Tag Archives: Working with communities

Updated my introduction to asset-based community development

Posted on 7 November 2017 by Graeme Stuart

I’ve just completed a major update of my post What is asset-based community development (ABCD)?, in preparation for a major revision to a course I’ve been teaching for a while. I’ve expanded on the importance of it being a community-driven … Continue reading →

Posted in Strengths-based approaches & ABCD, Working with communities | Tagged ABCD, Community development, Working with communities | 2 Comments

Smoking and community engagement

Posted on 18 July 2017 by Graeme Stuart

All campuses of the University of Newcastle (UoN), Australia, are now smoke free. I love working in a smoke free environment and don’t miss the days when smoking was much more common. When I was much younger, I had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Being an academic, Working with communities | Tagged Community engagement, Family Action Centre, Health, Universities, University of Newcastle, Working with communities | 2 Comments

Recruitment: an important step in engagement

Posted on 19 June 2017 by Graeme Stuart

Without successful recruitment, family and community engagement can flounder. Before programs and other initiatives can successfully engage participants, people need to show up or become engaged in some other way. Although advertising and promotion are not engagement in their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), Facilitation & teaching, Families & parenting, Working with communities | Tagged Alternatives to Violence Project, AVP, Community engagement, Family work, Working with communities, Working with families, Working with groups | 3 Comments

Graphic depictions of the Spectrum of Public Participation

Posted on 3 March 2017 by Graeme Stuart

Tim Bonnemann, the founder of Intellitics and a previous board member of the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) in the USA, has been collecting graphic depictions of the Spectrum of Public Participation and its variations for a number of years. … Continue reading →

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What is the Spectrum of Public Participation?

Posted on 14 February 2017 by Graeme Stuart

The Spectrum of Public Participation was developed by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) to help clarify the role of the public (or community) in planning and decision-making, and how much influence the community has over planning or decision-making … Continue reading →

Posted in Working with communities | Tagged Community engagement, Community work, For students, IAP2, Public participation, Spectrum of Public Participation, Working with communities | 10 Comments

My top posts for 2016

Posted on 24 December 2016 by Graeme Stuart

There are a number of ways to judge my top posts for 2016. To start with there are 10 posts that I think add a useful contribution to working with communities and families. Some of them came from my work … Continue reading →

Posted in Being an academic, Families & parenting, Working with communities | Tagged Blogging, Working with communities, Working with families | 2 Comments

Mobilising community assets and volunteers can have side effects

Posted on 23 October 2016 by Graeme Stuart

One of the strengths of asset-based community-driven development (ABCD) is how it builds on the passions and skills of volunteer community members. It’s amazing what communities can achieve when they rely on their own resources. But there can be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Social change, Strengths-based approaches & ABCD, Working with communities | Tagged ABCD, Community work, Fair Share Festival, For students, Volunteer, Volunteering, Working with communities | 6 Comments

Encouraging a broad understanding of community engagement

Posted on 13 October 2016 by Graeme Stuart

A paper about evaluating community engagement as part of the public health system (South & Phillips, 2014) recognises the potential for community engagement in health to involve more than simply engaging people in planning and decision making. They suggests that … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the roles of families and clients in evidence-based practice

Posted on 30 September 2016 by Graeme Stuart

The principles which underpinned our approach to supporting Children and Parenting Support programs to implement evidence-based programs and practice as part of the Children and Families Expert Panel, had a large influence on how I presented evidence-based practice in the … Continue reading →