Sunday, October 21, 2012

Oct 23 webcast: Service-Learning for Economic and CommunityDevelopment Strategic Planning

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship listserv]

Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,



You might be interested in this webcast:

Clemson University - Collaborations in Service-Learning Webcast Tuesday, October 23, 2012  2:00-3:00 pm

Service-Learning for Economic and Community Development Strategic Planning:
McClellanville, S.C. as a Case Study

Presenters:

Dr. David Hughes, Clemson University School of Agriculture, Forest and Environmental Sciences, and Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development

Mr. Harry Crissy, Clemson University Regional Community and Economic Development Agent for Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties, S.C.

Mr. Devin Swindall, Research Associate, Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development

In cooperation with Clemson University Extension Community Development and the Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development, Clemson undergraduates and graduate students have worked with local leaders in numerous South Carolina communities in developing and implementing strategic plans.  In a number of these communities, this effort has been on-going, involving formal classes over several years.  McClellanville, SC, a small fishing village on the coast north of Charleston, is an example of a community where local leaders have embraced this approach to strategic planning.  The strategic planning process is a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) type analysis based on interviews with key informants, survey of local residents, and a public workshop.  Issues and solutions identified in this manner then form the core for students working in the implementation phase of this process.  We will explain the strategic planning effort in detail.  The discussion will also center on how working with local leaders has resulted in several success stories including gaining access to the Charleston restaurant market for locally harvested shrimp and the start of a local charter school centered on environmental education.

Further webcast information can be  accessed at http://bit.ly/rpgd6i

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
CCPH Program Assistant

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