5. Community & Civil Voice & Capacity
Tools for Community Vision
Developing a Vision
Imagine Lite (DOC 134kb)
Imagine Lite - Portuguese (DOC 134kb)
These are facilitators notes for a visioning workshop. The purpose of the visioning is to gain views from a wide range of people - residents, workers from different agencies, businesses, schools- on what they would like their local area to look like, be like, smell like, sound like and feel like in 5 years time. This is then examined to find common ground that can be put together to create one vision.
Quick Visioning Session (DOC 144kb)
Quick Visioning Questions - Spanish (DOC 144kb)
The short session described here can be used by individuals or groups in a meeting or workshop environment. It is a short and easy session to get people thinking about the future.
Magazines Tool (DOC 165kb)
This is an idea generation tool using lateral thinking techniques to make new connections which can lead to new opportunities for people working in projects or enterprises. It uses a varied supply of magazines to stimulate interest, imagination and new thinking.
Pictures Tool (DOC 125kb)
This a lateral thinking tool which uses free association to prompt you to generate trigger ideas and then to generate multiple associations from the original idea.
Defining Wealth (DOC 116kb)
This will help participants define what wealth means to them. It will provide learning about different perspectives on wealth and help understanding of different priorities and values within a group and the wider community. The responses can then be used to ensure that Local Alchemy supports the kind of wealth creation that people value.
Vision to Reality (DOC 126kb) Vision to Reality - Portuguese (DOC 126kb)This tool can be used when you have developed the vision for your project or community. It involves a fun interactive game using chairs to plan forward by stepping back!