FW: Turn Your Plans Into Reality

Below is an announcement about a free, three part webinar series entitled "Turn Your Plans Into Reality"; your membership may be interested. The topics and dates of the webinars are:

·         A Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Approach to Community Action, December 12, 2013, 4-5 PM EST

·         Funding Community Design and Development Projects, January 9, 3:00-4:15pm EST

• Building Leadership for the Long Haul, February 13, 3:00-4:15pm EST

Dave Shideler

From: CommunityMatters [mailto:CommunityMatters@mail.vresp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:14 AM
To: Shideler, Dave
Subject: Turn Your Plans Into Reality

 

 

Steer the change   Next call: Thursday, December 12, 2013 4-5 PM EST

Photo credit: Flickr user Benicchio  Turn Your Plans Into Reality You've done the dreaming. You've found new partners, schemed a lot, identified local assets, sketched designs, made some plans, and emerged with a very, VERY, very long to-do list. Now it's time to make it happen. CommunityMatters® and the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) will co-host three calls this winter to help communities take their planning or design efforts from paper to practice. You'll learn how to: prioritize projects and score some quick successes, find the funding and resources for bigger projects, and build community leadership and public support for long-term change. Join us December 12, 2013 to kick off this call series with A Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Approach to Community Action. The "LQC" approach helps you prioritize your most actionable items and identifies low-cost, high-impact projects to improve your community in short order and build momentum for the long haul. Read more on our blog >   December Call: A Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Approach to Community Action Thursday, December 12, 2013 4-5 PM EST   This is the first call in our three part series on Making It Happen. Featuring: Brendan Crain, Project for Public Spaces Brendan will introduce the LQC model and point to diverse communities that have leveraged small amounts of time and money into big-time successes. We're also looking to share your LQC story. If you've had success with a Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper approach, tell us about it when you register.  Register now! Mark your calendars for our January and February calls as well! Funding Community Design and Development Projects, January 9, 3:00-4:15pm EST Building Leadership for the Long Haul, February 13, 3:00-4:15pm EST

FEATURED: FEATURED RESOURCE Citizens' Institute on Rural Design Check out the new Resources section on the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design website for tools, case studies, ideas, links and more!   CALL IN REVIEW Creating Fun Places Find tips for making public spaces more playful and fun with our November call recording and notes.   PARTY TIME Throw a Party We challenge you to get a group of people together in February to watch a critical webinar on building local leadership and support for action by Milan Wall. Use our listening party resources to plan a gathering and have a conversation about what it will take to move your town forward.

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