{"id":66,"date":"2013-11-02T00:04:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T00:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ruralcommunities\/?p=66"},"modified":"2013-11-02T00:04:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T00:04:34","slug":"understanding-communities-dynamics-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ruralcommunities\/2013\/11\/02\/understanding-communities-dynamics-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Communities and Their Dynamics &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Community Situational Analysis \u2013 Original material presented by Lori Garkovich, University of Kentucky<\/h3>\n<h3>Brief Overview \u2013<\/h3>\n<p>A situational analysis can take many different forms and can offer a multitude of benefits to the community development process in a community. The analysis is a systematic method of gathering and delivering information to the community. A situational analysis might include: analyzing secondary data for trends, SWOT analysis, key informant interviews, focus groups, and network analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Analyzing secondary data for trends: Examine the community and the county\u2019s population, economic, income, and other trends in relationship to similar communities, all rural counties, or the state average using existing data sources.<\/p>\n<p>SWOT analysis: An assessment of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats within a community. A commonly used technique for more details see: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctb.ku.edu\/en\/table-of-contents\/assessment\/assessing-community-needs-and-resources\/swot-analysis\/main\">http:\/\/ctb.ku.edu\/en\/table-of-contents\/assessment\/assessing-community-needs-and-resources\/swot-analysis\/main<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Key Informant Interviews: key informants are people in leadership positions in multiple organizations in the community or those who know a lot about the community\u2019s history and earlier community development efforts<\/p>\n<p>Focus Groups: Conversations among small groups of invited people, the facilitator asks the group questions and encourages all members in the group to respond to one another and have a voice in the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Network Analysis: Diagrams of the working, organizational, and social relationships between people in a community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not decide to do an analysis without a clear statement of purpose \u2013 define what information needs to be known and what needs to be done with the information<\/li>\n<li>Done properly, the analysis should lead to community conversations, be used by local planning\/non-profits\/governments to inform development conversations<\/li>\n<li>The analysis itself offers an opportunity to develop skills in a community \u2013 it gauges commitment from different organizations and leaders and offers an opportunity for community members to collaborate<\/li>\n<li>The analysis contains different levels of complexity, communities may need outside expertise or broad participation by various community members<\/li>\n<li>Some parts, especially network analysis and key informant interviews, address power norms for enacting change in a community by identifying people and groups who are the most influential and how they interact with others in the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Translating these concepts into practice, examples in Oregon:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The posted resources contain more details about translating these concepts into practice. The Extension Service can help communities in Oregon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Situational Analysis: Community Vitality Indicators Project \u2013 a\u00a0 survey based comprehensive overview of a community\u2019s progress towards a range of stated goals, completed by Tillamook and Wallowa counties. <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonexplorer.info\/rural\/CommunityVitality\">http:\/\/oregonexplorer.info\/rural\/CommunityVitality<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Project Overview: <a href=\"http:\/\/r2r.rdiinc.org\/pdfs\/Community_Indicators_of_Vitality_Slides.pdf\">http:\/\/r2r.rdiinc.org\/pdfs\/Community_Indicators_of_Vitality_Slides.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Secondary Trends Analysis by Extension Community Economists &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ruralstudies.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/presentation\/pdf\/DouglasCo10_28_10_OSU_med.pdf\">http:\/\/ruralstudies.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/presentation\/pdf\/DouglasCo10_28_10_OSU_med.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A fuller description of the situational analysis is available from this Extension document by the University of Kentucky: Situation Analysis by Roger Rennekamp, Martha Nall and Julie Zimmerman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ca.uky.edu\/psd\/Learning%20about%20PD\/Situation%20Analysis.pdf\">http:\/\/www2.ca.uky.edu\/psd\/Learning%20about%20PD\/Situation%20Analysis.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the next session we will be discussing six strategies of economic development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Situational Analysis \u2013 Original material presented by Lori Garkovich, University of Kentucky Brief Overview \u2013 A situational analysis can take many different forms and can offer a multitude of benefits to the community development process in a community. The analysis is a systematic method of gathering and delivering information to the community. 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