Community Development Strategy

1. “It’s a collective effort!”
Strategic Community Development:
Developing a Future Desired State for Community
Victory
‘IT’S A COLLECTIVE EFFORT’
-IT’S OUR CHOICE AS A COMMUNITY
-‘We have inherited the world from our forefathers - we
have borrowed it from our children’ - Jesse Jackson
We are accountable, it’s our responsibility to our future
generations of children
Economicall
y viable
Socially
Responsible
Environment
ally
conscious
‘AFRICA IT’S OUR TIME’
“We have inherited the world from our forefathers, borrowed it from our children”
- Jesse Jackson
Let us together:
† CLEAN UP
† CARE FOR
† BEAUTIFY
† DEVELOP
Our beautiful Continent - one country at a time ……….
It’s our responsibility to our generations to follow - leaving behind an ‘African heritage’
that continues to entrench in our youth Nelson Mandela’s Legacy

2. “It’s a collective effort!”
Contents
• Introduction
• The Environment
• Public Management
• Sustainable Development
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution
• The SCD: ‘Soap for Hope’ Simulation
• Business, Government and Civil Society
• The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Communication, Collaboration and Cooperation
• Case Study: The Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID -19)
• Relevant Strategic Community Development Legislation
• Development in Complex Community Environments
• Strategic Community Development Participation
• Forming Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
• Youth Entrepreneurship Development
• Sustainable Development ‘Triads’
• Triple-Bottom Line Reporting
• Leadership Development
• Conflict Management
• The ‘Love Platter’
• Conclusion

3. “It’s a collective effort!”
Africa
Strategic
Community Development
Economically
viable
Socially Responsible
Environmentally
conscious
‘
‘I dream of an Africa which is at peace
with itself’
- Nelson Mandela

4. “It’s a collective effort”
effort!”
Community Participation
Story Title: ‘THAT’S NOT MY JOB’
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody,
Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was sure that
Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realised that
Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what
Anybody could have done. Sounds familiar doesn’t it?

5. Strategic Community Development:
Current African Continental
Challenges
Energy crisis
The African
System
Financial
Stability
Political Will
and Stability
Food
Security
Economic
Stability
Courtesy Dr. C. Nonkwelo

6. “It’s a collective effort”
effort!”
Traps for many Leaders:
The Case for Africa
 Not learning quickly
 Isolation
 Know-it-all
 Holding on to existing teams
 Taking on too much
 Compromising Godly values
 Successor syndrome
 State capture
 Corruption
 Bribery

7. “It’s a collective effort!”
Strategic
Community Development
A 2030 Vision for South Africa
Source: The Department of the Presidency: National Planning Commission (2011:430)

8. “It’s a collective effort!”
National Development Planning (NDP)
Combating Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment
Source: Department of the Presidency: National Planning Commission (2011:11)
The quandary of growth and job creation

9. “It’s a collective effort!”
Provincial Growth & Development Plan (PGDP)
Combating
Poverty, Inequality & Unemployment
2030 Vision
Source: 2030 Provincial Growth Development Plan (2012:11)
Building a better future together

10. Presidential Review Committee
on State-Owned Entities (SOEs)
Growing the Economy – Bridging the Gap
Source: Presidential Review Committee on State owned Entities (2013:20)
Building a better future together
“Planet , People & Prosperity”

11. Developing South African ‘Smart Cities’ by 2030
being able to multi-task tomorrows
critical thinkers in the 4th industrial revolution
“It’s a collective effort!”

12. “It’s a collective effort!”
Education
Strategic
Community Development
Poverty & Development
Economically
viable
Socially Responsible
Environmentally
conscious
‘
‘Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world’
- Nelson Mandela
Poverty & Development in Africa & South Africa
 What are the impacts of poverty in our communities?
 What progress have we made in our community to date?
 What strategies are we implementing?
 How can we eradicate poverty in our communities?
What do we mean by inequality?
How can we create jobs?
How can we best support entrepreneurship?
How can we support innovation and job creation?

13. “It’s a collective effort!”
Leadership in complex communities
.‘What lies behind us and what lies
before us are tiny matters to what
lies within us’
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
‘Leaders see life as it could be, they are always seeing a little
further, a little more, than those around them’
– John Maxwell
• How do we manage conflict in complex communities?
• How can we facilitate development in complex communities?
• How do we mobilise complex communities for positive growth?
• What leadership types exist in complex communities?
• Who all has a stake in a community?
• What groupings are prevalent in a community environment?
• How can community leaders work together to manage community resources?

14. “It’s a collective effort!”
Meeting GDP, RDP, NDP, PGDPs, IDPs, DDMs & SDGs
Goals and Objectives
‘Putting first things first’
‘What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters to
what lies within us’ - Oliver Wendell Holmes
‘Mineworkers Song’ - a dedication to those who died
in the Marikana mine disaster
Source: song written by Siva Pillay and Intersection: sound and film

15. The Gautrain
South Africa’s fastest rail system
Fast- tracking future Technological Innovation in Africa
‘Africa it’s our time’
‘Africa it’s our time’
Leadership and Self-Deception -
‘getting out of the box’
The Arbinger Institute
“It’s a collective effort!”

16. Developing South African ‘Smart Cities’ by 2030
being able to multi-task tomorrows critical thinkers
The 4th Industrial Revolution - The Internet of Things
“It’s a collective effort!”
LMS / e-learning system
Customised In – Outsource
user centric Hybrid Model

17. “New Heart. New Nation.”
Critical thinking not only
‘outside of the box’ but ‘without the box’
Have we adapted to change in the
21st century? (The 4th Industrial Revolution)
Digital Natives and Im
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K-12 Students Vision.wmv
Birth of
A New
Generation…

18. Bottom-Up Emergence versus a
Top-Down Design
Source: Adapted from : Images of Strategy (Cumming & Wilson, 2003, p. 2).
Instilling a new compass of integrity
”Planet , People & Prosperity”

19. Strategic African Leadership
“It’s a collective effort!”

20. “New Heart. New Nations.”
The Sustainable Development Triad: (PPPs) -
The Communications Pyramid

21. “New Heart. New Nations.”
The Sustainable Development Triad: (PPPs) -
‘The deprivation trap’

22. “It’s a collective effort!”
Integrated
Strategic Management Model
Managing in the Community Environment

23. “It’s a collective effort!”
Cutting a New Diamond
for South Africa

24. “New Heart. New Nations.”
The Sustainable Development Triad: (PPPs) –
The African spirit of ‘Ubuntu’

25. “It’s a collective effort!”
Integrated
Strategic Management Model for Community Development
Managing the Environment and Change:
Implementing the AIDA concept for Membership and Events

26. “New Heart. New Nations.”
The Environment
A web of Socio-Ecological Interactions
Power, Policy & 'holistic' Environmental Perspectives
'Faces of Environmental Success'

27. “It’s a collective effort!”
Strategic African Leadership
Leading profit and non-profit organisations
managing in the environment
Managers
 Focus on things
 Do things right
 Plan
 Organise
 Direct
 Control
 Follows the rules
Leaders
 Focus on people
 Do the right things
 Inspire
 Influence
 Motivate
 Build
 Shape entities

28. “New Heart. New Nations.”
The Sustainable Development Triad: (PPPs)
Implementing the District Development Model
2020 - 2030

29. Ethical Leadership
What type of leader should emerge from Africa’s
Leadership development curriculum?
• Leader by the position achieved
• Leader by personality, charisma
• Leader by moral example
• Leader by power held
• Intellectual leader
• Leader because of ability to accomplish things
• What type of leader are you??????
“New Heart. New Nation.”

30. “It’s a collective effort!”
Municipal areas utilized for further observation
and for pilot testing in South Africa

31. “It’s a collective effort!”
Municipal areas utilized for further observation
and for pilot testing in South Africa
 Johannesburg
(Third largest Metro in Africa)
 Madibeng
[The Cradle of Human Kind]
 Ugu District Municipality
District Development Model [DDM]
Part of SA Smart City Development
 Umdoni
Local Municipality
[A J.E.W.E.L on SA’s South Coast]
 Umkomaas
EThekwini Metro – Ward 99
[Going down to the river]

32. “It’s a collective effort!”
Strategic Direction
.‘What lies behind us and what lies
before us are tiny matters to what
lies within us’
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
If you want to build a ship, don’t start by sending your men into
the forest to gather wood, start by giving them a passion for
the sea . . . (Anon.)
‘Down Centenary Road’
Source: Song of Siva Pillay
and Intersection

33. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Strategic Community Development Cases
- introducing ‘African’ Case Studies
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships
The ‘J.E.W.E.L’ of the South
Coast

34. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Strategic Community Development
- introducing African 'live' Life Case Studies
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships

35. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Strategic Community Development
Conferences, Seminars & Workshops
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships
Boat Cruises
Strategic Community Development
Business, Government & Society
Annual Community Contribution Awards
Let us citizens start to ‘rock the boat’
To Portuguese Islands and Back – ‘Live’ Cases
4 night and 5 day Seminar cruises
between 2020 – 2030
and beyond

36. “It’s a collective effort!”
The Integrated Development Plan
The ‘IDP’ Procedure Bottom-up
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships

37. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Role Plays and Industrial Theatre
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships

38. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Strategic Community Development
- introducing African 'live' Life Case Studies
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships
The Jewel of the South Coast

39. “It’s a collective effort!”
Executive Training and Development:
Role Plays and Industrial Theatre
The Sustainable
Development Triad
C B
G
Trained
Assessors
Executive Education
Work-Based Projects (Plus)
Strategic Plan
 Business Plan
 Functional Plan
 Project Plan
promoting
Public Private Partnerships

40. “Africa it’s your time”
collective effort!”
‘Dim Dep…Dim Dep’
South African Performing Arts and Music
Educating nations through entertainment (‘edutainment’)
Creating Environmental Awareness for Strategic Community Development
‘Faces of Environmental Success’ - Hosted at the Playhouse in Durban

41. ‘Dim Dep…Dim Dep’
South African Performing Arts and Music
Educating nations through entertainment (‘edutainment’)
Creating Environmental Awareness for Strategic Community Development
‘Faces of Environmental Success’ - Hosted at the Playhouse in Durban
'Too blind to see'
Do you remember, how clean and green…. was the earth
All creatures on the land and sea, living in harmony
Do you remember, when God created this place
The beauty of the animal’s, flowers and trees
and
Do you remember, when children… played in our parks
While mom and dad relaxed and picnicked on the grass
Do you remember, how clean and clear was the air
The beauty of our landscapes, different cultures
everywhere
Can’t you see…. its time to clean-up our country
All citizens’ together, hand-in-hand in unity
You know, I can’t see, the beauty that surrounds me…..
[Because I am blind]
Yet we’re all blind, facing up to reality
That it’s time to…. care for our planet , continent &
country
Written & composed by: Prof Anthony Rippon
“Africa it’s our time”

42. “Africa it’s your time”
collective effort!”
‘Dim Dep…Dim Dep’
South African Performing Arts and Music
Educating nations through entertainment (‘edutainment’)
Creating Environmental Awareness for Strategic Community Development
‘Faces of Environmental Success’ - Hosted at the Playhouse in Durban
‘Africa it’s our time’

43. Sagiya International Jazz Day 2022
South African Performing Arts and Music
Educating nations through entertainment (‘edutainment’)
Creating Environmental Awareness for Strategic Community Development
‘Faces of Environmental Success’ - Hosted together 30 April 2022
“Africa it’s our time”

44. MUSIC COLLABORATION IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY
South African Performing Arts and Music
Educating nations through entertainment (‘edutainment’)
Creating Environmental Awareness for Strategic Community Development
‘Faces of Environmental Success’ - Hit song: ‘Too Blind to See’ [4.7K] on YouTube
“Africa it’s our time”

45. “New Heart. New Nation.”
Proudly South African
Going forward for future Nation Building
top-down versus bottom-up
#ImStaying

46. Strategic Community Development
Case Study: The COVID – 19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Important lessons learnt in each country and in the global community
Environmentally, Socially & Economically
A GLOBAL ‘PARADIGM
SHIFT’ IN MOTION
‘It’s time we learn to think not only ‘outside of the
box’, but ‘without the box.’ - Anthony Rippon
“It’s a collective effort!”

47. “New Heart. New Nation.”
Bottom-up Emergence / Top-down Design
BOTTOM-UP EMERGENCE
Need Identification – Seek First Seeds of Knowledge
Balance Developing a Future Desired State for
Community Victory
† By the People
† For the People
† Back to the People
Serving You, Saving our Environment
Whisper - Voice - Shout
TOP-DOWN DESIGN

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effort!”
Implementing
Triple-Bottom Line (TBL) Projects
Example: Qala Fuel
Economically
viable
Socially Responsible
Environmentally
conscious

49. “It’s a collective effort!”
Education
Strategic
Community Development
Economically
viable
Socially Responsible
Environmentally
conscious
‘
‘Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world’
- Nelson Mandela

50. The Final Message [MEMO]
We need to start by creating an awareness and sense of
urgency on the African continent
Climates are changing!!! Time is running out!!!
 Take care of your health and environment
 Build credibility
 Create demand
 Be accessible
 Be focused but flexible
 Be proactive, be ‘smart’ and become active
 Make tough decisions but be humane
 It is now is the time to clean-up, care for,
beautify and develop our environment
“It’s a collective effort!”

51. “It’s a collective effort!”
The Final Message [MEMO]
We need to start by creating an awareness and sense of
urgency on the African continent
Climates are changing!!! Time is running out!!!
South Coast Tourism
Aliwal Shoal : South Africa’s scuba diving Mecca
Umkomaas - Ward no. 99 of 110 in the Durban Metro
Environment and Tourism

52. “New Heart. New Nation.”
How far are you willing to go?
I believe I can fly… I believe I can touch the sky
We have only 'One Life. One Earth.' ......'One Love.'

53. “New Heart. New Nation.”
Climates are changing!!!
Time is running out!!!
South Africa
The world’s hidden ‘jewel’
Focusing on our Eco and Cultural Diversity
in the Environment and Tourism industries

54. “New Heart. New Nation.”
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How far are you willing to go?
I believe I can fly ….. I believe I can touch the sky
We have only 'One Life. One Earth.'...'One Love.‘ (Almighty God)
Focusing on co-creating an IQ, EQ and SQ balance

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effort!”
Initial Environmental Awareness Education and Community
Environment (Ward) Activities Proposed
Community Helping and Healing
‘Hands of Compassion’
Key Goals and Objectives for 2020 and beyond
 Clean up
 Care for
 Beautify
 Develop
Introducing proposed ‘Soap for Hope’ Simulation and
the unique ‘iGt Holistic Prog. Series’. A series of
Strategic Community Leadership Seminar Workshops
for 44 districts and 8 metro’s between 2020 and 2030.
Strategic Community Development
Projects

56. “New Heart. New Nation.”
Isaiah 54 Children’s home
Community Outreach
18 July 2020 - 2030
International Mandela Day
67 minutes Community Outreach
Isaiah 54 Children’s Sanctuary

57. Developing a Future Desired State for Community
Victory
‘The L.O.V.E Platter’
(Logic, Objective, Values & Enterprise)
“It’s a collective effort”
effort!”
.‘What lies behind us and what lies
before us are tiny matters to what
lies within us’
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
‘Leaders see life as it could be, they are always seeing a
little farther, a little more, than those around them
– John Maxwell

58. “It’s a collective effort!”
Victory
Strategic
Community Development
The Beauty of Mathematics
‘Interfaith Dialogue’
Economically
viable
Socially Responsible
Environmentally
conscious
‘
‘You are a part of God’s plan, and you are a
victor in God’s victory.’
- Max Lucado

59. “New Heart. New Nation.”
South Africa
Going forward for future Nation Building
top-down versus bottom-up
#ImStaying

60. “New Heart. New Nation.”
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Climates are changing!!!
Time is running out!!!