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Dee Brooks
- Newcastle, New South Wales
- Australia
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- Gender
- Female
- Name
- Dee Brooks
- How did you know about Constellation community?
- Through Rituu
- Organisation
- The Jeder Institute
- About Me:
- I am a trainer, keynote speaker and event facilitator & a Director at the Jeder Institute. My background is in youth work, community research and community development and I believe in the power of tapping into the collective wisdom of a community to strengthen and build on what's already there. I provide Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) & Art of Hosting training for a range of organisations and government departments and assist with community inclusive strategic planning. I also provide professional facilitation for conferences, forums and events and I'm a founding member and Facilitator of the ABCD Asia Pacific Network, an accredited ABCD trainer, an Art of Hosting trained facilitator and a DRUMBEAT Facilitator. Lastly, I'm an International Faculty Member of the ABCD Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago, U.S.A. and a Steward of the ABCD in Action Network.
- My dream:
- For people to mobilise their collective wisdom to work together on large social issues.
- I'm proud of:
- My latest DRUMBEAT group - I am working with a group of men at the local HIV Well-being Centre! DRUMBEAT is a 10 week therapeutic program which is delivered through drumming - it's amazing!
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Dee Brooks's Blog
The 4 Pillars of the Jeder Institute
Posted on December 7, 2016 at 8:54am 1 Comment 2 Likes
This is an introduction to the Jeder Institute's 4 foundational pillars which were co-created by a number of the Collective members at Jeder's gathering 2016 in Sydney, Australia and summarised by Jeder's Vision Vanguards; Dee, Michelle and Michaela.
Click on the link below! Enjoy!
Connect! Don’t Collect! : The Art of Community Mapping
Posted on May 5, 2016 at 2:49am 0 Comments 2 Likes
The following is an actual conversation I had with the Manager of a medium sized organisation in 2008 after I had delivered an Asset-based Community-driven (ABCD) keynote presentation at a national conference in Brisbane:
Manager, “We tried that asset mapping thing! It didn’t work!”
I asked, “Could I ask what you did and with who?”
Manager, “It was a staff meeting, I drew up 6 columns (one for each asset) and asked all my staff…
ContinueAsset Based Community Development (ABCD) explained through animation
Posted on October 19, 2014 at 7:00am 8 Comments 3 Likes
Hi All,
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is an approach to community development, as well as a way of thinking and seeing.Here's a great clip explaining ABCD through animation - it's great!
I'm going to use it often when people ask me, "What do you actually do for work?"…
ContinueOne tree at a time...
Posted on October 7, 2014 at 3:00am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Hi All,
I recently added a blog post to the ABCD Asia Pacific site which you might be interested in!
It discusses the importance of starting small - one conversation at a time!
We can hear a lot from people by having Learning Conversations and discovering what they truly care about...
You can find the blog …
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grateful thank to have accepted my request Welcome to learn from you and get in touch for nice shares ... Florence
Hi Dee, you have been featured in Constellation community for your valuable participation by posting a blog and sharing your experience. A big thank you!
Dear Dee,
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