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Appreciative Inquiry

Field of application The appreciative approach can be used as a complete analytical...

CLIP Analysis

Field of application Identifying key stakeholders is relevant in different situatio...

References

Luft, J., & Ingham, H. (1955). The Johari window, a graphic model of interpersonal awareness. In:...

How to Teach Communication?

Communication is social behaviour. Therefore, communication cannot be taught by merely learning c...

How Does Communication Work?

If we look back in our communication biographies, we often remember particularly well the moments...

Training Communication Skills in the Context of University Teaching

Our private and professional lives are full of communicative challenges. These challenges are mul...

Conclusion

Since all Building Blocks taken together are a demanding task that is to be regarded as long-term...

Building Block 9: Determine Responsibilities for Community Development

This last component is about who takes responsibility for community development and how. Differen...

Building Block 8: Strengthening Continuities, Commitments and Obligations through Activities and Projects

This Building Block is about the operational implementation of community development, without whi...

Building Block 7: Strategically Develop and Expand Relationships with and between Selected Groups of Actors

Building Block 5 and Building Block 6 were about identifying, better understanding and presenting...

Building Block 6: Making Groups of Actors Visible to the Community and Keeping Them Continuously in View

Whereas Building Block 5 was about taking stock, this Building Block is about creating visibility...

Building Block 5: Analysing Groups of Actors

After the history Building Block 2, Building Block 3 and Building Block 4, another indispensable ...

Building Block 4: Continuing and Retelling the Community Story

Once community development has conducted an anamnesis of the community story told so far through ...

Building Block 1: Understanding the Core Idea and Communicating It Clearly to All Stakeholders

The central link of a community is a common higher purpose, a shared mission and common ideals an...

At the Beginning: Philosophy of the Community Perspective

A community is a complex social entity with numerous members and subgroups. These feel connected ...

Systems Game

Field of application Guided larger group reflections on system dynamics   ...

References for Service Learning

Crabtree, R. D. (2008). Theoretical Foundations for International Service-Learning. Michigan Jour...

Introduction

Nowadays pursuing typical cost reduction strategies alone is not enough in order to stay competit...

Introduction

One of the authors’ main motivations to publish this book is the need to raise the success rate o...

Amplifier

Field of application Problem Analysis Resume / Brief description Game to expand kn...