The course is an introduction to asset-based planning and design as a human and organizational capacity-building approach. ABCD seeks to locate, underscore, and emphasize, in a selective way, the life-giving forces and successes within an organization, group, or community. The course will focus on different ways of engaging life within communities and organizations, while exploring the skills of community development facilitation for practitioners. Several tools used in asset-based planning and development will be carefully examined with a view to creating proficiency in both their theory and practice.

Recommended Prior Study

• None