Learning Outcomes

What is Community Development?

Process Strategies and Roles

Community Development Roles

Community Collaboration

Working Effectively Across Different Organizational Cultures

Lesson Summary

In this module, you will learn how to define the community and its characteristics, and identify an issue to be resolved within the community. You will look at the various roles within a community group and the strategies it can use to further its objectives.

Getting To Know Your Community

Assessing Your Community

Using Criteria and Processes to Set Priorities

You will learn about tools that can be used to analyze the community such as community asset mapping and the community characteristic checklist. You will also get an overview of the types of collaboration that may be possible with other organisations found in the community development sector.

Building the Team

Effective Meetings

Planning for Change

Governance - Part 1

Governance - Part 2

In this module, you will learn about creating a team that can identify issues within the community group from ensuring inclusive participation to navigation conflict as well as the practical aspects of governance, liability and structure of the community group.

Communication Skills

Learning Styles

Facilitation Skills

Presentation Skills

Media Relations

Leadership Skills

Negotiation Skills

This module looks at the skills involved in delivering projects such as communication and facilitation techniques, preparing presentations and leadership skills. It also reviews media relations such as writing a press release or how to answer a difficult question.

Working Together

Making It Happen

Finding Resources

This module focuses on working with other organisations and forming successful partnerships. The phases of fundraising and pros and cons of different types of fundraising are reviewed as is what you need to do to have a successful volunteer program.

Choosing an Evaluation Format

Evaluation Methods

Sustaining Momentum

In this module, you will explore why it is important to evaluate the community project, what evaluation methods you can use to evaluate the project and what you need to do to sustain progress in a community group.

Diploma In Community Development First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.

Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion

Issues and Challenges

An Organizational Change Strategy

Steps to Inclusivity - Part 1

Steps to Inclusivity - Part 2

Legal Considerations

This module looks at diversity and inclusion, what the barriers to inclusion and how can they be overcome. It outlines the steps necessary to implement an inclusive policy in your organisation or group.

Planning Inclusive Events

Responding to Opposition

Sample Terms of Reference

Assessing the Community Demographic

Encouraging Diverse Community Involvement

Key Representative Interviews

Conducting Focus Groups

Organizational Self-Assessment Tool

Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders

Evaluating Your Success

This module provides the tools and techniques necessary to implement inclusiveness in and organisation along with the templates in the resources PDF that can be modified to fit your requirements.

What Do We Mean by Ethics?

Why Ethical Behavior Is Important

Who Is Subject to a Code of Ethics?

What Are the Ethical Issues to Be Considered?

This module will look at the role ethics play in community development projects. You will look at what is meant by the word 'ethics' and why ethical behavior is important. You will also study what ethical issues should be considered in community development projects and who is subject to a code of ethics.

Manage the Planning Process

Conduct a Situational Assessment

Set Goals, Audiences and Outcome Objectives

Choose Strategies and Activities and Assign Resources

Develop Indicators

Review the Plan

This module provides the tools and techniques necessary to manage and plan a promotion campaign in the community development area. It takes you through step by step from the situational assessment and goal setting to the reviewing the plan for completeness.

Developing Program Plan

Seeking Funding

Manage the Proposal Development Process

Developing Your Proposal

Producing and Packaging Proposal

Submitting Proposal and Follow-Up

This module will walk you through the process of seeking funding for community projects, from firming out your project plan and identifying possible funding sources to developing and submitting the proposal.

Diploma in Community Development Second Assessment

Diploma In Community Development Final Assessment

This online course offers a certificate in community development, covering community values, concepts, and practices.

Diploma in Community Development

This free online course offers a Certificate in Community Development, and covers the values, concepts, and practices commonly found in the community development sector, showing you how to consider community health in trying to understand community development. You will learn to identify and address serious issues in your community. If you want to learn how to organize a community group, this certificate training program is for you.

Communication

Learn about the various skills required in delivering projects such as communication and facilitation techniques, presentation and leadership skills. It also reviews media relations such as writing a press release or how to answer a difficult question.

Delivering Community Development Assessment

Learn about community development strategies and processes and how to evaluate the effectiveness of a project.

Delivering Community Development

This free online course on the Process of Community Development teaches the skills required to successfully deliver community projects, ranging from communication and leadership to presentation and facilitation. You will learn about media relations and communication techniques, recruiting volunteers and organizing a successful volunteer program as well as about successful partnership requirements.

Introduction to Fundraising

Marketing, Public Relations and Communications

Partnerships, Sponsorships & Legal Responsibilities

This module teaches you how to plan successful fundraising events with accurate tools and resources. We also discuss the significance of partnerships, sponsorships, public relations, marketing, and legal obligations in the fundraising process.

How to Arrange Successful Fundraising Events - Course Assessment

This free online course explains how to plan great fundraising events using the proper tools and marketing methods.

How to Arrange Successful Fundraising Events

Are you interested in fundraising and need help figuring out where to start? If you answer 'Yes', this course is perfect for you. You'll learn how to attract corporate partners and sponsors, organise and promote campaigns, and build a long-term giving community using your organisation's proper apps and platforms. We also explore strategies that can be applied to manage an identified risk. Legislation and policies for charities are also analysed.

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