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Community is about bringing people together for a shared goal or purpose. Non-profit communities, or community-led organisations, can be powerful things.
Building a community is achieved through recruiting members, inspiring, involving and empowering those members, and working with them to take action.
There are some fundamental principles that permeate through different models of community organising such as defining a clear vision or cause, and the importance of relationships based on trust and mutual interest.
We'll cover those principles, as well as investigating what a community really means, looking at why and how you would actually build a community, explaining how to transfer what you've built online, and examining some existing and successful non-profit communities.
Career Development
For those individuals who wish to pursue a career in Social Services, Welfare, Education, NGO and Community Activism.
Course Review
An outstanding course for those people wishing to work in Education, Social Services or Community work. It offers valuable insight into how to build sustainable relationships.
- Module objective
- So what do we mean by ‘community’?
- Options abound
- Three general tips
- Eight ideas for potential communities
- 1. Open your front door
- 2. Helping parents of young children
- 3. Charity events
- 4. Plant a community garden
- 5. Start an ongoing conversation
- 6. Start a tool lending library
- 7. Timebanks
- 8. Volunteering
- Module summary
- Module objective
- Why would you want to start or be part of a thriving community?
- How to build a strong community of like-minded people: Stage 1
- How to build a strong community of like-minded people: Stage 2
- Other points to bear in mind
- Module summary
- Module objective
- Prepare the plan
- Free vs. owned community forums
- Let’s get to it: how to build a strong online community
- 1. Choose a platform for your community
- 2. Develop a launch framework
- 3. Identify key internal stakeholders
- 4. Set up your community
- 5. Begin a soft launch
- 6. Promote your community
- Module summary
- Module objective
- 1. Kenilworth-Parkside, Washington D.C, USA
- 2. Thrive Greater Manchester, Salford, England
- 3. The Boyd-Booth Community, Baltimore, USA
- 4. Soleil Rouge, Grenoble, France
- 5. Simon Community, London, England
- 6. King Middle School, Maine, USA
- 7. Social Bite Village, Granton, Scotland
- 8. Catalogue of Philanthropy’s online community story-telling project
- Module summary
- Take the End of Course Assessment and get rewarded with your Accredited Certificate
- Constantly develop yourself
- TEFL Fullcircle
- My Five-Point Personal Development Plan
M
Marc
Excellent content presented in a professional manner. The course has been designed into individual chapters. You must complete each chapter in the order it has been presented to be able to advance to the next chapter.
G
Grecia
It’s been great so far, no complaints. Easy to use, I haven’t finished yet so I’ll keep y’all updated.
