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Congratulations, Jody Kretzmann and John McKnight!

Jody Kretzmann and John McKnight receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Community Development

The International Association for Community Development (IACD) Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have provided an outstanding contribution to international community development throughout a significant portion of their career.

At a recent Board meeting, John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann were both nominated by Oceania Director, Dee Brooks and there was unanimous agreement to formally recognise their contribution to the field of community development with a Lifetime Achievement Award!

At the AGM, IACD President, Anna Clarke, recognised their many years working in the field of community development, in particular Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and recognised their contributions as academics, authors and influential leaders and pioneers in this work.

Jody accepted via a pre-recorded video clip and thanked IACD for their ongoing work and John attended live and accepted on behalf of all the faculty and practitioners in the ABCD movement, which says so much about both of their characters and their belief in the power of community!

Congratulations Jody and John on your well deserved award!
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Reciprocity

By John Hamerlinck, 2021-09-10

“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.” -- Confucius In the world of community-building there may be no concept more important than...
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Waiting to Contribute: The Key to Maximizing Citizen Participation

By John L. McKnight, 2021-09-07

One form of community organizing involves local citizens in collective action focused on issue. Issues emerge from tensions and contentions. They reflect the dissatisfaction or anger felt by...
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Say Yes Five Times to Gifts

By Bruce Anderson, 2021-08-02

Say ‘Yes’ Five Times to Gifts ____________________________ Bruce Anderson • Core Gift Institute On the surface, it’s such a simple act to give a gift to another. We might lend a...
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Effective Police Reform: The Transfer of Authority

By John L. McKnight, 2021-07-20

In order to respond to demands for police reform, local governments across the United States have created special committees to develop new policies to eliminate police abuse and misconduct....
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An ABCD Visionary - The Transformation of the Functions of Communities and Police: A video interview with Retired Chief Mike Butler, Longmont, Colorado

By John L. McKnight, 2021-07-15

In my lifetime, I have met two public officials who had an incredibly different vision for their organization. The first was Jerome Miller who was responsible for the Massachusetts Juvenile...
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Asset mapping in the context of gentrification

09/12/21 09:15:28AM, by Ivis Garcia Zambrana

August ABCD & Rural Community of Practice

08/30/21 10:24:48AM, by Wendy McCaig

CV and ABCD - How to structure a resume based on ABCD

08/16/21 11:30:46AM, by ABCD in Action

ABCD & the World - World's Biggest E-Book

08/09/21 02:18:18AM, by Dee Brooks

Valuable Rural Resource

08/04/21 09:21:20AM, by John Hamerlinck

Books, Websites, Social Networking Sites that give insights and/or advice on increasing capacity and connection in rural areas.

08/04/21 07:58:53AM, by Derek A Peterson

Sharing our Context

07/27/21 09:37:33AM, by Wendy McCaig

Rural Case Study: Working with Very Small Groups

07/26/21 09:24:15AM, by John Hamerlinck

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Reciprocity
“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.” -- Confucius In the world of community-building there may be no concept...

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Waiting to Contribute: The Key to Maximizing Citizen Participation
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Active Hope: Connecting Wisdom and Strengths Across our Lands

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Active Hope: Connecting Wisdom and Strengths Across our...

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Calling All Connectors: ABCD for Common Wealth & Other Tales of Wonder

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Reconnect! Making Community Essential

10/06/21 11:00:00AM

Join us October 6 and 7 for a live online national...

Global Gathering: Community Economic Development #1

10/13/21 05:00:00PM

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