The Asset-Based Community Development Institute Resources

A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Economic Capacities of Local Residents

by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight (published by The Asset-Based Community Development Institute, 1996)

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Summary:

Concise, understandable, and easy to use, this workbook is one of several that build on the guidelines laid out in Building Communities from the Inside Out. It gives you the tools you need to unearth the talents and skills that lie hidden in local residents and harness their potential for local economic development.

First, Kretzmann and McKnight lead you step-by-step through the development of a survey to accurately assess the economic capacities of local residents.  Then they suggest several different ways to present the survey to residents so as to achieve maximum participation. Next, they discuss ways to use the information gained through the survey to foster local economic development. Finally, Kretzmann and McKnight list several other resources to use in conjunction with this workbook. The appendix includes a variety of easy-to-reproduce worksheets and inventories.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Kretzmann and McKnight’s book, Building Communities from the Inside Out, revolutionized the field of community of development. This workbook is one of a series that expands on the guidelines laid out in Building Communities and shows practitioners how to apply the Asset-Based Community Development process to the task of mobilizing the economic capacities of neighborhood residents.

Kretzmann and McKnight’s book, Building Communities from the Inside Out, revolutionized the field of community of development. This workbook is one of a series that expands on the guidelines laid out in Building Communities and shows practitioners how to apply the Asset-Based Community Development process to the task of mobilizing the economic capacities of neighborhood residents.