Community networks
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This document discusses navigating community development. It outlines 4 stages of community development: identification, evaluation, prioritization, and implementation. It also discusses asset based community development and evaluation of good and bad community projects. Social media is presented as a useful tool for networking, generating discussion, and promoting projects when used carefully and ethically. Examples provided are using Facebook for communities of practice, Twitter for broadcasting ideas, and Wordpress for personal research blogs. The presentation encourages hyper-interactivity and provides URLs for viewing it again or learning more about the topic.
Community networks
- 1. Navigating Community Development Professor Frank Rennie Lews Castle College UHI
- 2. Stornoway
- 3. Stages in Community Development •1) Identification •2) Evaluation •3) Prioritisation •4) Implementation Networking
- 4. Asset Based Community Development
- 5. Evaluation
- 6. GoodBad GoodBad Nuclear waste dump Community casino Improve harbour facilities NC500 circuit
- 10. Key contacts
- 11. UHI main campus locations
- 12. UHI local area
- 13. UHI WAN JANET UHI dedicated IT network
- 16. What we tend to think •Social media is… • A waste of time • Only for young people • Complex and difficult • Dangerous • Uncontrolled • A free way of maximising impact • Prohibited by our university, school, or organisation
- 17. Facebook: “This is the research I like” Useful for: • Creating communities of practice and groups • Generating discussion & debate • Networking • Mixing media (text, images, video, etc.) • Promoting projects & events Limitations: • Care needed to separate public and private posts • Issues of copyright and re-use • Can trivialise information • Ethical considerations
- 18. Twitter: “Here is what I am researching right now” Useful for: • Broadcasting ideas, opinions, events • Following ongoing projects and events • Networking with peers • Sharing news Limitations: • Fast-moving (might miss tweets) • Audiences follow themes (be careful not mix messages) • Mixing professional and private • Short bites of information (though can link with websites) • Ethical considerations
- 19. Wordpress: “What I think about my research subject” Useful for: • Personal diaries or research logs • Work in progress • News about areas of interest • Building followers • Following the work of key individuals or organisations Limitations: • Needs to be focussed on a specific topic • Needs regular posts (small and frequently)
- 20. My blog site
- 22. View this presentation again at www.slideshare.net/frankrennie More info at www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/frennie Twitter @frankrennie E-mail: frank.rennie@uhi.ac.uk