Archive for October, 2011
What is SCOPE’s Resident Community Changemakers Fellowship?
On Tuesday, SCOPE will host an information session regarding the Resident Community Changemakers fellowship, which will be starting up in January 2012. This is a nine-month fellowship for individuals who are living in Sarasota County and are interested in devoting themselves to resident-initiated, resident-led community change efforts beginning in their own neighborhood. SCOPE will provide [...]
From a Communiplexity Perspective, Are We Measuring What Counts?
This week, invitations went out for the 3rd Annual Communiplexity Summit, which SCOPE is once again co-hosting. What is “communiplexity,” you ask? It’s an orientation that combines the theories and approaches of complexity and community change, in order to discover and invent new ways to understand and participate in our own communities.
Complexity is a relatively [...]
In Search of Aspiring Resident Community Changemakers
Over the past year, SCOPE has been developing a community fellowship for “resident community changemakers.” See this January 2011 blog post for a description of what that means. In January 2012, a new cadre of local residents will begin the 9-month fellowship. SCOPE will provide weekly reflective consultation and access to various resources on community-building [...]
3rd Annual Communiplexity Summit
The 3rd Annual Communiplexity Summit will be taking place here in Sarasota on Friday, November 18th from 8:30 - 4:30 in the Community Room at the Herald-Tribune. SCOPE will be co-hosting the summit with Banyan Sprout, Inc. “Communiplexity” refers to combined theories of community and complexity which, when explored together, can yield innovative approaches to [...]