Five Steps to Build a Better Future for Your Community: What should your community look like in the future? (Lazer Learning Series) (Volume 1)

What shold your community look like in the future? The answer is not easily reached and takes a systematic approach. Educational programs for community visioning do not just happenm they are the result of hours of preparation and creativing thinking, usually by a small group of dedicated people that seeks to change for the better. There are companies that conduct visioning for small communities,usually for several hundred thousands of dollars. This is book to show you the process of what is involve in community visioning. It is a step-by-step approach to conducting a successful program that will allow the community to set forth what it wants to be in the future. Included are topics such as: The Five Step Planning Model How to Design a Program that People Will Attend The Secrets of Successful Program Planning Design Tips on How to Learn from Each Other Three Meetings That Give You a Snapsho of Your Future The Other Stuff that Makes Meetings Fun Marketing Community Visioning The process has been used by the Waterfronts Florida program, over 14 coastal communities in Florida that have used visioning to create the first steps torwards their vision of the future. You may also want to use the template in this book for parish retreats, program needs' assessments, and adult learning courses.