Putting the Pieces Together: Leading Together PILD Conference April 10 – 13, 2016 Improving Lives. Improving Texas.
Abraham Lincoln
Leading Together ► Develop & implement an asset based community development approach. ► Practice the Appreciative Inquiry approach to building relationships. ► Cultivate trust & shared leadership ► Discover & build leadership stories.
“Putting the Pieces Together” Your role in change and community development Each leader has strengthens to build a team Cultivate Trust & Shared Leadership
1. Asset – Based Community Development 2. Servant Leadership 3 1. Asset – Based Community Development 2. Servant Leadership 3. Appreciative Inquiry 4. Deliberative Dialogue 5. Organization & Group Dynamics 6. Leading Together
Assets are… ► Skills ► Talents ► Organizations ► Infrastructure (built assets) Asset Mapping is the process to discover those assets in the community.
Benefits of participatory process… ► Greater collective capacity. ► Individual sense of self-competency. ► Enhanced well-being in the community. Community Development is relationship driven.
Appreciative Inquiry … is a way of learning by asking non-threatening questions to discover assets & build capacity. Appreciative questions help us… ► Acknowledge people ► Let them know their ideas matter ► Show a desire to listen
Motivation Appreciative conversations reveals the essence of what motivates people to action.
Asset Mapping, Appreciative Inquiry, and Stories Understanding… Asset Mapping, Appreciative Inquiry, and Stories Help us Engage the Community
Extension Resource Sites Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Home Page http://agrilife.org/ Texas Rural Leadership Program Site http://trlp.tamu.edu/ AgriLife Extension Bookstore http://agrilifebookstore.org
Take Home Messages Build Vibrant Communities through Creative Vision & Progressive Leadership
Rural Leadership
Thank You! Ronnie McDonald, Executive Director for Community Relations and Strategic Partnerships r-mcdonald@tamu.edu Alexis Cordova, Liberty County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences ancordova@ag.tamu.edu