To accompany a talk to the Irish Uplands Forum, 4 & 5 October, 2018. Mulranny, Co. Mayo.

1. Navigating
Community
Development
Professor Frank Rennie
Lews Castle College
UHI

2. Stornoway

3. Stages in Community Development
•1) Identification
•2) Evaluation
•3) Prioritisation
•4) Implementation
Networking

4. Asset Based Community Development

5. Evaluation

6. GoodBad
GoodBad
Nuclear waste dump
Community casino
Improve harbour facilities
NC500 circuit

7. Prioritisation

8. Community Animation

9. Telephone tree

10. Key contacts

11. UHI main campus locations

12. UHI
local
area

13. UHI WAN
JANET
UHI dedicated IT
network

15. Networked learning

16. What we tend to think
•Social media is…
• A waste of time
• Only for young people
• Complex and difficult
• Dangerous
• Uncontrolled
• A free way of maximising impact
• Prohibited by our university, school,
or organisation

17. Facebook: “This is the research I like”
Useful for:
• Creating communities of
practice and groups
• Generating discussion & debate
• Networking
• Mixing media (text, images,
video, etc.)
• Promoting projects & events
Limitations:
• Care needed to separate public
and private posts
• Issues of copyright and re-use
• Can trivialise information
• Ethical considerations

18. Twitter: “Here is what I am researching right now”
Useful for:
• Broadcasting ideas, opinions,
events
• Following ongoing projects and
events
• Networking with peers
• Sharing news
Limitations:
• Fast-moving (might miss tweets)
• Audiences follow themes (be
careful not mix messages)
• Mixing professional and private
• Short bites of information
(though can link with websites)
• Ethical considerations

19. Wordpress: “What I think about my research subject”
Useful for:
• Personal diaries or research logs
• Work in progress
• News about areas of interest
• Building followers
• Following the work of key
individuals or organisations
Limitations:
• Needs to be focussed on a
specific topic
• Needs regular posts (small and
frequently)

20. My blog site

21. Hyper-interactivity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnQcCgS7aPQ

22. View this presentation again at
www.slideshare.net/frankrennie
More info at
www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/frennie
Twitter @frankrennie
E-mail: frank.rennie@uhi.ac.uk