1. LeadershipPlenty Mississippi: Transforming Potential Into Action Southern Region Community Development Educators Conference May 19, 2004 Tampa, Florida

2. Equipping Citizens to Take Civic Action

3.  Communities have PLENTY of leaders An Idea...

4. The Dilemma... People and Communities have deficiencies & needs. Individuals and Communities have skills and talents.

5.  Access  Availability  Assets A Set of Core Values...

6.  Finding leaders within  Identifying community assets  Managing groups Assembling Community Assets… FORMING PHASE ONE

7.  Making meetings work  Managing conflict  Building partnerships Managing Group Dynamics… STORMING PHASE TWO

8.  Talk to action  Valuing evaluation  Communicating for change Doing the Work… NORMING/PERFORMING PHASE THREE

9. Phase One Assembling Community Assets Phase Two Managing Group Dynamics Phase Three Doing the Work 1 Finding Leaders Within 2 Identifying Community Assets 3 Managing Groups 4 Making Meetings Work 5 Managing Conflict 9 Communicating for Change 8 Valuing Evaluation 7 Talk to Action 6 Building Partnerships From Forming To Storming To Norming/ Performing The LeadershipPlenty Group Process

10. The Benefits…  New way of thinking  “Vision to action” plan  People working together

11. Who Can Participate?  People from all walks of life: –Civic, volunteer, neighborhood groups –Faith-based, educational organizations –Social service agencies –Business associations –EVERYONE!

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14. If We Can Help…  Chance L. McDavid, Extension Associate Community Resource Development Mississippi State University Extension Service PH: 662-325-3144 E-mail: chancem@ext.msstate.edu  Shelaine Wise, Area Extension Agent Enterprise and Community Resource Development Mississippi State University Extension Service PH: 662-534-1917 E-mail: shelaine@ext.msstate.edu Mississippi State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or veteran status. CRD-04-004

15. Equipping Citizens to Take Civic Action