COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RELATED TOPICS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LINKS
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community engagement refers to the process by which community benefit
organizations and individuals build ongoing, permanent relationships
for the purpose of applying a collective vision for the benefit of a
community.
While community organizing involves the process of building a grassroots
movement involving communities, community engagement primarily deals with
the practice of moving communities toward change, usually from a stalled
or similarly suspended position.
Current methods and implementation
Practical community engagement is used as an active method of implementing
change. While most current standards implore more static means through
standard marketing techniques, community engagement involves actively
implementing a specific process towards activism such as the 8-step guideline
listed below developed by Hildy Gottlieb of Creating the Future. While the
process may have similarities to a controversial form of friendraising, the
emphasis in community engagement is that of honest relationship building for
the sake of community, not for the sole purpose of money-making. The steps are:
1. Determine the goals of the plan
2. Plan out who to engage
3. Develop engagement strategies for those individuals you already know
4. Develop engagement strategies of those individuals you do not already know
5. Prioritize those activities
6. Create an implementation plan
7. Monitor your progress
8. Maintain those relationships
Other programs exist to assist communities in the process of building community
coalitions for engagement. One such program is Communities That Care which helps
communities assess their needs and implement tested and effective programs to
address their identified issues.
Key concepts
Community engagement may involve the use of particular key concepts relevant to
the community benefit sector such as:
Friendraising
Community impact planning
Community-driven governance
Asset-based resource development
Vision-based community impact planning
Organizational wellness planning
Building programs on shared resources
Community sleuthing
Community-based program development
Differences between civic, social, and community engagement
Civic engagement refers to political activity, membership and volunteering
in civil society organizations. Social engagement refers to participation
in collective activities. Community engagement refers to the process by
which community benefit organizations and individuals build ongoing,
permanent relationships for the purpose of applying a collective vision for
the benefit of a community.
Community engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_engagement
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Civic participation- The encouragement of the general public to
become involved in the political process and the issues that
affect the community.
Forms
Civic engagement can take many forms—from individual volunteerism
to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can
include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in
a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions
of representative democracy. Another way of describing this concept
is the sense of personal responsibility individuals feel to uphold
their obligations, as part of any community. "Youth civic engagement"
has identical aims, only with consideration for youth voice.
Civic engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_engagement
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SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
Social engagement (also social involvement, social participation)
refers to one's degree of participation in a community or society.
Social engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engagement
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
RELATED TOPICS
Center for Engaged Democracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Engaged_Democracy
List of community topics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_topics
Civic engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_engagement
Community development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development
Community building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_building
Community economic development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_economic_development
Community emergency response team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_emergency_response_team
Community practice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_practice
Community service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_service
Communities That Care
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_That_Care
Social Engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engagement
Volunteer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES
Principles Checklist
The Community Engagement Strategy is underpinned by the following
principles which should be heeded throughout engagement processes:
Clarity of Purpose
Commitment
Hospitality
Respect
Accessibility
Communication
Evidence
Flexibility & Responsiveness
Timeliness
Inclusiveness
Moderation of on-line discussions
Collaboration
Ethics
Don’t over consult
Continuous Learning
Community Engagement Strategies
http://www.mosmanroundtable.net/ces/strategy/principles-checklist
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN
LINKS
The 3 Most Effective Tools for Community Engagement
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Mktg_3EffectiveTools_Article.htm
10 Rules for Increasing Community Engagement
http://mashable.com/2009/12/16/community-engagement/#2aK4NpajsSkk
40 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IDEAS
http://suu.edu/ed/fso/resources/community-involvement-ideas.pdf
99 Community Service Ideas
http://www.wsdweb.org/uploaded/schools/WMS/Documents/Community_Service/99_Service_Ideas-1.pdf
360 Communities
http://360Communities.org/
Community Engagement Centers
http://und.edu/centers/community-engagement/
Community Engagement
http://www.communityschools.org/aboutschools/communityengagement.aspx
Community engagement
http://www.planning.org/research/arts/briefingpapers/pdf/engagement.pdf
Community Engagement
http://www.communityschools.org/aboutschools/communityengagement.aspx
Community Engagement Initiative (CEI)
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/cei_imp_plan_0510.pdf
Community Engagement in Planning
http://www.useful-community-development.org/community-engagement.html
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~pbd/pdfs/Community_Engagement_Strategies.pdf
Community Involvement
http://www.smarte.org/smarte/dynamic/resource/sn-community.xml.pdf
Community Involvement in Program Planning
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=hhpgm_final_ch2.pdf
Community Involvement. What Does That Really Mean?
http://patch.com/illinois/niles/bp--community-involvement-what-does-that-really-mean
Community Planning Toolkit
http://www.communityplanningtoolkit.org/community-engagement
Community Planning Toolkit
http://www.communityplanningtoolkit.org/sites/default/files/Engagement.pdf
Community Service
https://students.ucsd.edu/student-life/involvement/community/reasons.html
Concerned Citizens Community Involvement (CCCI)
http://www.cccinvolve.org/
Corporate Community Involvement
http://www.centerforgiving.org/Portals/0/Determining%20the%20Value%20of%20Corporate%20Community%20Involvement_Boston%20College.pdf
Developing an Engagement Plan
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/effective-engagement/developing-an-engagement-plan
International Association for Public Participation
http://www.iap2.org/
Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/family
Superfund Community Involvement
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/
Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement
http://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/
University of Oklahoma program for community engagement OU Engage
http://engage.ou.edu/
Vibrant Communities Canada
http://www.vibrantcommunities.ca/
What is Community Engagement?
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/effective-engagement/introduction-to-engagement/what-is-community-engagement
The More You Know
http://www.themoreyouknow.com/
Involving Community
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Community/Involving_Community.html
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