| Appreciative Inquiry | Chet Bowling | bowling.43@osu.edu | 614.296.1174 | |
| Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a comprehensive organization and community change process that intentionally focuses on the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. Through the use of unconditionally positive questions, AI broadens and deepens the imaginative capacity and accelerates the speed of innovation, leading to positive change. For more information, go to http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu . | ||||
| Celebrating Diversity through Leadership | Rose Fisher Merkowitz | merkowitz.1@osu.edu | 937.393.1918 | |
| Celebrating diversity through our personality and leadership styles helps us to understand ourselves and others. This program will teach you about self-awareness, self-perception, judgment, energy source and lifestyle. You will learn to appreciate and capitalize on the strengths of yourself and others. Cost varies depending on the tailored program. | ||||
| Community Growth & Change | Greg Davis | davis.1081@osu.edu | 614.292.6356 | |
| Typically offered at the county level, key community trends and issues are explained via relevant Census and other data. Key socio-economic data provide the basis for a discussion focusing on the community's economy, its workforce, population characteristics, and settlement and commuting patterns, for example. The program is targeted toward communities desirous of identifying development strategies and policy. | ||||
| Direct Marketing | Julie Fox | fox.264@osu.edu | 740.289.2071 | |
| directmarketing.osu.edu | ||||
| Emotional Intelligence | Rose Fisher Merkowitz | merkowitz.1@osu.edu | 937.393.1918 | |
| Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is understanding yourself and others, relating to people, adapting to and coping with immediate surroundings. EQ helps to predict success because it reflects how a person applies knowledge to the immediate situation. EQ measures your Òcommon sense" and the ability to get along in the world. Cost varies depending on the tailored program. | ||||
| First Impressions: Community, Corridor and Downtown | Myra Moss | moss.63@osu.edu | 419.306.9402 | |
| A community assessment program designed to gather information to evaluate and assist ongoing community planning, goal setting and economic development/tourism efforts. Communities will come to understand how they are perceived and experienced through the eyes of first time visitors, providing valuable insights that can be used to build on existing assets, address liabilities, and discover the image they are projecting. This program is available for small communities, neighborhoods, tourism corridors, and downtowns/Main Streets. For more information, go to http://1stimpressions.osu.edu . | ||||
| Local Government Leadership | Chet Bowling | bowling.43@osu.edu | 614.296.1174 | |
| John Conglose | conglose.1@osu.edu | 330.263.3799 | ||
| The six-week program is for individuals serving in or running for public office who wish to enhance their decision-making and leadership skills. It also encourages dialogue between the many government entities in a county or region. Topics include utilizing strengths, working with local media, regional cooperation, and jobs. | ||||
| Public Issues Education | Dave Patton | patton.4@osu.edu | 614.292.8436 | |
| Public issues are matters of widespread concern that frequently involve disagreement and controversy arising from differences in interests, beliefs and values. The central goal of public issues education is to deliver educational programs designed to enhance society's capacity to understand and address public issues. For more information go to the Public Issues Education website. | ||||
| Strategic Planning | Jerry Thomas | thomas.69@osu.edu | 419.422.6106 | |
| Successful Schools - Successful Communities | Chet Bowling | bowling.43@osu.edu | 614.296.1174 | |
| The Successful Schools Ð Successful Communities (SS-SC) is a community action process tool to help local communities reach deeper levels of engagement with their schools. The goal of the SS Ð SC process is to improve the quality of life in communities by improving the quality of education for all community residents. School Ð community engagement is a proven method to achieve this objective. For more information, view the SS-SC overview. | ||||
| Sustainable Communities Planning | Bill Grunkemeyer | grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu | 330.202.3555 | |
| Myra Moss | moss.63@osu.edu | 419.306.9402 | ||
| A community-wide process to discover shared values, build consensus, identify linkages and create balance among the environmental, economic and social interest of your community. The resulting vision is the guide to produce a community action plan. This process will take 12- 18 months to complete. For more information, go to http://sustainabledevelopment.osu.edu . | ||||
| Sustainable Comprehensive Land Use Planning | Bill Grunkemeyer | grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu | 330.202.3555 | |
| Myra Moss | moss.63@osu.edu | 419.306.9402 | ||
| This program uses the Sustainable Communities Program as its base to produce a land use plan for the community. Community leaders and professionals work in teams to create the various sections of the plan. Geographical Information System work is available to enhance the final plan and planning process. This process will take 18-24 months to complete. For more information, go to http://sustainabledevelopment.osu.edu . | ||||
| Tools for Comprehensive Land Use Planning | John Conglose | conglose.1@osu.edu | 330.263.3799 | |
| Tourism | Julie Fox | fox.264@osu.edu | 740.289.2071 | |
| http://ohiotourism.osu.edu | ||||
| Vision to Action | John Conglose | conglose.1@osu.edu | 330.263.3799 | |
| A program designed to take practitioners through the community action process: from getting started, to holding a community workshop, to implementing an action plan, to maintaining momentum. Some basic material is also provided on how to conduct a community assessment and strategies for monitoring and evaluating the process. | ||||
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