08-Deliberate on presentation of Community Planning Project

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Key project elements envisioned: Assess readiness - identifying choices o Assess current investments, including decision-makers and processes for making them. o Identify, understand the sense of urgency around change. o Create and meet requirements of readiness checklists for individuals, teams, arganizations, community. Energize ourselves - building and equipping a leadership team o Introduce, understand and train on concepts around team dynamics, high performing teams and the Team Performance Model. o Measure and train participants on leadership, facilitation and managing conflict. o Build a guiding team, including assessing team member competencies. o Articulate guiding team common ground and create a team charter. Early wins - getting to work o Articulate sense of urgency/burning platform/melting iceberg. o Develop purpose, mission, vision, goals and objectives. o Conduct Civic Index, including evaluating components of the community o Conduct a community plunge, including understanding community organizations. o Do a community profile/assessment. o Select, engage stakeholders for wider/multi-team efforts. o Figure out long-term finances and resources for additional teams. • Energize the community - building knowledge for action o Go on field trips to see what others are doing and to gather best practices. o Conduct visioning process - first stages. o Include elements to preserve the past, including buildings and neighborhoods. o Assess social capital. o Conduct second round of Civic Index. o Create an asset map(s). ■ Skill information, community skills, enterprising skills, priority skills (personal info on what people are best at) ■ Needs focus vs. assets focus ■ Neighborhood assets maps o Forge community profile. o Create a community inventory. o Understand neighborhood networks. 2 la0.