1. Broad based relational organizing Building community capacity one person at a time Presented by Tom Mosgaller 2013 JCEP Conference

2. Significant events and perceptive eyes This can be the worst of times… …because the old questions don’t fit the new reality

3. Significant events and perceptive eyes This can be the best of times… …if we look out the window and anticipate what is coming into view

4. Definition of a leader: Leaders are people who create a shared vision powerful enough to lift people out of their petty preoccupations and focus them on things worthy of their efforts. John Gardner- Founder National Civic League

5. Exercise 1 What do you do? What is your story?

6. Parker Palmer Healing the Heart of Democracy All in it together Welcoming the “other” Hold the tension Find your voice Build community capacity

7. Diffusion of Innovation (Rogers)

8. Critical elements of effective diffusion of an idea: Relative advantage Compatibility Complexity Observability Trialability

9. Exercise 2—Community Capacity Building Purpose: 1 2 3 Scope:

10. The Geometry Lesson In the beginning

11. Then…

13. Community

14. Institution

16. 3 Sectors Private Public Civic

17. Civic—formal/informal associations Neighborhoods Co-ops PTOs Church Groups Fraternities Volunteer associations

20. Observations on American Democracy 1.Identify our problems 2.Generate solutions 3.Do it!

21. The Wisconsin Idea The Extension agents as catalyst, connector, capacity builder

22. Key Responsibility

23. Healthy require: Organizing Disorganizing Reorganizing

24. Secret weapon of capacity building Relationships

25. How 1 on 1

26. Hold the tension MobilizeTransactionalCauseFixesOrganizeRelationalDevelopmentLong-term Capacity

27. 1 on 1 Listening—actively Questioning—curiously Sharing stories—meaningfully

28. Exercise 3— 1-1 relationship building

29. Universals of relational organizing Intentional Mutual Require care Grounded in trust and forged in action Built before they are needed

31. The organizing cycle Evaluation 1 - 1 conversations House meetings Research Actions Large Actions

32. P 3 ower—the ability to act P 1 = Create/produce our own future P 2 = Collaboration: associations, partners, networks P 3 = Institutions do what we can't do alone

33. 3 critical questions What can we do ourselves? What can we do with a little help? What do we need others to do for us?

34. So…. what does this have to do with community capacity building? Extension agents as: Catalysts Connectors Capacity builders

35. So What

37. Now What

38. "Thus in all ways, I will transmit my community greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to me.“ -from the Athenian Oath Pericles, Mayor of Athens, Greece over 2000 years ago

39. Thank you! Questions are welcomed