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The Spirit of Capacity Building

The Spirit of Capacity Building. Becoming More Effective Agents of Development & Change. By Noël Rozum , AmeriCorps VISTA. Food for Thought.

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The Spirit of Capacity Building

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  1. The Spirit of Capacity Building Becoming More Effective Agents of Development & Change By Noël Rozum, AmeriCorps VISTA

  2. Food for Thought Living successfully in a world of systems requires more of us than our ability to calculate. It requires our full humanity, our rationality, our ability to sort out truth from falsehood, our intuition, our compassion, our vision, and our morality. -Donella H. Meadows

  3. What is Capacity Building? As a VISTA, do you feel like you have a good understanding of what capacity building is?

  4. Definition of Capacity Building Capacity building is the “process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in the fast-changing world.” -Ann Philbin, Capacity Building in Social Justice Organizations Ford Foundation, 1996

  5. Systems Thinking Recognizing the Patterns Thinking Intentionally about Why They Exist Uncovering the Structures that Support Them

  6. Wisdom for Working the Systems • Know the history of the system • Don’t ignore the wisdom of the system • Be permeable

  7. Wisdom for Working the Systems • Learn from the system • Honor all information • Design for intrinsic responsibility

  8. Wisdom for Working the Systems • What’s important is not always quantifiable • Understand the ecoSYSTEM • Focus on AND beyond your VISTA year

  9. Wisdom for Working the Systems • Be effective at interdisciplinary communication • Build caring capacity • Allow for the complexity that exists

  10. Wisdom for Working the Systems • Strive for goodness

  11. Resources Where do you go from here?

  12. Books Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement By Aubrey C. Daniels The NTL Handbook of Organizational Development and Change Edited by Brenda B. Jones and Michael Brazzel Strengths Finder 2.0 By Tom Rath

  13. Articles A Framework for Organizational Development: The Why, What and How of OD Work http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/BC%20Centres%20%28CRIM%29/Non-Profit%20Development/Articles/Board%20Governance%20and%20Leadership/Framework%20for%20Organizational%20Development.pdf By Ann Philbin and Sandra Mikush Systems in Sync Articles http://www.systemsinsync.com/ARTcapacity.htm

  14. Websites The Third Sector. Transforming Nonprofits: Powering Change www.tsne.org The Organizational Development Network. Advancing the Theory and Practice of OD http://www.odnetwork.org/ Capacity.OrgA Gateway for Capacity Development www.capacity.org

  15. Questions? Comments? Insights?

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