Assets and strengths, not deficits and needs, are the true building blocks of healthy communities. ​Every individual, association, and institution has assets that can contribute to community well-being and justice. Through trust-based philanthropy and participatory grantmaking, nonprofits and grantmakers are evolving how they work. But it is also important to recognize that the communities themselves are filled with unutilized assets.

In this webinar, we will learn the basic principles and practices of asset-based community development (ABCD), and how they can enhance the work we do in the nonprofit sector. We will explore what it means to have an abundant mindset, including an introduction to asset mapping and discovering how the social sector can work in communities using the power of gift-centered practices.

Use the following bookmarks to jump to sections of the training:

• 00:20 Introducing the moderators
• 01:21 Introducing De’Amon Harges
• 02:56 What is The Learning Tree?
• 03:41 What does it mean for an institution to be ready for asset-based community development?
• 05:38 Asset-based community development overview
• 06:36 Gifts of individuals
• 06:55 Gifts of associates
• 07:07 Gifts of healthy institutions
• 09:19 Five community assets
• 09:48 Asset-based ecology
• 14:32 Head, hands, heart
• 17:54 Asset mapping
• 22:38 How institutions can utilize an asset map
• 24:18 Vitality Index
• 28:52 Goals of the Vitality Index
• 29:53 Sections of the Vitality Index
• 31:22 Sample Vitality index
• 31:48 Recommended reading
• 42:41 Q&A