October 2022 CD Practitioner Gathering Harvest

On Wednesday, October 12th we convened as community development practitioners for our monthly peer-based conversations.

You can access the full notes here, or flip through the note taking slides below!

We had one breakout room conversation and a chat in the main room. The highlights below were gathered from the group debrief.

How are we engaging community right now? What’s working?

Offer drop in rather than something requiring commitment has been working much better for engagement
Invitations that come from personal connections, and asking people to bring a friend, are more effective
People are really prioritizing where they spend their time now… and that isn’t often on their larger community