Collaboration is a skill, a learned behavior. Many organizations and communities are advocating the use of collaboration as a process that has the potential for tremendous impact, boosting creativity and break-through thinking.
Community Strengths works with communities to engage the stakeholders that are critical to successful collaboration.
By engaging the existing strengths in a community, Community Strengths helps to identify and develop opportunities for positive transformation that currently exist within communities.
Community Strengths works to help create a safe space in communities that supports thoughtful judgment and realization of common ground leading to new creative insight and solutions.
In this safe space, connection is built through active inquiry and dialogue, focusing on the powerful human needs that motivate all that we do and say.
The solutions and possibilities created through ongoing dialogue are then relevant and meaningful to community members and are built upon a positive community-wide vision.
SUPPORTCommunity Strengths works to support positive, sustainable transformation by helping to build on existing community strengths, increasing skills and further developing community capacity.
Communities that develop their capacity are empowered as effective change agents, creating an organic, dynamic process of sustainable community transformation.
We at Contra Costa for Every Generation applaud Community Strengths’ approach to community problem-solving.
Their emphasis on finding common ground that will result in “win-win” situations guarantees stronger communities and greater rewards for everyone.
Barbara Smith, President
Contra Costa for Every Generation
"After 20 years experience as an active resident, the 50+ Dialogues have absolutely been the most energizing, positive, exciting process to hit this town. I've repeatedly been pulled aside by enthusiastic dialogue and task force participants, as well as general citizens of all ages, with eager questions about what will be and when will be the results of this engaging process."
Dialogue Participant
Lake Oswego 50+ Community Dialogues
"Oregon Everyday Heroes is the type of community engagement and participation that is key to preparing for our aging demographic. Solutions will be found and developed in our communities by our community members.
Oregon Everyday Heroes is the type of community-based planning that will supplement government programs and planning. "
Member, Governor’s Commission on Senior Services