Community Engagementand Capacity Buildingin Cultural Planning

Presented by: Ernie Ginsler, Regional Consultant

Ontario Healthy Communities CoalitionNovember 27, 2008

The three largest nonprofit theatre companies in

Canada are located in rural Ontario

GUY DIXON, From Saturday's Globe and Mail, October 17, 2008 at 9:04 PM EDT (edited exerpt)

…(s)ays Stratford Festival general director Antoni Cimolino, Stratford was in serious economic trouble a half-century ago. Stratford's economy had been centred on the repair of steam engines and on furniture manufacturing. When those industries went into decline, it was the now-renowned festival that saved the town.

Levels of Working Together

Full Collaboration

Coalition

Partnership

Alliance

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Levels of working together

1. Networking– Dialogue– Clearinghouse– Create base of support

2. Cooperation or alliance– Match needs and coordinate– Limit duplication– Ensure tasks are done

3. Coordination or partnership– Share resources to address issues– Merge resource base to create

something new

4. Coalition– Share ideas and pull resources from

existing systems– Develop extended commitment

Levels of working together

5. Collaboration– Accomplish shared vision and impact

benchmarks– Build interdependent systems to

address issues and opportunities

Levels of working together

Capacity

• Individual

• Organization

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• Community

The cultural engagement/ capacity universe

Community

Education

Business

Capacity building process

Identify planning group

Inventory and mapping

Analysis and vision

Priorities and strategies

Launch, evaluate, revise

Take the process to the community

• Community centres• Libraries• Business groups• Service clubs• Unions• Faith groups• Historical groups• Post-secondary

institutions

• Environment groups

• Agricultural groups• Schools• Heritage groups• Arts groups• Ethno-cultural

groups

Community Consultation vs. Community

Engagement

Project Ideas Design Implement Sustain

Project Ideas Design Implement Sustain

Consultation

Engagement

Example 1

Example 2

Source: Museum Libraries Archives Council

Community engagement tools

• Balloon ride– Floating over the community in 10

years; what does it look like?• Draw a group picture

– On a flip-chart draw a representation of a vibrant arts/culture/heritage community in 10 years

• Write a news item 10 years out– “It’s the 10th anniversary of the

beginning of…

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