Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m., EDT

Once you know who’s in your community, find out what they care about.

Storytelling, community dialogue, art making, and a range of other tools can help discover what makes your community special, tap in to a shared vision, and most importantly, build bridges and trust for the larger planning process. This call will dig into a variety of methods for discovering community values, including examples and lessons from Jane Lafleur’s work with Friends of Midcoast Maine and in Damariscotta, Maine.

This call is designed for a general audience and will be useful to people and communities not interested in the RFP.

Please note that you must register separately for each call.

Resources

• Call notes
• Storytelling essay: Reweaving Community, Creating the Future
• Storytelling chapter of the Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook
• Storytelling training video
• Quick Guide to Story Circles
• Quick Guide to Story Interviewing
• Starksboro Art & Soul project and video
• Cornerstones blog post, "Storytelling, Art & Identifying Community Values"
• Additional storytelling resources

Podcast

Listen to a recording of the call

Speakers

• Jane Lafleur, Executive Director of Friends of Midcoast Maine and Project Coordinator for Damariscotta Heart & Soul
• Betsy Rosenbluth, Director of Projects at the Orton Family Foundation

Call Agenda

• Introduction to Values-based Planning and Identifying Values in a Heart & Soul Process
• Storytelling in Heart & Soul CommunityPlanning
• Art and Civic Engagement
• Identifying Values to Guide Development: Story of Damariscotta, ME

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