International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry
Download International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry May 2011 Volume 13 Number 2 ISBN 978-1-907549-05-2 Guest Editors: Sallie Lee and Dayle O’Brien Dee Brooks Is a passionate and highly energetic community worker, facilitator and trainer who currently works with the Family Action Centre based at the University of Newcastle. Dee is the Facilitator of the…
Community Engagement: In a Disaster Setting – A Local Perspective
Written by Michelle Dunscombe Whilst agencies and governments are keen to connect with the community post a disaster for a variety of reasons, much of the engagement is top down and paternal in nature. From my experience the best way to connect and engage with the community is to utilise the many dynamic community networks…
Leadership: Exploring the Powers of T.H.I.N.K.
Healthy Relationships A Jeder Institute Project Author: Aleks Jovanovic – Behaviour Support Practitioner Due Date: February 2020 Publish Date: February 2020 Buyer Persona: [Anyone] “A healthy relationship is when two people can communicate openly and successfully dissolve any misunderstanding.” – Malanda It was about 15 years ago that I learned one of the most…
Inventing Organisations: an emergent response to growth
The paradox of bottom up community development and top down consultancy Written by Dee Brooks The Jeder Institute is a strengths-focused, not-for-profit, messy, imperfect, next-stage organisation, based on decades of asset-based community development and person-centred practices, blended participatory leadership approaches and is uniquely based on our own member-led horizontal governance platform. Power and Participation As…
Discoverables, not deliverables
Download Discoverables, not deliverables: Turning gifts into actions! By Dee Brooks One way to discover the gifts that you, and others, can offer your community is through an exercise we call “5H’s” (you can find examples of how you might facilitate this as an activity by clicking on the link above). Based on the ABCD…