Summary of Participants Reflections from John McKnight's Presentation on 10/1/07

BUILDING COMMUNITIES FROM THE INSIDE OUT (Post 4 of 5)

Things I want to know more about...

how I can overcome the effects of spending my days in a labeling environment

beginning to connect

finding connectors

our organization being a “case study” in Westerville

how to encourage people to connect in their communities

any local efforts like this in Columbus area

the other 4 assets for building community

how I can apply gift inventories

“gift inventory”

more of the above

skills/how to identify connectors

ways to reach “fringe” groups/people

Could some of this be applied to issues as well as persons?

What gifts does the Otterbein community possess?

How do we find enough people to accompany those who would give?

guides to emphasizing the gifts of the marginalized

more connections

other examples of how people get connected

how the community can continue their commitments to the individuals – What keeps these connections going?

the other 4 ingredients to the recipe and how to accomplish this – how to get our busy world to care, etc.

how to reconcile needs with gifts – say alcoholism, clinical depression

how asset based community building transforms communities in more of a macro sense – I see how it enriches individual lives and believe there would be a ripple effect
future studies and positive stories

how to go about making effective connections

developing a good interview tool to discover community gifts

involving people with behaviors in community – I hope John will consider speaking in Northwest Ohio

what I can do where I am to share my gifts with others and discover the gifts of others

organizations in my local community that are doing this