Midterm+and+final+projects

**Midterm project (class presentation Nov. 16)**

 * Will be developing asset map of Troostwood neighborhood
 * Small groups do community assets map of the Troostwood neighborhood
 * Group 1: Physical assets
 * Group 2: Individual assets
 * Group 3: Institutional assets
 * Midterm Project
 * Class presentation and WIKI page
 * Other groups can take notes and ask questions
 * Written paper due in 3 days

**Midterm written paper (due by Nov. 21)**
Write a 2-page memo to the executive director of a nonprofit organization who is not really sold on community engagement. This organization is about to open a new office in the Troostwood neighborhood and will be providing services to the community around it. You have been asked to brief the executive director about community engagement in general and about the Troostwood neighborhood.

Please include the following sections:
 * Why community engagement is important to your organization:
 * What social capital means and why it is important to your organization:
 * What is the difference between conflict organizing and consensus organizing and how do you think they could be used by an organization coming into Troostwood?
 * Based on the asset mapping project, brief the executive director on the physical, individual and institutional assets of Troostwood.
 * Suggest three basic principles you think the organization should follow in its dealings with the Troostwood community. (There is no right or wrong answer here, but show you have put some thought into how your personal approach to community engagement is beginning to develop).

Asset mapping resources:

=**Final project**=
 * Demonstrate the ability to think like a facilitator when presented with a community engagement scenario
 * Show the capacity to analyze the community engagement problem under the framework of one of the major theories of engagement
 * Devise a plan for conducting community engagement
 * Write it in language that shows an understanding of community engagement principles


 * Audience:** Nonprofit leadership at the nonprofit in the case study. Your goal is to convince them that your approach would be valuable.


 * Main point and purpose:** To show your ability to think like a facilitator in assessing the goals, planning research activities, planning a course of action, designing a meeting and following up**.**


 * Structure the report:**
 * Explain what community engagement goal you have chosen and why you think it is the most appropriate goal
 * Discuss what type of research you would propose to be done before the engagement and who would do it
 * Develop a list of stakeholders who must be in the room and a plan for recruiting them
 * Discuss the community engagement activity you think would be most effective and make the case for why it is the right tool
 * Describe the logistics of the meeting setup including room size, etc.
 * Develop a list of key questions to be asked at the meeting