventory ofIndividuals
Zeroes in on the skillspeople have developed athome, work, school & other
venues
Helps find people with themix of skills needed to getprojects and programs
implemented that supportyour regional goals
Community Participationand LeadershipInventory
Finds people that may beemerging leaders in yourregion. Uncovers theleadership potential of your
region.
Serves as the buildingblocks for expandingleadership in the region.Helps expand the number
of people working on yourregional goals.
People
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Fine-Tuning the Capacity Inventory ofIndividuals Assessment Tool
Review the Capacity Inventoryof Individuals survey tool
Add new items; remove those
not relevant to your region
Develop an updated assessmenttool for your teams use
Identify people in your regionthat you want to target
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Community Participation andLeadership Inventory
A National Conference on Citizenship report states thatAmericans are suffering from civic foreclosure
They are not investing their time and resources in community-improvement activities.
Is your region facing this same challenge?
If so, this tool can help you locate a new generation of
potential leaders in your region. Can you use this tool? Ifso, what modifications might be needed to better fit yourregion?
People
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The Next Asset Mapping Area:Voluntary Associations
People
Community
Institutions
Voluntary
Associations
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Voluntary Associations
What are these?
Organizations that rely on regular oroccasional volunteers; have few, if any,paid staff
Have autonomy from the state
Self-governed by a board of unpaidindividuals
Tend to be a not-for-profit organizations
Provide a benefit or service to non-members
VoluntaryAssociations
Source: BusinessDictionary.com
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The Third Arena for Uncovering Assets:Community Institutions
People
Community
InstitutionsVoluntary
Associations
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Community Institutions:What Are They?
Patterned set of activities that are designed tomeet important local needs
Provide established ways of doing things that areassociated with key local functions
The vitality of a community (or in this case, aregion) can be influenced by the strength ofthese local institutions.
Source: Etzen and Baca-Zinn, 2001; Sparknotes.com, 2010
Community
Institutions
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Community InstitutionsThe following are key institutions that shape the regions
economic development possibilities
Education Faculty/staff with strong educational training; facilities for
training; technology access; systems; libraries; businesssupport services
Economic Business and financial resources; suppliers
and purchasers; mentors/coaches
Government/Political
Public services and infrastructure; supportive programsand policies; cooperation across jurisdictions; active citizens
Health
Access to medical facilities/services, health personnel
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Uncovering the Assets of VoluntaryAssociations & Community Institutions
Its valuable to assess the assets andresources that local voluntary groups andkey community institutions can offer thatmay be of benefit to the region.
The Inventory of Local VoluntaryOrganizations and Community Institutionstool is a great starting point.
What information does this tool seek tocollect?
VoluntaryAssociations
Community
Institutions
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Information onAssociations and Institutions
Mission or purpose Physical location
Number of membersand/or employees
Current activities orprograms
Partneringorganizations
Current resources:Buildings, equipment,purchases made, areas ofexpertise, grants/donations
available, access to externalresources
Activities/programs it hopes tolaunch over the next 3-5 years
NOTE: Any other informationyour group would like to collect?
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The Strength of Synergy
Its important to link people,voluntary groups and communityinstitutions together to addressregional goals.
These links:
Provide a diversity of perspectives.
Result in more creative solutions &
strategies. Build a broader-base of support and
commitment to the regional goals.
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Linking Assets to Your Regional GoalsUnder each of your teams regional goals:
List people, local voluntary organizations and formalcommunity institutions that may have assets orresources to contribute to the goal.
Visit with these organizations to complete the
Inventory of Local Voluntary Associations &Community Institutions.
Fill out information on the worksheet of assets
Add information as relevant input is collected by yourteam.
O i i Y I f ti
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Organizing Your Information onAssets/Resources
GOAL 1: (Your Regional Goal Here)Inventory of Assets/Resources Available
People
Voluntary Associations
Community Institutions
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Mapping Your Regional Resources:Google Maps?
If your team has someone who is pretty computer savvy, youmight want to consider developing a map that highlights thephysical location of groups that can be of great benefit to yourwork.
Google My Maps, for example, allows you to create place marksfor different organizations that have a physical address (such ashigh schools, community colleges, or key businesses).
Learn more at http://maps.google.com/support
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Exploring Possible Barriers:The Other Dimension to Consider
Are there forces at play thatmight impede your efforts toachieve your regional goals?
Factors within the region?
Factors outside the region?
List these barriers in your
worksheet by the topics.
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Addressing BarriersGOAL 1: (Your Regional Goal Here)
Existing and Potential Barriers
Category Inside the Region Outside the Region
Education and Workforce
Infrastructure
Financial and Income
Political and Legal
Environmental
Social and Cultural
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Refining Regional Goals?
Given the assetsthat youve uncovered . . .
and the barriersthat youve identified. . .
Do your regional goals build on your local assets?
Do they consider the internal and external barriers?
If not, what revisions should be made to yourregional goals?
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Refining Regional Goals
Current RevisedGoal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Goal 4
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Final Reflections
What are the takeaways from our thismodule?
What needs to be done before the next SET
meeting to build on this topic? Other issues to clarify or discuss at this
point?
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Whats Ahead
Module Six is going to focus on data,important information on your regions:
Population Education
Labor force
And more!