Neighborhood Spotlight Engagement and Visioning Overview

INTRODUCTIONS

Technical Assistance Team Andy Fraizer, Executive Director Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED) Rose Scovel, Director of Capacity Building, IACED Rachel Mattingly, Program Manager, IACED Jim Capraro, Capraro Consulting

SPOTLIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS Process

Neighborhood Spotlight – Focused on places and the people in places – Not a coalition around a population or activity Goals – Common agenda – Shared measurement – Mutually reinforcing activities – Continuous communications – Backbone support

Neighborhood Spotlight Process 2015: First partners in collective impact process; technical assistance and second round selection 2016: Second selection completes collective impact plan; technical assistance and third selection of partners 2017: Third set of selected partners completes collective impact plan

Overview

Year 2 Today!

THEORY OF CHANGE: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY

Building Relationships Catch each other’s attention Send an or strike up a conversation

Building Relationships Establish interest in having a conversation Note common goal or interest

Building Relationships Learn each other’s stories Ask and answer questions Learn each other’s motivations, what each has to contribute

Building Relationships Make exchanges Find opportunities to offer insight, support, or other things of value to each other

Building Relationships Make a commitment to the relationship Agree to future meetings or exchanges

“Visions are subjective expressions of our values manifested in the form of a possible future. A vision is defined by what we are for rather than what we are against.” --Gabriel B. Grant

Problem-based Thinking Communicating in terms of a problem often leads to denial, resistance, and polarization Focusing on problems limits thinking to solutions that are “good enough” – May result in “rebound effect,” when symptoms come back stronger because the solution only avoided an unwanted outcome and failed to create the desired outcome

Vision-oriented Thinking Communicating in terms of a vision may inspire others and create opportunities for finding alignment Focusing on a possible future expands thinking to alternative solutions or paths – May identify root causes or integrative solutions that lead to the desired outcome

COLLECTIVE IMPACT PLANNING

What does a Collective Impact Plan DO/What is it? Through active community involvement, it yields a vision of what a neighborhood sees for its future Details clear goals to achieve that vision Articulates an action plan to reach those goals

How does it work? Community building creates relationships as resources – Asset Based Community Development approach – Engagement before Visioning Collective Impact Planning: A Social Contract – Formal and informal leadership engaged in the process Going Public

ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY

ONE ON ONE PRACTICE

REPORT OUT AND REFLECTION

VISIONING EXERCISE

REPORT OUT AND REFLECTION

Next Steps Thursday, April 30: Contracting: Strategy, Agreement and Commitment Thursday, June 18: Going Public Ongoing assistance as needed

Next Steps Rachel Mattingly, Program Manager

Questions?