--- title: The Latest | Community Development (4) description: Community Development | (4) --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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You can imagine there was a lot of learning to absorb! We have done our best to sum up our primary aha's! into a few takeaways. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-abcd-workshop-what-we-learned-and-whats-next?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Casual%20Group%2053.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/building-capacity-building-community?hsLang=en-us) ### [Building Capacity, Building Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/building-capacity-building-community?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Liz Weaver](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/liz-weaver) on April 24, 2018 [Inspiring Communities](http://inspiringcommunities.org.nz/) is a New Zealand capacity building leader and partner of the Tamarack Institute.  For the past 10 years, the leaders of Inspiring Communities have been working across the country to build local leadership and inspire community-led development and have documented their work in a series of resources called Learning by Doing.  Inspiring Communities has the vision that all communities will flourish.  [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/building-capacity-building-community?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/ideas%20to%20practice-171972-edited.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/connecting-ideas-to-practice-tamarack-on-global-stage?hsLang=en-us) ### [Connecting Ideas to Practice: Tamarack on the Global Stage](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/connecting-ideas-to-practice-tamarack-on-global-stage?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Liz Weaver](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/liz-weaver) on March 20, 2018 The international Association of Community Development (IACD) is a global network of community change leaders who are seeking to build the capacity of communities to realize greater social and economic equality, environmental protection and political democracy. Over its 15-year history, Tamarack has both contributed to and been influenced by the ideas of IACD thought leaders including Peter Drucker, John McKnight, and Cormac Russell. In the most recent edition of the IACD Practice Insights, Tamarack contributed two articles which illustrate both the challenge and the opportunity of deep community engagement in co-creating change. Lisa Attygalle’s article on [The Context Experts](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/the-context-experts?hsLang=en-us) describes the value of citizens in sharing their expertise about navigating community systems. Context experts are people with lived experience of the situation, including children and youth. They are the people who experientially know about the issue and can share their expertise in how the issue impacts them and their livelihoods. Authentic community engagement purposefully including context experts in co-creating solutions. 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