#CommDev18 Community Development Society - 49th International Conference

Fed up with just talking about solutions, but never taking action? This workshop will show you how how to use rapid prototyping techniques to create innovative teams anywhere that can solve any problem, dramatically mitigate risk, and rapidly prototype dozens of new ideas with very little time and budget.

Searching for the Silver Bullet: An Examination of Top and Bottom Performing Rural Communities in the North Woods at Attracting and Retaining Young Adults; Reversing the Downward Spiral in Rural Communities through Youth Engagement

The North Central Region Extension Community Development Program Leaders (representing twelve states) are exploring the possibility of adapting the HCI program for implementation in the North Central states having an interest in the focus and topics included in HCI. The roundtable session at CDS offers a unique and valuable opportunity to hear from a wide array of community development researchers and practitioners. Their input will help determine if there is an interest in making HCI available to more states and expanding its building block offerings. CDS members will be kept informed through Vanguard, emails, social media channels, etc. In addition, members will be kept informed of train-the-trainer HCI workshops if the response from participants is positive and they have interest in expanding the HCI program to other communities in the U.S.

The room set-up will be the primary constraint to meaningful participation. We will need to have participants at roundtables for discussion in groups of about six.

The Agency of Engagement: Mack Avenue Corrido, Making Fun: Using Student Charrettes to Transform Traditional Playgrounds Into Outdoor Learning Environments, An invitation to Journey with Bridging Neighborhoods: An innovative program connecting residents from one neighborhood to another, A Renaissance of Health and Learning in Santo Domingo, Ecuador; Presentation skills workshop

People and Places: The Nature and Location of Talent in Indiana; Training Grandmother Leaders: Strengthening Human, Social and Cultural Capital to Improve the Lives of Girls; Building Communty in Violent Times? Insights from Faith-Based Organizations

Come share the latest ideas, practices, and techniques for arts-based community development. Beyond thinking of art as a cultural asset, we will focus on the practice of creating art, music, dance, comedy and more - and how this can build unlikely partnerships, opportunity, and novel innovation and problem-solving skills.