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ABCD & Community Building
Articles
- Accountability and Community Development
- An invitation to NDIS approved Behaviour Support Practitioners
- Caravan Park Project, Big Ideas Grant
- Community Economic Literacy and the “Leaky Bucket”
- Connected Communities
- Early Intervention & Prevention
- Effective Collective Impact: Through the Power of ABCD and RBA
- International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry
- Life Visioning and Support Needs Assessment Tool
- Next Stage World: A Global Gathering of Organisation Reinventors
- The Four Components of Effective Collective Impact
- What is behaviour support?
Blogs
- 2015 ImagineBetter Assemblies – Better Imagined Community
- 5 ways Asset Based Community – Driven Development supports Community Initiatives
- A 6-Step Process That Actually Builds Ownership
- A Tribute to Jody Kretzmann ABCD Institute Co-Founder
- ABCD & The Art of Hosting
- ABCD Conversations – Dee Brooks
- ABCD Festival 2015 – A reflection
- Anthony’s Story – April 2020
- Between Chaos and Control
- Beyond Consultation: Understanding Community Engagement, Capacity Building and Community Development by Dee Brooks
- Beyond Participation: Relationships, Power and Community Wealth
- Breathing Life Into Local Government Codesign
- Bushfire Reflections By Michelle Dunscombe
- Community Development | Dee Brooks: Connect, Don’t Collect – The Art of Community Asset Mapping
- Community Engagement: In a Disaster Setting – A Local Perspective
- Community Op Shops – more than a 2nd Hand Shop
- Community Power: Bringing Together ABCD, Community Organising and Economic Development
- Connector Leaders
- Designing Deep Dialogue
- Discoverables, not deliverables
- Everyone Is In: The Living Practice of Inclusion at the Jeder Institute
- Exploring the Powers of Sound and Vision
- Finding a housemate
- Going slow, to go fast; Independent living in the intentional slow lane.
- How Asset-Based Community Development and NDIS Support Coordination Work Together
- How DRUMBEAT supports community engagement and public participation
- How one voice became a village
- How Participatory Leadership Changes Community Organisations From the Inside Out
- How to Choose the Right NDIS Service Provider in Australia
- I’ve been thinking…
- Inventing Organisations: an emergent response to growth
- Jeder Co-Labs
- Jeder Is… A Living Organisation at the Heart of Change
- John McKnight [1931 – 2024] Traveling Ohioan & ABCD Institute Co-Founder
- Leadership: Exploring the Powers of T.H.I.N.K.
- Learning Conversations
- Local football clubs – Leaders in ABCD
- Matthew’s Story: How a family downsized their house and upsized their lives
- Navigating Crisis with Compassion
- NDIS – What are we learning so far?
- Noticing by Fiona Miller
- Participant Story: Alexia Harriton
- Participant Story: Marie Tesoriero
- Participant Story: Renee Farhart
- Person-centred, Community-driven (PCCD) Practice
- Place Making: before you make a place!
- Place Matters – But It’s Only One Asset
- Practicing Reflective Practice,a small reflection on a rainy day, with a few rabbit holes, possible undertows and some self-affirming me time!
- Reflections of a Reluctant Apprentice
- Sharing the fruits of collaboration
- SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
- Squaring off the Triangle
- Swimming with Sharks: Recovery, Leadership, and the Ocean Within
- That 70’s Wobble
- The Angry Hamburger and the Language of Change
- The Angry Hamburger and the Space of Opportunity – Part Two
- The Art of Coasting Stewardship and Beyond!
- The Art Of Community Mapping
- The Asset Mapping Atlas
- The Asset Mapping Atlas Co-designed by The Jeder Institute
- The Circle
- The Emergence of ABCD in Australia and the Asia Pacific
- The Floods (Part 1)
- The Floods (Part 2)
- The Nature of ABCD in Australia
- The Participants are Revolting!
- The Power of Small Steps
- The Pub is My Church
- Third Party to Act form – do I actually need one?
- Through the Looking Glass
- Tips for Online Facilitation: Lessons from a Pandemic
- Top 10 ABCD Tools for Monday Morning
- Top Participatory Leadership Workshops in Australia: What Sets the Best Apart
- Values of Inclusion
- Who Cares
- Why is Person-Centred Planning so Important for Providing Effective Support?
Community Building
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Albany 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Bristol 2018
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Charters Towers 2018
- Art of Participatory Community Building – East Sussex 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Launceston 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Moreland 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Pratten Park 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Woolloomooloo 2019
- Participatory Community Building – Blacktown 2017
- The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter – Katoomba 2019
COVID-19
Harvests
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Albany 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Bristol 2018
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Charters Towers 2018
- Art of Participatory Community Building – East Sussex 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Launceston 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Moreland 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Pratten Park 2019
- Art of Participatory Community Building – Woolloomooloo 2019
- Collaroy NSW May 2018
- Community Building Apr 2018
- Eurobodalla NSW May 2019
- Glebe NSW Aug 2018
- Hunter Valley, NSW May 2017
- Hunter Valley, NSW Nov 2017
- Jeder Gathering May 2021
- Jeder Gathering May 2022
- Jeder Gathering May 2023
- Jeder Gathering May 2024
- Jeder Gathering May 2025
- Jeder Gathering May Harvest 2026
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2020
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2021
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2022
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2023
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2024
- Jeder Gathering November 2025
- Jeder’s Inaugural Online Gathering – May 2020
- Katoomba NSW Nov 2019
- Participatory Community Building – Blacktown 2017
- Pittwater, NSW Nov 2016
- Smiths Lakes NSW Nov 2018
- The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter – Katoomba 2019
Jeder Resources
- 2015 ImagineBetter Assemblies – Better Imagined Community
- 5 ways Asset Based Community – Driven Development supports Community Initiatives
- A 6 Step Process for Strategic Planning
- A 6-Step Process That Actually Builds Ownership
- A Step by Step Guide to Person Centred Frameworks
- A Tribute to Jody Kretzmann ABCD Institute Co-Founder
- ABCD & The Art of Hosting
- ABCD Conversations – Dee Brooks
- ABCD Drivers
- ABCD Festival 2015 – A reflection
- ABCD for Inclusion
- Accountability and Community Development
- An invitation to NDIS approved Behaviour Support Practitioners
- Anthony’s Story – April 2020
- Asset-based Community Development & Participatory Community Building
- Assets, Values & Principles Around the World
- Between Chaos and Control
- Beyond Consultation: Understanding Community Engagement, Capacity Building and Community Development by Dee Brooks
- Beyond Participation: Relationships, Power and Community Wealth
- Breathing Life Into Local Government Codesign
- Bushfire Reflections By Michelle Dunscombe
- Caravan Park Project, Big Ideas Grant
- Community Development | Dee Brooks: Connect, Don’t Collect – The Art of Community Asset Mapping
- Community Economic Literacy and the “Leaky Bucket”
- Community Engagement: In a Disaster Setting – A Local Perspective
- Community Op Shops – more than a 2nd Hand Shop
- Community Power: Bringing Together ABCD, Community Organising and Economic Development
- Community Project: Idea to Action Planning Kit
- Connected Communities
- Connector Leaders
- Corona Virus (COVID-19) – Our workshop protocols
- Covid 19 – How to Guide for Participants
- COVID-19 Social Message
- COVID-19 Social Story
- Days Starting with T: teaching and learning calls Sessions Schedule 2020
- Design for Wiser Action Tools
- Designing Deep Dialogue
- Discoverables, not deliverables
- Early Intervention & Prevention
- Effective Collective Impact: Through the Power of ABCD and RBA
- Everyone Is In: The Living Practice of Inclusion at the Jeder Institute
- Exploring the Powers of Sound and Vision
- Finding a housemate
- Fostering Empathy & Story Learning
- Gifts I can give my community
- Going slow, to go fast; Independent living in the intentional slow lane.
- How Asset-Based Community Development and NDIS Support Coordination Work Together
- How DRUMBEAT supports community engagement and public participation
- How one voice became a village
- How Participatory Leadership Changes Community Organisations From the Inside Out
- How to Choose the Right NDIS Service Provider in Australia
- How to Run an Open Space Event
- I’ve been thinking…
- Independent Support Worker Information
- International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry
- Inventing Organisations: an emergent response to growth
- Jeder Co-Labs
- Jeder Gathering May 2022
- Jeder Institute Annual Report 2021
- Jeder Institute Annual Report 2022
- Jeder Institute Annual Report 2023
- Jeder Institute Annual Report 2024
- Jeder Institute Annual Report 2025
- Jeder Is… A Living Organisation at the Heart of Change
- Jeder Member Information
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – April 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – August 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – November 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – October 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – September 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – August 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – December 2019
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – December 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – Feburary 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – Feburary 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – January 2022
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – Janurary 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – July 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – July 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – June 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – March and April 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – May 2020
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – May 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – November 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – October 2021
- Jeder Yarns Newsletter – September 2021
- John McKnight [1931 – 2024] Traveling Ohioan & ABCD Institute Co-Founder
- Leadership: Exploring the Powers of T.H.I.N.K.
- Learning Conversations
- Life Visioning and Support Needs Assessment Tool
- Local football clubs – Leaders in ABCD
- Matthew’s Story: How a family downsized their house and upsized their lives
- Navigating Crisis with Compassion
- NDIS – What are we learning so far?
- NDIS Pre-planning
- Next Stage World: A Global Gathering of Organisation Reinventors
- Noticing by Fiona Miller
- Participant Story: Alexia Harriton
- Participant Story: Marie Tesoriero
- Participant Story: Renee Farhart
- Participatory Community Building Guidebook
- Pathways to Opportunity
- Person-Centred Thinking Tools
- Person-centred, Community-driven (PCCD) Practice
- Place Making: before you make a place!
- Place Matters – But It’s Only One Asset
- Practicing Reflective Practice,a small reflection on a rainy day, with a few rabbit holes, possible undertows and some self-affirming me time!
- Purposeful Community Building Series
- Reflections of a Reluctant Apprentice
- Sharing the fruits of collaboration
- SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
- Squaring off the Triangle
- Stay Connected – Practical tips for connecting with your community
- Swimming with Sharks: Recovery, Leadership, and the Ocean Within
- That 70’s Wobble
- The Angry Hamburger and the Language of Change
- The Angry Hamburger and the Space of Opportunity – Part Two
- The Art of Coasting Stewardship and Beyond!
- The Art Of Community Mapping
- The Asset Mapping Atlas
- The Asset Mapping Atlas Co-designed by The Jeder Institute
- The Benefits Of ABCD
- The Circle
- The Emergence of ABCD in Australia and the Asia Pacific
- The Floods (Part 1)
- The Floods (Part 2)
- The Four Components of Effective Collective Impact
- The Nature of ABCD in Australia
- The Participants are Revolting!
- The Power of Small Steps
- The Pub is My Church
- Third Party to Act form – do I actually need one?
- Through the Looking Glass
- Tips for Online Facilitation: Lessons from a Pandemic
- Top 10 ABCD Tools for Monday Morning
- Top 100 Partners Exercise
- Top Participatory Leadership Workshops in Australia: What Sets the Best Apart
- Values of Inclusion
- What is behaviour support?
- Who Cares
- Why is Person-Centred Planning so Important for Providing Effective Support?
Organisational Gatherings
- Collaroy NSW May 2018
- Community Building Apr 2018
- Eurobodalla NSW May 2019
- Glebe NSW Aug 2018
- Hunter Valley, NSW May 2017
- Hunter Valley, NSW Nov 2017
- Jeder Gathering May 2021
- Jeder Gathering May 2022
- Jeder Gathering May 2023
- Jeder Gathering May 2024
- Jeder Gathering May 2025
- Jeder Gathering May Harvest 2026
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2020
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2021
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2022
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2023
- Jeder Gathering Nov 2024
- Jeder Gathering November 2025
- Jeder’s Inaugural Online Gathering – May 2020
- Katoomba NSW Nov 2019
- Pittwater, NSW Nov 2016
- Smiths Lakes NSW Nov 2018
Our Partners
Reports
Tools
- A 6 Step Process for Strategic Planning
- A Step by Step Guide to Person Centred Frameworks
- ABCD Drivers
- ABCD for Inclusion
- Assets, Values & Principles Around the World
- Community Project: Idea to Action Planning Kit
- Days Starting with T: teaching and learning calls Sessions Schedule 2020
- Design for Wiser Action Tools
- Fostering Empathy & Story Learning
- Gifts I can give my community
- How to Run an Open Space Event
- NDIS Pre-planning
- Participatory Community Building Guidebook
- Pathways to Opportunity
- Person-Centred Thinking Tools
- Purposeful Community Building Series
- The Benefits Of ABCD
- Third Party to Act form – do I actually need one?
- Top 100 Partners Exercise