It is important that people find a cause that they resonate with and then get involved at the level of their interest and amount of time they are willing to give. People are involved in different activities based upon their interest in a cause.
- The first level is Expose where people are testing the water to see what the cause is all about and if it matches their interest
- The second level is Engagement where they have tested the waters and there seems to be a fit and people want to become more involved
- The third level is Own which their interest and the cause are in sync and the person knows they want to be involved.
This process can be likened to a funnel
Below are ways in which show ways that people can become involved in transforming a neighborhood in each of the three levels. The A indicates activity while L indicates Learn
|
Expose/Entry Level |
| Walk in the neighborhood with others, gathering information through senses (A) |
| Go to neighborhood meeting with someone else (A) |
| Help prepare for an event (A) |
| Participate in an event in the neighborhood with others (A) |
| Introduce NT to church or friends(A) |
| Do prayer walking in neighborhood with others (A) |
| Go along with some doing Asset Mapping (A) |
| Provide administrative help occasionally remotely or face to face(A) |
| Create interest in your area of influence to learn more about NT and to hold an initial training (A) |
| Input data to set up database for asset responses (A) |
| Provide needed materials or funds for an event. (A) |
| Read books about cause from Reading List (L) |
| Small Group Introduction to NT Principals (L) |
| Learn about Discipline of Love and create possible list (L) |
| See movie Bless Child at Home and debrief as group (L) |
| Engagement Level |
| Learn why and how to do Asset Mapping (L) |
| Do Asset Mapping in neighborhood with neighborhood activities (A) |
| Begin to talk about NT to others informally (A) |
| Help organize and do an activity or event in the neighborhood (A) |
| Spend time on their own in the neighborhood (A). |
| Be involved in organizing a NT training with church & or friends |
| Input regularly asset responses into database and manipulate it looking for patterns (A) |
| Teach a small group in the neighborhood something they know well and feel comfortable in (A&L) |
| Participate in Neighborhood Association meetings (A) |
| Start Neighborhood Transformation training (L) |
| Apply Disciplines of Love with chosen individuals (A) |
| Small group six session study (L) |
| Own Level |
| Continue training and start applying what is learned in the target neighborhood (L&A) |
| Do Asset Mapping door to door, bringing new people with you (A) |
| Become part of the facilitation team and begin to do ministry in the neighborhood. (L&A) |
| Lead small group trainings around the groups interests even if new to the facilitator (L&A) |
| Train potential new workers in segmented training (L&A) |
| Make presentations on NT to explain what NT is and elicit people becoming part of NT (A) |
| Regularly support NT financially (A) |
| Invite new people to join you as you do some of your activities in the neighborhood. (A) |
Look around and decide how you can become involved in transforming a neighborhood, then do something. Don’t just look and wish, make it happen. Get started today!
