Regional workshops, day 1 & 2 presentation

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Mobilising Young PeopleStrength Based ApproachMobilising Young PeopleStrength Based Approach

Regional ABCD Workshops-Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute

Day One Contents

Learning from your success AI2

Learning Conversations33

A fresh Perspective31

Asset Mapping

Youth WorkA Fresh Perspective

You hold the Solutions that work

Sharing our wisdom…..

The dilemma . . .

Individuals and Communities have deficiencies & needs

Individuals and Communities have skills and talents

people focusedtheir attentionon….

What can be doneinstead of what can’t be done

might be

possible if

rather than problems

more than weaknesses

In the real world there are both strengths and needs

So where is most practice focused?

Where is most policy focused?

CAUSE PROBLEMS

HAVE PROBLEMS

ARE PROBLEMS

Young People

Teenagers u hv 2 luv ‘em…

TEONA: Latin word from which the word teenager originates. It means ‘grief, strife and misery’.

Problem Problem Solver

Client Change Maker

Recipient Co-Producers

At risk population Leadership asset to be dealt with to be cultivated

Tomorrow’s Part of today’sLeaders Leadership team

Adult in the A citizen of todaymaking

Paradigm Change Regarding Youth

Work in the RegionAppreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry-How have we engaged in the past?

Start: D1- DISCOVER

D2 - DREAM

D3-DESIGN

D1- We have done it before.

D2 – We have a vision for our future.

D3 – We agree on what could be done.

D4 – We have a list of our resources to draw from.

D5 – action plan & start implementing it.

D5 – DELIVER/DO IT

D4 -DEFINE

In practiceUsing AI

2. Requires intentional re-framing:The classic choice:

“glass is half empty or half full”

3. Affirmative topic choice

Building and analyzing what we want instead of what we don’t want

1. Appreciating the positive potential

in the present

Strength Oriented

Past achievementsDreams of the possible using what we

have to secure what we have not.

Negative/ Needs Approach Positive/Strengths Approach

“Felt Need”Identification of Problem

Appreciating and ValuingThe Best of “What Is”

Analysis of Causes Envisioning “What Might Be”

Analysis of Possible Solutions Agreeing “What we have to contribute; what could be ”

Action Planning(Treatment)

Implementing “What Will Be”

Appreciative Inquiry system

Start: D1- DISCOVER

D2 - DREAM

D3-DESIGN

D1- We have done it before.

D2 – We have a vision for our future.

D3 – We agree on what could be done.

D4 – We have a list of our resources to draw from.

D5 – action plan & start implementing it.

D5 – DELIVER/DO IT

D4 -DEFINE

11.35-11.50Coffee

Paired ExerciseLearning Conversation

Learning Conversation

What do you care about enough to act on?

What do you have to offer?

What will it take for you to join in action with others who share your interests?

FeedbackLearning Conversation

In practiceAsset Mapping

Five Types of Assets to Connect

1. Talents and skills of our people2. Associations, and our network of

relationships3. Institutions and professional entities4. Physical assets

• Land• Property• Buildings• Equipment

5. Economic assets• Productive work of individuals• Consumer spending power• Local business assets

The three key arenas for uncovering community assets

PeopleGovernment

& Civil Society groups

Associations

Conducting an asset inventory at neighborhood level

Mapping individual assetsMapping associational assetsMapping institutional assets

Why do asset mapping?

Connecting Assets.

Sample Capacity Inventory

INTRODUCTIONMy name is ____________. What is your name?

Thank you for coming over. Did someone talk to you about what the “gift exchange” is all about? What do you understand it to be?

Basically, we believe that everyone has God-given talents and gifts that can be used to benefit the community. I’d like to spend a few minutes talking to you about your gifts and skills.

GIFTSGifts are abilities that we are born with. We may develop them, but no one has to teach them to us.1. What positive qualities do people say you have?2. Who are the people in your life that you give to? How did you give it to them?3. When was the last time you shared with someone else? What was it?4. What do you give that makes you feel good?

Sample Capacity Inventory (cont.)

SKILLSSometimes we have talents that we’ve acquired in everyday life such as cooking and fixing things.1. What do you enjoy doing?2. If you could start a business, what would it be?3. What do you like to do that people would pay you to do?4. Have you ever made anything? Have you ever fixed anything?

DREAMSBefore you go, I want to take a minute and hear about your dreams –these goals you hope to accomplish.1.What are your dreams?2. If you could snap your fingers and be doing anything, what would it be?

Name_________________________ Phone________________________ Date__________________________

Health Construction & Repair FoodCaring for the Elderly Painting CateringCaring for the Mentally Ill Plumbing Preparing for Many PeopleCaring for the Sick Electrical Serving to Many PeopleCaring for Disabled People Carpentry Operating Commercial EquipmentEMT or Emergency First Aid Brick and Masonry BakingNursing Experience Wall Papering Meat Cutting and PreparationNutrition Furniture Repairs BartendingExercise Locksmith or Lock Repairs

Building Garages TransportationOffice Dry-wall and Taping Driving a CarTyping (WPM______) Cabinetmaking Driving a VanTaking Phone Messages Welding and Soddering Driving a BusWriting Business Letters Concrete Work Driving a Tractor-TrailerReceiving Phone Orders Heating and Cooling Systems Driving a Commercial TruckOperation Switchboard Flooring and Carpeting Operating Farm EquipmentBookkeeping Roofing Driving Emergency VehiclesComputer Information Entry Other_________________________Computer Word Processing SupervisionOther_______________________ Maintenance Writing Reports

Floor Cleaning/Refinishing Filling Out FormsChild Care Carpet Cleaning Working with a BudgetInfant Care (0-1 yr) Household Cleaning Recording of ActivitiesChild Care (1-6 yrs) Lawn Mowing and Yard Work Writing Proposals or GrantsAdolescent Care (7-13) Gardening Planning ProjectsTaking Kids on Field Trips Tree and Shrubbery Care Supervising ProjectsPre-school Care Other_________________________

Source: Vitalizing Communities, Community Guide , 1999, J. Allen, S. Cordes, and J. Hart, p. 28

Individual Skills/Assets InventoryInventory Tool 1A

Willingness to Work on Neighborhood Projects

Have Done Work

Willing but Haven’t Done

WorkUncertain if

Willing Not Willing

Village Enhancement

10 6 5 0

Working with Youth

15 4 1 1

Working with Senior Citizens

12 7 2 0

Supporting Families

8 9 4 0

Improving Neighborhood Health

10 6 3 2

Neighborhood Safety

8 8 3 2

Based on interviews with 21 association leaders

Q&AAsset Mapping

1.15-2.15Lunch

Small Group WorkCommunity Asset Mapping

Youth area mapping-but are they mapping assets?

Case study: Sacramento

Evaluation….

Are you any the wiser?

Visit our Publications pages to learn more about ABCD and its community applications: http://www.abcdinstitute.org/publications/

Joint Youth Work Ireland & Nurture Development Initiative

Cormac RussellNurture Developmentcormac@nurturedevelopment.ie

Matthew SeebachYouth Work Irelandmseebach@youthworkireland.ie

Thank You!

Close of Day One

Cormac Russell, cormac@nurturedevelopment.iewww.nurturedevelopment.ie

ABCD in ActionDay Two

Day Two Contents

Using Matching2

Mobilising Youth led change33

From local to County31

Next steps

Asset Based Youth Led Development & ABCD: ‘Moving from local engagement to countrywide

engagement’

Circle of Participation

Friendship

Intimacy

Participation

Economic Exchange

Full circles indicate capacity to deal with life and to participate in it.

Spot the difference?

Traditional Approach: YAR

The balancing of services to clients

supports for citizens & communities

Youth Development

Everyone, regardless of age, should have the opportunity to be a producer of theirown and their community’s well-being.

It takes everyone to build a strong and safe community.

1 Part Participation: 9 Parts Inspiration

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather – teach them to long for the immensity of the sea”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

From Local to County

Local Youth Led Democracy: Comhairle na nÓg

NeighbourhoodsCommunities

County

nnection

Schools

Youth Groups

StructuresCurrent

Structures

Emergent

Getting connected, working together to make things better

When they’re connected & mobilised

Influencing Policy

Small Group WorkGoing Glocal

11.35Coffee

Addressing the issue of inclusion

Case study: Ability or Disability?

Small Group WorkOn Inclusion

1.00-2.00Lunch

The Carlow PilotMatching Grants

Facilitating young people through

ABCD Mobilising Youth led Action

Co Carlow

Comhairle Na OgYouth led ABCD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMyBGtGZi1w&feature=related

Values

LOGO Strengths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Strength of Community

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106304365780932181125.00046a49f4e0dc5c96353&ct=onebox&cd=20&cad=docsearch,cid:2243909974029388383&geocode=FZb_TAIdp4TB-A

Building Our ProjectWhere’s the Stone soup?

Small Group WorkFacilitating Youth led Action

Small Group WorkAffinity Groups & Feedback