Community - Community life competence2024-03-28T16:04:01Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/community?commentId=2028109%3AComment%3A167835&%3Bfeed=yes&%3Bxn_auth=no&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBheri, Karnataka (India) on e…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-03-05:2028109:Comment:1688532018-03-05T17:16:14.149ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Bheri, Karnataka (India) on email</p>
<p>In our daily life many times we use the word community but never tried to define it, Thansks a lot to Geoff for making us to explore it, i think commonly we community is group of people living togather in a geographical as Oni(streets0 area as caste community having common name( i.e caste community ie Lingayat,brahmin,,kuruba,holeya ,madiga etc common cultures, etc) in a village many caste communities living togather having differences they are all…</p>
<p>Bheri, Karnataka (India) on email</p>
<p>In our daily life many times we use the word community but never tried to define it, Thansks a lot to Geoff for making us to explore it, i think commonly we community is group of people living togather in a geographical as Oni(streets0 area as caste community having common name( i.e caste community ie Lingayat,brahmin,,kuruba,holeya ,madiga etc common cultures, etc) in a village many caste communities living togather having differences they are all coming togather as village community( i.e connected to common land where they live) to uphold or protect village interest, many movements or organisations members are from many castes, religion,and gender etc their bonding as community is common concern about people involved or working for, individuals organisations or movements comming togather to form a forum to adress the common bigger issue once in a while some time forum may not considers as community but group of communities. with this I concludes community as " individuals or group people coming togather to realise their shared vision with shared responsibility"</p> Wow! what a lot of great idea…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-01-13:2028109:Comment:1683702018-01-13T10:53:05.712ZGeoff Parcellhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/GeoffParcell
<p><span>Wow! what a lot of great ideas on communities! I particularly liked the succinct definition from Moses “Community is <b>Comm</b>on <b>unity</b> of the people.” For me community is all about people and the way they interact.</span></p>
<p><span>Marie challenged me to share what I think. I held off to give other people a chance to share and now its my turn.</span></p>
<p><span>In terms of Zuckerberg’s ideas, I don't believe Facebook i<i>s</i> a community <b><i>builder,</i></b> and it is…</span></p>
<p><span>Wow! what a lot of great ideas on communities! I particularly liked the succinct definition from Moses “Community is <b>Comm</b>on <b>unity</b> of the people.” For me community is all about people and the way they interact.</span></p>
<p><span>Marie challenged me to share what I think. I held off to give other people a chance to share and now its my turn.</span></p>
<p><span>In terms of Zuckerberg’s ideas, I don't believe Facebook i<i>s</i> a community <b><i>builder,</i></b> and it is unlikely to bring the world closer together. But it does provide a place where people can build or maintain connections and communities. Many of the groups I see on Facebook though I would describe as egocentric rather than collaborative for common good. The internet has groups that have evil intent as well as good. It can spread disinformation as well as help communication. Let’s assume that peoples intent for forming a community is for the greater good.</span></p>
<p><span>Just what is a meaningful community?</span></p>
<p><span>I remember when I was in the corporate world and we were creating online networks, even before Facebook existed, then we recognised different types of communities. There were Communities of Interest which shared something in common such as a sports team for instance, Communities of Practice which shared a common job discipline and hence benefited from sharing tools and processes. Finally Communities of Commitment shared a common goal and were committed to delivering it. The Constellation’s communities and our aspirations for the communities we work with are more like the latter.</span></p>
<p><span>I like Phil Forth’s earlier posting on this site where he picks out three key characteristics, a common objective or dream, they use their own resources together and they can agree to take action together. I’d perhaps add one more self-belief. I have been impressed by communities that have gone from feeling like victims (“someone ought to do something about this for us”) to realising they have the resourcefulness to fix it for themselves. The individuals that take part grow immeasurably in self esteem.</span></p>
<p><span>If I think about the community I live within ( a small village nestled on a hillside in Somerset, UK) then building the community is multi-faceted, there is no single goal or dream beyond building a resilient community of people that I know I can depend on when the need is there. We have discussed what is important to us and work together in small groups according to our preferences and abilities. So there are a number of goals. As we develop community spirit we have moved beyond our basic needs and have groups that maintain the footpaths around the village, a group that is sharing and learning about local history, a group that works together on crafts, and a subgroup trying to improve broadband speeds in the village. As well as being very sociable it helps us build trust and a knowledge of each other’s capabilities so we can depend on each other in a crisis.</span></p> Richard Holmes on twitterA pl…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-01-05:2028109:Comment:1680492018-01-05T09:00:49.634ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p><em>Richard Holmes on twitter</em><br/>A place where you feel welcome and somewhere you feel you can call home.</p>
<p><em>Richard Holmes on twitter</em><br/>A place where you feel welcome and somewhere you feel you can call home.</p> What is a community to me?
I’…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-29:2028109:Comment:1680312017-12-29T15:00:21.371ZMargothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Margot
<p><strong>What is a community to me?</strong></p>
<p>I’m part of more than one community: my two choirs, the group at my gym, my family, several good friends, where I see a one-to-one relationship as a community too.</p>
<p>Let’s take my two very different choirs as an example.</p>
<p>The first I was asked to join, because my partner already was singing there and they discovered I had a good singing voice. It is a group of friends and it is the first group in my life I felt belonging to. (By…</p>
<p><strong>What is a community to me?</strong></p>
<p>I’m part of more than one community: my two choirs, the group at my gym, my family, several good friends, where I see a one-to-one relationship as a community too.</p>
<p>Let’s take my two very different choirs as an example.</p>
<p>The first I was asked to join, because my partner already was singing there and they discovered I had a good singing voice. It is a group of friends and it is the first group in my life I felt belonging to. (By then I was 50 years old!).</p>
<p>They accept me as I am, I accept them as they are. And most important of all: I accepted them to like me. My self-acceptance helped me to be part of this choir-community. And even though I want to quit because of several reasons, I have a hard time doing that because I love them all, one by one.</p>
<p>The second choir I asked to join myself because of the more musical challenge I need. I met the admission requirements and started. First I didn’t feel part of this community. It seemed the others didn’t accept me, I felt small because I thought they were far more better than I was. I almost quit, because I didn’t feel belonging. A new director came, I lost my fear and my thoughts of not being good enough (which came from the head). Now I am able to sing from the heart. And now I feel belonging to this second choir-community too, although in a different way compared to the other choir.</p>
<p>Of course, this story is not about singing, it is about the feeling to belong. When do I feel I belong? When I accept myself, when I accept that others like or love me, when I can be with my whole heart.</p>
<p>This platform of the Constellation is a community too, but it is not said that I am part of that community just because it is there. To be honest, I don’t feel part of this community yet. That feeling can grow along with my doing the online SALT-course and along with getting in personal contact with others who are part of The Constellation. It is only then that I can connect from my heart and feel belonging, else a platform is just a technical vehicle for me. Like a car is a vehicle to get from A to B, the technique of Facebook and Ning is a vehicle to connect with the communities I want to be part of. I’m not able to feel belonging to technique, to zero’s and one’s.</p>
<p>The reason I post these thoughts, is because Rituu Nanda (member of the Global Support Team of The Constellation) asked me to do so. After a Skype-call, in which we could personally connect, I chose to write a reaction to the question of Geoff Parcell. Without Rituu reaching out to me I would never have done this.</p>
<p>As Mark Zuckerberg (the long article you can read via the link in the post of Geoff) speaks about a purpose, it seems he needs a purpose because of the (coincidental?) existence of Facebook: because of the always developing technique, we need a purpose that also develops in time. For me it seems his purpose changes in time, along with his personal growth.</p>
<p>Everyone has the right for personal growth but I want my own pace of my personal growth. That has to come from inside out. The same way a community needs to grow from inside out. It cannot be that the technique dictates how communities are formed. Technique can only facilitate and give the freedom to use it. I use my car to drive to my mother or I use the phone to call her, just as I use technique to get in contact with you, on this platform. It is your freedom of choice if you will respond or not.</p>
<p>Do I want to be part of the global community Mark Zuckerberg speaks about? His wishful thinking is not mine and his purpose is not necessarily mine. I have my own wishful thinking and my own purpose, like every individual on this earth. What I like Mark and his Facebook to do, is to facilitate my technical needs to build my own communities. And if that happens to become a global community so be it. Then it is my global community and not Mark’s. Although, of course he can be part of it if he chooses to do so!</p>
<p><strong>What is a community to me?</strong></p>
<p>Here is my answer: a community is a group of people who want to belong together around a certain topic or a same state of mind.</p>
<p>When do I want to belong? When I feel connected, if I feel the people and their hearts, if I feel at ease to be me.</p>
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<p> </p> Jim Diers A community is a gr…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-29:2028109:Comment:1683242017-12-29T07:19:11.463ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p><span class=""><a class="UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr" rel="dialog" href="https://www.facebook.com/jim.diers?fref=gc&dti=429625007423984" id="js_123" name="js_123">Jim Diers</a></span><span> </span><span><span class="UFICommentBody">A community is a group of people who identify with and support one another.</span></span></p>
<p><span class=""><a class="UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr" rel="dialog" href="https://www.facebook.com/jim.diers?fref=gc&dti=429625007423984" id="js_123" name="js_123">Jim Diers</a></span><span> </span><span><span class="UFICommentBody">A community is a group of people who identify with and support one another.</span></span></p> Dear Geoff,
I thought of the…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-26:2028109:Comment:1681212017-12-26T08:10:13.486ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Dear Geoff,</p>
<p>I thought of the multiple communities I am part of. The first and foremost requirement for me in a community is care and love I receive. Then I tend to give back even more. </p>
<p>This reflection reminded me of a UNDP study I did with networks of those infected and affected by HIV. All mentioned that care was the most important component of the network they were part. We all had a discussion on how this aspect is often overlooked by funding agencies and policy makers.…</p>
<p>Dear Geoff,</p>
<p>I thought of the multiple communities I am part of. The first and foremost requirement for me in a community is care and love I receive. Then I tend to give back even more. </p>
<p>This reflection reminded me of a UNDP study I did with networks of those infected and affected by HIV. All mentioned that care was the most important component of the network they were part. We all had a discussion on how this aspect is often overlooked by funding agencies and policy makers. Thanks Geoff for prompting me.</p> Thanks Rituu.
you've been doi…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-23:2028109:Comment:1676612017-12-23T11:45:55.563ZGeoff Parcellhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/GeoffParcell
<p>Thanks Rituu.</p>
<p>you've been doing lots of research. You have experience of many different types of community. In your own words what is community to you?</p>
<p>I’ll add mine soon.</p>
<p>Geoff</p>
<p>Thanks Rituu.</p>
<p>you've been doing lots of research. You have experience of many different types of community. In your own words what is community to you?</p>
<p>I’ll add mine soon.</p>
<p>Geoff</p> Hi Geoff,
I found this defini…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-23:2028109:Comment:1679472017-12-23T03:52:46.063ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Hi Geoff,</p>
<p>I found this definition <a href="https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/" target="_blank">https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/</a></p>
<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/" rel="bookmark">A short definition of community</a></h2>
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<p>Hi Geoff,</p>
<p>I found this definition <a href="https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/" target="_blank">https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/</a></p>
<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/definition-of-community/" rel="bookmark">A short definition of community</a></h2>
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<div class="entry-content"><p>A colleague recently asked me to define community in 100 words or less. Here is my attempt. What do you think?</p>
<p>A group of people with something in common who consider they have some connection.</p>
<p>Community suggests some form of commonality, whether it be geographic (e.g., neighbourhoods), interest (e.g., communities of practice), a community of identity (e.g., the gay and lesbian community) or virtual (e.g., online communities). Community also suggests boundaries (often self-defined) creating the sense that some people are part of a community and some are not. Different dimensions of community can overlap and interact, particularly in creating community boundaries (e.g., somebody in a specific geographic location might not be considered part of the community because they are too “different”).</p>
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<li class="comment even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="li-comment-863"><div id="comment-863"><div class="comment-author vcard"><img id="grav-false-0" alt="" src="https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=40&d=monsterid&r=R" class="avatar avatar-40 grav-hashed grav-hijack" height="40" width="40"/> <cite class="fn">Anonymous</cite> <span class="says">says:</span></div>
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<div class="comment-body"><p>“Community also suggests boundaries (often self-defined) creating the sense that some people are part of a community and some are not.”</p>
<p>I’d like to comment on the above extract of a definition of ‘comunity’ by the facilator of this discussion. I’m not clear about what he has to say about ‘community’ being suggestive of ‘boundaries.’ Does he mean that there could be ‘sub-boundaries’ within a defined ‘community’. If so I’d be obliged if he could elaborate his point ‘…boundaries (often self-defined’ creating a sense… and some are not.” In this rapidly globalised world, it is indeed very difficult to imagine a situation or context where there could be a ‘sub-community’ within an established community.</p>
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<div class="comment-body"><p>Thanks for the question Ernest.<br/> By “Community also suggests boundaries” I’m mean that the word community implies that some people are part o the community and some people aren’t. So by boundaries I mean what it is that helps to define who is part of the community and who isn’t. While I wasn’t referring to sub-community, I can imagine there being sub-communities in an established community (if you mean a smaller community within a larger community). An example might be Filipinos living in Newcastle</p>
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</div> Community for me is a binding…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-18:2028109:Comment:1677392017-12-18T08:29:51.953ZSohail Amir Ali Bawanihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/SohailAmirAliBawani
<p>Community for me is a binding force that connect people on the premise that we are all human, connected to earth, and connected to social field</p>
<p>Community for me is a binding force that connect people on the premise that we are all human, connected to earth, and connected to social field</p> Community is common unity of…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2017-12-14:2028109:Comment:1676472017-12-14T08:02:29.763ZMOSES OKOMBO AYANYhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MOSESOKOMBOAYANY
<p>Community is common unity of the people.</p>
<p>Community is common unity of the people.</p>