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Session 1 Workshops
Workshop 1. ORGANIZING. What are the best practices for engaging the community, creating strong and capable partners, sharing information, and stewarding resources? How does collaborative leadership work? How do you harness local assets and resources?
Workshop 2. EVALUATING. Community developers recognize how important it is to measure the impact of this work. But what, exactly, is the definition of success? In communities that have suffered decades of disinvestment, what are realistic expectations for change? And, even if you do reach agreement on how to define success, it can be difficult to measure change within a system as complex as a neighborhood. So how do we know if comprehensive community development is actually improving the quality of life in our communities? And how can we move beyond measuring outputs to capture actual outcomes?
Workshop 3. REVITALIZING. What makes a retail corridor strong and vibrant, and what interventions can get you there? This workshop presents specific strategies to revitalize commercial corridors in Boston and San Diego, as well as the private sector perspective on what it takes to attract private investment.
Workshop 4. IMPLEMENTING. How does the role of the lead agency change when moving from planning to implementation? How do you leverage resources and get the broad, active support you need to implement projects? How do you adapt to changes in the community, regional economy, etc., and still move forward with implementation?
Workshop 5. EDUCATING. In what ways are comprehensive change initiatives engaging schools and transforming the quality of education in low income communities? This workshop will present three perspectives on how schools and communities can and should interact.
Workshop 6. GETTING HEALTHY. Researchers now estimate that this generation of children will live sicker and shorter lives than their parents if the country does not successfully reduce obesity rates. This is particularly a problem for children in low-income communities and children of color, who face some of the highest rates of obesity. Research also shows a strong link between public health and place. This workshop will present place-based strategies for improving public health, including improving the built environment, access to healthy foods, and using sports to promote health and other positive social change.
Workshop 7. GOING GLOBAL. Communities across the world are searching for more holistic strategies to improve the quality of life. This workshop will highlight efforts underway in Germany, Canada and Italy.
Workshop 8. STAYING SAFE. Community developers across the country are integrating community safety into neighborhood development plans and leveraging resources to change the physical and social environments of communities to prevent crime. This workshop will highlight best practices and lessons learned in selected communities.
Workshop 9. COMMUNICATING. Gone are the days when you had to rely on traditional news organizations to describe your work. Now, through community portals, social media sites and organizational websites, community organizations can generate their own content and tell stories that are much different from what might be seen on the evening news. This workshop will describe techniques and approaches that will allow you to establish your own method of delivering neighborhood news.
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