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Transforming Communities
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 9 hours
  • Course by University of Colorado Boulder
  • Offered by

About

This course focuses on communities and organizations in transition, and using the skills and new knowledge you have to lead change. In this course, we will discuss fundamentals of sustainability and resilience. We then go over the essentials of being a change maker. This course will provide further opportunity for skill building. We will go over asset mapping and needs assessments, two important skills that will be used for you to work with your clients so understand community and organizational needs, and have broad engagement, and use a systems-based approach to so that that the community can define its own needs and identify its own assets. This course will have three modules. Sustainability & Resilience will provide the basic principles of sustainability and resilience so that you will know the difference of these concepts and potential means of implementing them in your workplace and place of practice. In Needs Assessment & Asset Mapping, I will go over two important techniques that provide the community and organization needs front and center and allow you to engage stakeholders so that they have a voice and are involved throughout the process. Systems Thinking for Change will focus on using systems thinking principles as a changemaker, and provides tips and motivation for making change. Whether you work in a Fortune 500 company or a small non-profit, are a community organizer, it is time for you to step up and step out and put your new knowledge into practice. The road won’t always be easy and often non-liner. But real change requires radical change and true and genuine engagement with the people who will see and experience that change every day.

Modules

Introduction

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Welcome to Transforming Communities
  • Sustainability and Resilience

Sustainability

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • Defining Sustainability
  • Defining Sustainability: Part 2
  • 4 Principles of Sustainability: A Systems Perspective
  • Sustainable Practices

Resilience

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Review Applying a Resilience Lens

5 Videos

  • Resilience: Introduction
  • Applying a Resilience Lense
  • Distinguishing Resilience from Sustainability
  • Systems Thinking for Sustainability and Resilience: Practice
  • Resilience Assessment

Week 1 Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Sustainability and Resilience Quiz

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Welcome to Needs Assessments and Asset Mapping

The Community

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Letting the Community Decide
  • Getting People Involved

Needs Assessments

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reviewing Needs Assessments

7 Videos

  • Needs Assessment: What Is It?
  • Needs Assessment: Before You Begin
  • Needs Assessment: Understanding the Current State
  • Needs Assessment: Gather and Analyze Information
  • Needs Assessment: Possible Questions
  • Needs Assessment: Identify Needs and Make Decisions
  • Needs Assessment: Barriers

Asset Mapping

    • 6 Videos
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6 Videos

  • Asset Mapping: Introduction
  • Asset Mapping: What is an Asset?
  • Asset Mapping: Set Up and Planning
  • Asset Mapping: Identify Assets
  • Asset Mapping: Data Collection
  • Asset Mapping: Map and Report

Week 2 Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Needs Assessment and Asset Mapping

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Welcome to Systems Thinking for Change

Systems Thinking for Change

    • 10 Videos
    • 2 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reviewing Inclusive Leadership

2 Discussions

  • Applying Systems Thinking
  • Inclusive Leadership

10 Videos

  • Systems Thinking and the Triple Bottom Line
  • Systems Thinking For Change
  • Being a Changemaker
  • Changemaker Archetypes
  • Keys to Making Change
  • Perspectives on Systems Thinking and Inclusive Leadership
  • Benefits of Co-Creation
  • Systems Thinking and Project Management
  • Applying Systems Thinking to Your Projects
  • Final Thoughts

Week 3 Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Systems Thinking for Change

Transforming Communities Case Studies

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Developing a Community Vision
  • Moving Beyond a Gas Station Stop

1 Readings

  • Transforming Communities Case Studies

Final Project

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Final Project: Developing a Needs Assessment

1 Videos

  • Transforming Communities: Final Project

1 Readings

  • Further Reading

Auto Summary

Transforming Communities is a dynamic course in Business & Management designed to equip learners with the skills to lead change in transitioning communities and organizations. Taught by an expert instructor, it covers sustainability, resilience, asset mapping, needs assessments, and systems thinking across three engaging modules. Ideal for professionals at any organizational level, the course spans 540 minutes and is available through Coursera with Starter and Professional subscription options.

Joel Hartter
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Joel Hartter