At Vision 20/20, after handing out the “10 Characteristics of Successful Communities”, and discussing them a little, David Beurle had gave each participant 4 green and 4 orange sticky dots to place on posters corresponding the 10 characteristics. Green for “we are doing a great job” and orange for “there is room for improvement.” Green went on one side of the chart and orange on the other, to give a quick visual impression of how the community felt about itself. It also let the participants get a feel for the community strengths and weakness.
The issues were:
1. Evidence of community pride and inclusive culture.
Successful communities are often showplaces of care, attention, history and heritage. They celebrate their success and have a strong positive local attitude and support a culture of risk taking and innovation. Diversity is often celebrated and people are welcomed.
2. Invest in the future-built to last!
People believe that something worth doing is worth doing right. In addition to the brick and mortar investments, all decisions with an outlook on the future. Expenditures are considered investments in the future, including investing in people.
3. Participatory approaches to community decision making.
Even the most powerful opinion leaders seem to work toward building consensus. The stress is on working together toward a common goal and focus is on positive results. People collaborate and share resources.
4. Creatively build new economic opportunities.
Successful communities build on existing economic strengths in a realist way; and explore new economic opportunities provide by the “new economy”. They actively seek our new opportunities and ideas for new businesses.
5. Support local business
Local loyalty is emphasized, but thrive community know who their competitors are and position themselves accordingly.
6. Deliberate transfer of power to new leaders.
People under 40 regularly hold key positions in civic and business affairs. Women and people of “minority groups” often hold positions as elected officials, plant managers, and entrepreneurial developers.
7. Strong belief and support of education.
Good schools are the norm and center of community activity.
8. Strong presences of traditional institution that are related to community life.
Churches, schools, and service clubs are strong influence on community development and social activities.
9. Willingness to seek help from the outside.
People seek outside help for community needs, and many compete for government grants and contracts for economic and social programs. They seek out the best ideas and new people to help bui8ld their community strengths.
10. Communities are self-reliant.
There is a wide-held conviction that, in the long run, “You have to do it yourself.” Thriving rural communities believe their destiny is in their own hands. Making their communities good places is a pro-active assignment, and they are willing to accept it.
There are a several ways to look at the information. First, since everyone did not get enough dots to vote on every issue, the more total dots an issue received, presumably the more important it was to the participants as a whole.
Secondly, the more dots an issue received as a proportion of the total number of dots cast suggests how important and how strongly held the belief was among the participants.
And, finally the more dots an issue received as a proportion of the dots cast for that issue suggests how strongly held the belief was among those who felt the issue was important enough to vote on.
The issues were:
1. Evidence of community pride and inclusive culture.
Successful communities are often showplaces of care, attention, history and heritage. They celebrate their success and have a strong positive local attitude and support a culture of risk taking and innovation. Diversity is often celebrated and people are welcomed.
2. Invest in the future-built to last!
People believe that something worth doing is worth doing right. In addition to the brick and mortar investments, all decisions with an outlook on the future. Expenditures are considered investments in the future, including investing in people.
3. Participatory approaches to community decision making.
Even the most powerful opinion leaders seem to work toward building consensus. The stress is on working together toward a common goal and focus is on positive results. People collaborate and share resources.
4. Creatively build new economic opportunities.
Successful communities build on existing economic strengths in a realist way; and explore new economic opportunities provide by the “new economy”. They actively seek our new opportunities and ideas for new businesses.
5. Support local business
Local loyalty is emphasized, but thrive community know who their competitors are and position themselves accordingly.
6. Deliberate transfer of power to new leaders.
People under 40 regularly hold key positions in civic and business affairs. Women and people of “minority groups” often hold positions as elected officials, plant managers, and entrepreneurial developers.
7. Strong belief and support of education.
Good schools are the norm and center of community activity.
8. Strong presences of traditional institution that are related to community life.
Churches, schools, and service clubs are strong influence on community development and social activities.
9. Willingness to seek help from the outside.
People seek outside help for community needs, and many compete for government grants and contracts for economic and social programs. They seek out the best ideas and new people to help bui8ld their community strengths.
10. Communities are self-reliant.
There is a wide-held conviction that, in the long run, “You have to do it yourself.” Thriving rural communities believe their destiny is in their own hands. Making their communities good places is a pro-active assignment, and they are willing to accept it.
There are a several ways to look at the information. First, since everyone did not get enough dots to vote on every issue, the more total dots an issue received, presumably the more important it was to the participants as a whole.
Secondly, the more dots an issue received as a proportion of the total number of dots cast suggests how important and how strongly held the belief was among the participants.
And, finally the more dots an issue received as a proportion of the dots cast for that issue suggests how strongly held the belief was among those who felt the issue was important enough to vote on.
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