{"id":919,"date":"2012-02-04T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/?page_id=919"},"modified":"2012-02-04T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T15:47:05","slug":"community-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/community-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-956 alignright\" title=\"Urban Leeds 17\" src=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urban-Leeds-17-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bridging Communities\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urban-Leeds-17-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urban-Leeds-17.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/>This is a bit of a paradox as in essence I don&#8217;t\u00a0believe\u00a0that &#8216;communities&#8217; can be developed!<\/p>\n<p>We can only help individuals to develop, and in the process of their development they reach out and connect, forming networks which in turn lead to &#8216;community&#8217;. \u00a0Community is a by-product of personal development.<\/p>\n<p>However there is much that we can do in the way we develop people that will lead to the development of sustainable communities. \u00a0And there is much that we get horribly wrong!<\/p>\n<p>So, for\u00a0example\u00a0when we choose to develop &#8216;entrepreneurs&#8217; instead of &#8216;people&#8217; we legitimise the narrow pursuit of profit and business development and run the risk of building businesses that serve\u00a0their\u00a0owners but not wider society.<\/p>\n<p>My approaches to community development are person centred, developing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>self interest and power<\/li>\n<li>association, co-operation and competition<\/li>\n<li>social capital and networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples of my community development work include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/progressschool.wordpress.com\">Progress School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/leedscommunityenterprise.wordpress.com\">Local Community Enterprise Accelerators<\/a> (ELSIEs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeedsInnovationLab\">Innovation Lab<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resultsfactory.wordpress.com\/\">Results Factory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMike has a great knack of getting to the heart of an issue and he is not afraid to debunk anyone who is trying to make things too complicated. He is great fun to work with and is someone you can trust to do the best for the client at all times. Good taste in music and beer too.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Steve Hinton<em>, Chairman, QED Consulting<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a bit of a paradox as in essence I don&#8217;t\u00a0believe\u00a0that &#8216;communities&#8217; can be developed! We can only help individuals to develop, and in the process of their development they reach out and connect, forming networks which in turn lead to &#8216;community&#8217;. \u00a0Community is a by-product of personal development. However there is much that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-919","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}