Research from around the world is clear about the need to collaborate and build partnerships to make sustainable change in our communities. Sounds simple—find people and ask them to sit at the table and plan for action. However, there is more to it than a table, chairs and people. Building a successful group takes time, resources, relationships and trust. In this guide, you will find five steps and associated resources to help build groups that will work together to make change in your community.
22 Jul, 2020
GUIDE | Five Steps For Building Strong and Sustainable Groups
By Heather Keam


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Heather Keam
Heather works with municipalities and organizations to build strategies that put people at the center using Asset-Based Community Development. With over 22 years of experience in community development, she uses an ABCD approach to center people and belonging in the development of community plans and strategies through coaching and training staff teams, facilitation, and writing about ABCD and Belonging. She has a passion for the power of people and believes that people and communities are the solutions to local problems. She believes that we need to build a sense of community belonging so that people are connected to their community, and their place within it and get involved in decision-making. She also believes that municipalities need to shift the way they show up in community from doing “for” to supporting communities to do themselves.
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