"That must have been so refreshing and promising to find an organisation that believes in (and practices) a strengths-based approach! Maybe you can collaborate with SEEDS?"
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Birgitta Schomaker
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Birgitta Schomaker's Requests
Home visits
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rituu B. Nanda Nov 15, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Dear all,Marlou and I are writing a proposal for the city of Amsterdam where we intend to do home visits in a newly built neighborhood. The home visits will be the first step towards building…Continue
Personal Life Competence Process
Started this discussion. Last reply by Birgitta Schomaker Jun 3, 2017. 6 Replies 2 Likes
Dear reader,I met a young woman called Sara here in the Netherlands of Syrian descent. Sara is taking the SALT course on community development for refugees (people that have received a legal status),…Continue
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"What I like about the questions, is that they are universal: everybody has an experience of helping and being helped. Rank is an important aspect in giving and receiving help, the person providing help often having higher rank (socioeconomic status,…"
"As to your follow-up activities: photovoice and a community wall.
"Photovoice - where we will use photos taken by the youth to share their concerns with district officials at a public exhibition of photos."
I never heard of…"
"I love the activity you chose, the ice breaker activity where the groups needed to help each other to complete the task. "To identify that thing which connects us all - we talked about times when we had helped somebody. Next, we talked about…"
Crossing thresholds together
“What accent do you have? You're not from around here.” Even in a country that values social equality, there are historically rank differences between urban citizens from the large cities and the administrative centres on one hand, and residents from remote rural areas on the other hand. In the 80s of the last century, candidates from rural areas (speaking with a distinct accent) were not accepted for trainee positions at a large bank. …See More
"Thank you Birgitta for sharing this very nice tool!
I have added it in the Constellation tools box here.
Let me know if you have more to share with the network!"
"Thank you, Margot. Trusting the process.... We can also remind each other as facilitators to keep the community in the driver's seat. That's why we work in facilitation teams ;-)"
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- I'm a organizational and social psychologist, working with individuals, teams and organizations through coaching, training and change facilitation. I have a wealth of experience. Recently I've become more interested in community building through Appreciative Inquiry and other hosting methods.
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- To work more often as a change facilitator, working with concepts and tools from Deep Democracy, Theory U, Appreciate Inquiry and SALT to assist (self-directed) teams and communities.
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Crossing thresholds together
Posted on March 25, 2019 at 7:00pm 0 Comments 7 Likes
“What accent do you have? You're not from around here.” Even in a country that values social equality, there are historically rank differences between urban citizens from the large cities and the administrative centres on one hand, and residents from remote rural areas on the other hand. In the 80s of the last century, candidates from rural areas (speaking with a distinct accent) were not accepted for trainee positions at a large bank. …
Continue"You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have" Archbishop Tutu about Ubuntu
Posted on December 15, 2018 at 7:00pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
I ran into this video with Archbishop Tutu .
"A person is a person through other persons. I am human because I belong, I participate, I share. (...) You and I are made for interdependence. You and I are made for complementarity. You have gifts that I don't have. I have gifts that you don't have", Tutu says.
I find Tutu's words (and the Ubuntu perspective) very…
ContinueWhere were you born? How did that shape you as to who you are today?
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 8:30pm 9 Comments 4 Likes
How to start a conversation on migration?
We started a 7-day course on strengths-based facilitation of refugee groups in the Netherlands by letting participants (some of them with migration/flight history, and some Dutch) ask each other the following questions:
- Where were you born? Where were your parents born?
- How did that shape you as a…
ContinueRefugees help us understand, or: the power of diversity
Posted on March 10, 2018 at 12:00am 2 Comments 3 Likes
In Utrecht, in the center of the Netherlands, we came together to learn about SALT as a strengths-based approach to assist refugees in making a new home, building new networks etc. More importantly, we came together to learn from each other about diverse perspectives on inclusion of refugees in Dutch society.
Only 6 out of the 20+ participants are born in the Netherlands in a Dutch family. The rest of the group consisted of (former) refugees from Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, Kosovo, Burkina…
ContinueComment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:05pm on June 28, 2018,
Laura Simms said…
Birgitta, I just saw your note. Tell me more about what you do and if you use or have use of storytelling. I would love to have a conversation. Laura
- At 5:30pm on April 3, 2018,
jolanda kirpensteijn said…
goed idee ik zal t sturen
- At 11:29pm on July 3, 2016,
Rituu B. Nanda said…
A big thank you for your valuable contribution to the online Constellation community, Birgitta! We are lucky to have you in this journey.
- At 11:41pm on December 9, 2015,
Dear Birgitta,
Welcome to Community Life Competence!
Could you add your picture as it adds a human touch to your profile? (go to 'settings' then 'upload photo')
Connect with members: We hope you will enjoy the opportunity to communicate with friends in all parts of the world. Under the Tab with ‘Members’ you can find people to connect with and members who share similar interest.
Post your experience: You can share your experiences with local responses and the competence process through putting up a blog. To post a blog, first sign in, then go to top of the page and click on the blue button ‘Our Stories’ and click on ‘+ Add ’. You can also comment on blogs posted by other members.
Requests: This the place where we learn together. If you want to discuss an element of the Competence process, or other issues related to local responses, please contribute to the forum. To participate in an ongoing discussion, sign in, go to the top of the page, click on the blue button ‘Requests’ and then click on topic of the discussion you are interested in. In the Request you have an option to start a discussion on a topic of your interest.
Again, we are very happy to have your voice on Community Life Competence and look forward to your contributions. You will find some suggestions and rules of play under the ‘help’ tab. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any assistance. If you want support contact rituu[@]communitylifecompetence.org. To know more about the Community Life Competence approach, please visit http://www.communitylifecompetence.org
Warm regards,
Marlou and Rituu
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