This publication will give a brief introduction regarding the nature of Asset-Based Community Development and how it emerged. Of more relevance, John McKnight will reflect on how it has worked, the obstacles and what we have learned.
John McKnight is a founder and co-director of Asset-Based Community Development Institute, whose graduates -- including both Michelle and Barack Obama -- continue to have impact strengthening communities and neighbourhoods around the world. In 2013, John was awarded an Honourary Docorate from the University of Waterloo in recognition of his innovative work. For three decades John has researched social service delivery systems, health policy, community organizations and neighbourhood policy. He is the author of The Careless Society and co-author of Building Communities from the Inside Out and The Abundant Community. John serves on the Boards of several national organizations that support neighbourhood development and he remains tireless in his recognition and championing of citizens -- and their capacity to care for one another -- as an essential resource in the work of building better communities and neighbourhoods.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
A Community Engagement Thought-Leader Series
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant, along with Liz Weaver and Sylvia Cheuy of the Tamarack Institute to learn core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community. Join us in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, or Vancouver and leave with the confidence to design and lead efforts to generate effective solutions to address our most challenging community issues.
Tamarack is excited to present a special one-day workshop with Max Hardy, a leading Australian Community Engagement consultant to share core principles and innovative practices to better engage your community.
Join us and hear case studies from Australia and Canada, as well as techniques and activities that demonstrate innovative ways to meaningfully engage communities/citizens throughout the lifespan of your project.
Join us for an innovative evaluation workshop where we dive into one of the most critical challenges for today’s social innovators and evaluators – designing evaluations for systems change.
We'll provide you with a step by step approach integrating innovation and design techniques with developmental evaluation approaches to develop a scope of work to assess your system change efforts.
Join us for an innovative evaluation workshop where we dive into one of the most critical challenges for today’s social innovators and evaluators – designing evaluations for systems change.
We'll provide you with a step by step approach integrating innovation and design techniques with developmental evaluation approaches to
ABCD: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Cities
Edmonton, AB | May 28-30
This workshop will bring together over 250 community and neighbourhood development practitioners to explore the use of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and explore leading neighbourhood revitalizing techniques. We have brought together for the first time seven of the world’s top authors and practitioners in the field who will offer the opportunity for learners to earn a masters certificate in either Asset-Based Community Development or Neighbourhood Revitalization.
ABCD: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Cities
Edmonton, AB | May 28-30
This workshop will bring together over 250 community and neighbourhood development practitioners to explore the use of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and explore leading neighbourhood revitalizing techniques. We have brought together for the first time seven of the world’s top authors and practitioners in the field who will offer the opportunity for learners to earn a masters certificate in either Asset-Based Community Development or Neighbourhood Revitalization.
