12 Questions
What is the ability of a community to get back on its feet after a calamity?
Resiliency
What does vigilance in community development involve?
Sustained assessment of threats, dangers, and progressive ideas
What does progress demand in communal lives?
Forward-thinking and challenging old ways of thinking
What is the main characteristic that has enabled organisms to survive through evolution?
Adaptive behaviors
What virtue do community members need to embody for the community to effectively facilitate change and development?
Virtues
What is the only constant in this world according to the text?
Change
How do accountable communities view their existence?
Accountable communities are objective and reasonable and have a clearer picture of their existence.
What is the significance of adaptability in a community?
Adaptability challenges the community to become creative and find a new way of planning, implementing, and sustaining growth.
Describe community engagement and its importance.
Community engagement is all about connecting to the community and its people.
Who should be involved in the planning process according to the text?
It needs not only the people who are directly affected but also experts, industry leaders, and scholars who can contribute their knowledge and experience to the planning.
What is the goal of developmental initiatives in a community?
The community should strive to develop programs or projects that last by enhancing their processes.
Why is sustainability important in community programs?
The goal of each program is to reach sustainability.
Study Notes
Community Virtues
- A community's personality is derived from its members, and the virtues they embody cascade to the community as a whole.
- To facilitate change and social development, community members must imbibe virtues.
Types of Communities
- Resilient Communities: ability to recover from natural disasters and man-made problems, and continue to exist.
- Vigilant Communities: sustained assessment of threats, dangers, and progressive ideas and solutions to stimulate action.
- Progressive Communities: forward-thinking, challenging conventional ways, and taking action to change the status quo.
- Adaptive Communities: creative and finding new ways to plan, implement, and sustain growth.
- Accountable Communities: objective, reasonable, and owning one's identity, with a clear picture of their existence.
Five-Point Community Initiatives
- Engagement: connecting with the community and its people through methods like key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys.
- Planning: realizing ideas from a blueprint, involving affected people, experts, industry leaders, and scholars.
- Implementation: advancing a program from paper to procedure, a monumental task for community leaders.
- Developmental: striving to develop programs or projects that last, enhancing processes, and improving projects using current tools and methods.
- Sustainability: the goal of each program, pursued without harming minority groups or the environment, even without full oversight.
Learn about how virtues of individuals contribute to the personality of a community and how resilience is crucial for community survival and development. Explore how communities face challenges and bounce back stronger.
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