Implementing Programs Flashcards
6 components of Community
Sense of membership, identity and belonging
Common symbol systems of language and rituals
Shared values and norms
Mutual influence
Shared needs
Shared emotional connection through history, experiences and support
Where does the term community organization come from
Social work literature
Community Organization
Communities are helped to identify problems or goals, mobilize resources and develop and implement strategies for reaching collectively set goals
Purpose of community organization
Enrichment, development and change of social institutions
Challenges of community organization
No longer feel community oriented as a society
7 assumptions of community organizations
Community can develop capacity to deal with own problems
People want and can change
People should play active roles in major community changes
Self imposed changes work better
Hollistic approach through varying interests is better
Democracy requires involvement and makes change more viable
Help is often needs to mobilize communities
10 steps in community organization
Recognize issue Gain entry in community Organize the poeple Assess community Determine priorities and set goals Arrive at solution and pick a strategy Implement, evaluate, maintain Loop back
Who are the ones to set priorities and goals
Stakeholders
Bottom up
Initiated by community
Who do you gain buy in from
Opinion leaders and gate keepers
3 Advantages of internal personnel
Reduced cost
Internal arrangements can be made to free work schedules
More control over those involved
3 disadvantages of internal personnel
Limited by interest and ability of staff
May have limited expertise
More time planning than implementing
4 Advantages of external personnel
Known expertise
They can conduct program
Can request program guarantees
Have resources and sophisticated tools
3 disadvantages of external personnel
More costly
Subject to vendor limitations
Less control over program
Resources
All people and things required to carry out program
Who secures the necessary resources
Planners
Personnel
Those who carry out the program
2 types of personnel
Internal and external
Internal Personnel
People within organization or target population
External Personnel
Consultants
Who is the market in social marketing
Target population
Marketing
Planned attempt to influence the characteristics of voluntary exchange transactions of costs and benefits between buyers and sellers
Social Marketing
Application of commercial marketing technologies to programs designed to influence behaviour and increase welfare
What is the focus of social marketing
Non tangible products
Intention of social marketing
Bring about adoption or acceptance of practices in a population
5 groups of adopters of innovation
Innovators Early adopters Early majority Late majority Late adopters
Percentages of adopters in population
I- 2% EA- 14% EM- 34% LM- 34% LA- 16%
Innovators
Venturesome, independant and daring- want to try something first
Which kind of innovation adopters are opinion leaders?
Early adopters
Early adopters
Interested in program but more cautious than innovators
Early majority
Interested in program but need a push
Late Majority
Skeptical about program
Late adopters
Not interested and suspicious about change and the program
How do you reach innovators and early adopters
Mass media
How do you reach the early majority
External motivation
How do you reach the late majority
Constant exposure and mentoring
Marketing Mix
Product
Price
Placement
Promotion
Implementation
Initiating the activity, providing assistance, problem solving and reporting progress
5 stages in implementation
Adoption of the program Identifying and prioritizing tasks Establishing a system of management Putting plans into action Ending or sustaining program
3 implementation strategies
Pilot test
Phase in
Total program
Pilot test
Program on small scale
Phase In
Phase program into larger segments of the population
Total Program
Very dangerous without a pilot test to make changes
5 components of informed consent
Explain nature and purpose of program Inform of any dangers or risks Explain benefits of participation Inform of similar programs that will accomplish the same thing Know they can stop at any time
Commision
Doing something you shouldn’t
Ommision
Not doing something you should
Locality Development
Most like community development. Seeks change through broad self help participation from local community. Process oriented
Social planning
Task oriented. Focused on rational empirical problem solving usually by an outside expert
Social Action
Both process and task oriented. Increasing community’s problem solving ability and reduce imbalance between disadvantaged group and larger society
What should the planner’s role be
Facilitator or assistant
Where should the leader come from
Within the community
When do you not need to gain entry into community
When the issue was citizen initiated
Gatekeepers
People you must pass through to gain access to people of the community
Cultural humility
Openness to other’s cultures
Who should you organize first
People who are interested in addressing the concern
Executive participants
Small core group of people committed to problem resolution
3 types of attributes of successful organizers
Change vision attributes
Technical skills
Interactional and experience skills
Change vision attributes
See a need for change and are dedicated and committed to seeing change occur
Technical skills
Related to efficacy on issues and organizational health and effectiveness
Interactional and experience skills
Respond with empathy, to assess and intervene with people and identify and maintain organizational members and leaders
Active participants
Take part in activities and are not afraid to get work done
Occasional participants
Involved irregularly and only when major decisions are being made
Supporting participants
Seldom involved but swell ranks and contribute in non active ways
Task force
Self contained group of doers brought together due to strong interest in an issue