Ready for Development ?
Community Economic
Development (CED) Assessment
& Action Initiative
MNL Symposium – May 2015
Mike Stolte & Fiona Mooney
Centre for Innovative & Entrepreneurial Leadership (CIEL)
Nelson, BC
inspiring vitality & entrepreneurship in communities
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“Those who have finished learning find
themselves equipped to live in a world
that no longer exists”
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Eric Hoffer
Objectives
Intro
 Community
Readiness
 Tools
 Some questions for
you
 CEDAAI
Q&A
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"The next century will be
accompanied by 20,000
years of technological
progress compared to today's
rate of change."
Ray Kurzweil author, “The
Age of Spiritual Machines”
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CIEL
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Incubated within Community Futures Central
Kootenay (B.C.) to provide CED services
 Became
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independent in 2005
Been invited to Australia, India, New Zealand,
US to present tools/processes
Work has been featured on CBC, Canadian
Living, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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Developed Tools and Processes for
communities
Castlegar Scores Compared to Average of All BVI Communities
Castlegar
Average Score
Total Score
100
Markets & Marketing
Opportunities & Attitudes
Areas of strength
Communication & Connectivity
Quality of Life
0
Infrastructure & Business Services
Education & Training
Low Capacity
Capital & Funding
Government & Organizations
Innovation
Leadership Teamwork
& Networking
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Beyond Economic
Survival
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Tourism 360
Guide
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CED Guide
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Communities are at different stages/phases
Actualization
Chaos (Pre
(Highly
Community)
Functioning)
Vision
(Functioning)
Emergent
(Struggling)
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What are you?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Yellow (chaos)
Red (Emergence)
Blue (Vision)
White (Actualization)
39%
38%
15%
8%
1.
2.
3.
4.
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What is BVI?
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BVI is a tool designed to enhance
Community Entrepreneurship by
measuring a community’s
business friendliness relative to
other communities
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Compares & analyzes
perceptions
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Using findings, assists community
in setting priorities & taking
action
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Assess - Focus -
Act
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Castlegar Scores Compared to Average of All BVI Communities
Castlegar
Based on BVI – The BVA is easy-to-use tool for maximizing business and
Average Score
economic vitality in small communitiesTotal Score
100
Markets & Marketing
Opportunities & Attitudes
Areas of strength
Communication & Connectivity
Quality of Life
0
Infrastructure & Business Services
Education & Training
Low Capacity
Capital & Funding
Government & Organizations
Innovation
Leadership Teamwork & Networking
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Nakusp, BC
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Opportunity
Identification
session for young
people
Buy Local Program
to address leakage
Formation of a
Community
Foundation
Increase cooperation between
business,
government &
citizens by working
together on a
project (Halcyon
Home Seniors
complex slated by
closure by
provincial
government)
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Process – as Important
as the Tool
1)
2)
3)
4)
Meeting with Community
Sponsor(s)
ASSESSMENT Meeting
– businesspeople,
community leaders,
others
FOCUS Meeting
– whole community
ACTION!
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What do tools/processes do?
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Assess - Focus - Act – Bridge the study/action divide
Allow community to take control
Find gaps, strengths & opportunities in easy-to-read
format
Quantify indicators important for CED
Build common understanding & set priorities for action
Use the power of research to access funding
Bring business people, leaders and citizens together to
build bridges and capacity
Workplan for CED
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How ready are you to participate
next year?
42%
37%
1.
2.
3.
Good
Fair
Not So Good
21%
1.
2.
3.
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What are your CED growth areas in the next
2 yrs?
32%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Arts & Culture
Tourism
Capacity Building
Recruiting People
Recruiting Investment
Downtown Revitalization/
Infrastructure
BRE
Entrepreneurial Culture
Other
16%
15%
12%
10%
4%
3%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
4%
8.
4%
9.
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Rate your municipality’s willingness to
invest in CED actions?
44%
1.
2.
3.
47%
Good
Fair
Not So Good
10%
1.
2.
3.
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How able are you to work with
your neighbours?
41%
1.
2.
3.
44%
Good
Fair
Not So Good
15%
1.
2.
3.
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What are your CED Strengths?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Council
Staff
Community
Champion
Volunteers
Community Buy-In
Neighbours
34%
27%
17%
12%
5%
1.
2.
3.
5%
4.
5.
6.
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What are you CED Limitations?
28%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Council
Staff
Community
Champion
Volunteers
Community Buy-In
Neighbours
20%
18%
15%
10%
1.
10%
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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For successful CED, what may your
municipality struggle with?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Organization
Facilitating
Analyzing
Recommendations
Follow Through
Community Involvement
Neighbour Involvement
Linking with Resources
25%
18%
15%
14%
12%
6%
6%
5%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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What are you most likely to
use?
27%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Training
Mentoring/Coaching
Facilitation
Analysis
Collaboration Assistance
Links to Resources
20%
19%
17%
9%
7%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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“We are the
leaders we have
been waiting for”
Hopi Elder
The choice is
yours….
…are you ready
to step up to the
challenge?
Mike Stolte & Fiona Mooney
(CIEL)
Nelson, BC CANADA
1-250-352-5866
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“The old style of throwing money at the
problem is not the high-impact solution for
regional government in Australia. Given
the task of rejuvenating a region and the
choice of $50 million, or $2 million & 20
committed local leaders, we would
choose the small amount of money and
the committed leaders.” McKinsey & Co.
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 “The future of
every community
lies in capturing the
passion, imagination
and resources of its
people.” - Ernesto
Sirolli
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“Change is the law of life. And those who look
only to the past or the present are certain to miss
the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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“A leader is a dealer in hope” - Napoleon
Bonaparte
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