Community Economics
Good planning is an important aspect of any economic strategy. In the complex world of community life, in small economies and in constantly changing situations - what might help?
Understanding politics and the way those in power think, and who influences their thinking, helps.
It's better to be influential and knowledgeable - not frustrated and angry.
These are workshops & tools available to develop & implement strategies best suited to your community-economy.
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These workshops are about real life not just theory - with topic experts as needed.
Themes and Subjects
Politics & influencing with purpose – developing the right mindset, skills, understanding and plans for achieving the influence needed to get results.
Who is in your way? How do we confront the bureaucrats in Treasuries across the nation who think they know best without actually knowing what is going on?
Knowing your community – Each community has its own rhythm and it is difficult to successfully influence something that we don’t fully comprehend (eg Treasury boffins). Understanding how a particular community functions and interacts is important. Who are the important people? Which sectors are growing or declining? What does the future hold?
Dealing with the dark side – the great fear of most people - experienced and not so experienced – is dealing with dishonesty, aggression, threats and deceit from individuals in positions of influence. This workshop/session deals with that very troubling, tricky and confronting issue.
Writing Economic Development Plans
- outcome focused not on the best looking fanciest report but on action. Grant writing skills can be included as needed.
Developing networks, contacts, partnerships and cooperation
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sometimes this is easy to achieve but often it isn't, yet the fact is that getting access to government funds and support often means showing (and having) a united voice.
Specific issues that can be addressed include:
Organisational Politics
Community politics
Federal, State and Local politics*
Grant Writing
*We don't yet do family politics as that is way too complicated.
The Tools
A small selection of tools are highlighted below (click on them for more information) and this will be added to over time. If you want to add to the list or promote your own services to community contact us via the message page.
Small Business - Competitiveness Building
Search Conferences - what does the community want?
Authorised by Peter Strong AM candidate for ACT Legislative Assembly
We are on ngunnawal and ngambri land. They have been here for at least 20,000 years. They have had tens of thousands of leaders in that time. They survived until Europeans turned up and still survive in spite of everything. Europeans and other ethnic groups have been here for a few hundred years. Always worth acknowledging.