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Building Strong and Vibrant Rural Communities and Local Economies
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Acknowledgment of Country
I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngadju people and their continuing connection to land, water and community. In the spirit of reconciliation I pay my respect to their Elders past, present and future for they hold the knowledge of an ancient culture, and aspirations for future generations.
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“Leadership and
learning are
indispensable from each
other”
John F Kennedy
(Prepared for delivery in Dallas, the day of his assassination, 22 Novenber 1963)
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“In times of change it is the learners who inherit the future.
Those who have finished learning find
themselves equipped to live in a world that no
longer exists.”-Eric Hoffer
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“Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs now bump bumpon the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin.It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment andthink of it”
(Winnie-the-Pooh)
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“Marble Bar is best known as the stinking hot joint which is always seems to get a crack in the weather report!”(West Australian Newspaper, 20/4/16)
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“The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, someone else does”
-Source Unknown
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“The future ain'twhat it used to be”
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Dareton, NSW Bank Staff in 1975
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Small towns 'village model' unlikely to survive into the future(ABC Report 28/4/2018)
A leading social commentator says small country towns are unlikely to survive into the future.Demographics Group's managing director, Bernard Salt, said “the small-town model was fit for the 20th century, but did not fit modern regional economies. These areas were required inthe 1920s and 30s, where there was intensive cropping, and wherepeople went to school and church in a very localised area”
Mr Salt believes there will be greater demand for services inlarger regional towns, but country town living may be a thing of the past.
He said- "That village life that our parents, and certainly our grandparents knew about, really belongs to the early 20th century”
"In the early 21st century, that model just doesn’t
fit the way in which modern Australians want to live.”
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“The sun does not forget a village because
it is small”
African Proverb
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What Builds a Vibrant Rural Community and Local Economy?
1. Proactive and Shared Leadership
2. Positive Mindset3. Healthy Community Building
Practices 4. Strong Economic
Development Behaviours
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1. Proactive and Shared leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more and become
more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincey Adams
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“Given the task of rejuvenating a region and the choice of $50 million, or $2 million
and 20 committed local leaders, we would choose the smaller
amount of money and the committed leaders”
(McKinsey and Company (1994) Lead Local Compete Global: Unlocking the Growth of
Australia’s Regions)
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Proactive and Shared Leadership
• seeks to be diversified and representative
• invests in a community leadership strategy that is continuously growing and renewing community leadership capacity
• provides community with vision and hopefulness
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“If you want a year of prosperity, grow grass.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people”
(Scott’s Bluff Leadership)
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Proactive and Shared Leadership
• understands that building and nourishing relationships is the fundamental action in community building
• harnesses the power of community wisdom, gifts and ideas
• gives attention to global trends and innovations, plus time to cultivating external relationships
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TUMBARUMBA, NSW
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TUMBARUMBA2KOKODA
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2. Positive Mindset
• appreciates that meaningful and lasting transformation always originates from within the community, not from the ‘top down or outside in’
• accepts change and welcomes new and alternative thinking
• values idea and opportunity obsession
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"…But no community can use this guide unless you, the individual reading this foreword at this moment, say to yourself, ‘I’m going to pitch in to make this work.’”
- US Small Town Manual for Community Action, 1942
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“Change is inevitable- except from a vending
machine”
-Robert Gallagher
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”Ideas make the world go
around.
People in communities and
business today
live and die by their ideas”
-Michael Kiely
We need to be idea and opportunity obsessive.
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Community Bank Movement
• 323 Community Banks across Australia.• $40 billion worth of business on their books.• have contributed over $200 million back to their communities over the last 21 years.• 1950 Directors of Community Banks (almost all volunteers) •74,914 local shareholders that provided the capital for them to open, •1570 staff employed
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‘ Positive Mindset• focuses on optimism, expectation and ‘the half full part of the glass’
• takes risks and encourages a resilient ‘can-do’ outlook
• balances the focus on community, economic and environmental wellbeing
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Vicki Buck- former Mayor, City of Christchurch
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“I think negative people should be taxed. They require an incredible
amount of energy. They're like corgis nibbling at your ankles and I'm sure they
exist to show us the difference
between heaven and hell”
-Vicki Buck
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“You can’t move your town to a different location. You can move your town’s attitude in a different direction”
-Heartland Center for Leadership Development, USA
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3. Healthy Community Building Behaviours
“The future of every community lies in capturing
the passion, imagination, and resources of its people”
-Ernesto Sirolli
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• Encourages broad based and inclusive community involvement
• Maximises community conversations• Identifies. maps and promotes awareness of local assets, capacities, strengths, opportunities and competitive advantages
• Formulates and implements strategies with specific priorities, actions and indicators
3. Healthy Community Building Behaviours
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“Most communities can often be compared to a football game where 30,000 people who need the exercise, turn up to watch 36 players who don’t”
-Peter Kenyon
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“Great communities don’t just happen! –They are created,
nurtured and sustained by caring, connected
and involved residents”
(Peter Kenyon)
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“One of the things we need to learn is that every great change starts from very small conversations held among people who care”
-Margaret Wheatley
Hosting of regular and meaningful learning conversations
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Learning Conversations
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• Develops specific youth engagement, retention and attraction strategies
• Supports collaboration, partnerships and networking
• Nurtures altruism and community and neighbour support for those experiencing times of vulnerability
• Actively builds community spirit, pride and a sense of attachment
3. Healthy Community Building Behaviours
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Actively engages these groups now!
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Three Youth Engagement Strategy Foci
While young people are resident in the community, create great memories and opportunities.
Why they are studying, living, working and travelling away, keep “lines” to them.
When young people are considering putting down “roots” (25-40 age) – partnering, having babies, buying a house, starting a business..remind them of “home” and its advantages.
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• ‘RuMAD? – Are You Making a Difference?
(Bank of I.D.E.A.S.)
• ‘Community Minded Kids’ (Community Minds)
• ‘Dream Seeds ‘ (YouThrive)
Practical and Useful YouthEmpowerment Resources
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4.Strong Economic Development Practices
C.A.R.E. STRATEGY
C-REATIONA-TTRACTIONR-ETENTIONE-XPANSION
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4.Strong Economic Development Practices
• Pursues a diversified local-controlled economic and employment base
• Creates an entrepreneurial development ecosystem that supports and connects local enterprising initiatives
• Promotes ‘buy local’ behaviours• Fosters best practice attitudes and behaviours within the local business base
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Beechworth, Victoria
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Case Study Beechworth Bakery
❑ Employs 76 people❑Turns $8 million plus per year ❑ Took $30,000 over the counter on one
day❑ Attracts over 800,000 customers per
year❑ Offers 200 products❑ Seats 300 customers❑ Has won the most significant Regional
Tourism Award in Victoria 3 times
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How do you make dough Tom’s way?
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‘ If you don’t take care of the customer, some one else will.’
Tom O’Toole
1.Positively Outrageous Customer Service
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‘In every town and business there has to be
the WOW factor.WOW is the answer.’
-Tom O’Toole
2.Innovation Marketing
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TOM O’TOOLE VOUCHER
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‘If I can get you to laugh with me you’ll like me
better, which makes you more open to my ideas’
-John Cleese
Use of Humour
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‘I spend a lot of money training my staff. Some locals think that I’m investing too
much money in my people and they say to me:“Tom, what if you train them and
they leave?”To which I usually reply:
“What if I don’t train them and they stay.’
-Tom O’Toole
3. Staff Pride, Enthusiasm and Involvement
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‘Be part of your community.
Stick up your hand and get
involved’.-Tom O’Toole
4.Community Connectedness
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‘None of us is as strong as
all of us. I know when we
all work together, we all
win together.’-Tom O’Toole
5.Collaboration and Networking
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‘If you want to go faster, go alone. If you want to go further, go together.’
-African Proverb
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Midlands Meander, South Africa”a spectacle of nature,arts and crafts, just waiting to be explored”
Africa’s largest and most popular arts and crafts trail- 80 kms , 225 businesses on 4 routes
40+ year history
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‘I will market my neighbour as well as I market myself’
Wall Pledge of participating businesses in the Midland Meander
Arts Marketing trail
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‘Passion. If your heart’s not in it, get out. The sky’s the limit if your
heart’s in it. You’ve got to have enthusiasm. If you haven’t got enthusiasm
you’re buggered!’-Tom O’Toole
6.Passion
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‘A person without a smiling face must not open a shop’
-Chinese Proverb
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‘Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The
arrogance of success is to think that what you did
yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow’
-William Polland
7. Continuous Learning
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1.Positively outrageous customer service
2.Innovative marketing3.Staff pride, enthusiasm and
involvement4.Community connectedness5.Collaboration and networking6.Passion7.Continuous learning
Key Lessons
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4.Strong Economic Development Practices
• Prioritises strategies for the retention and expansion of the existing business base
• Formulates and implements actions for continuous enhancement of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ infrastructure
• Gives attention to physical appearance and promotion of positive community image, assets, uniqueness and ‘first impressions’
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Key Community Building Blocks
1. Proactive and Shared Local Leadership
2. Positive Mindset3. Healthy Community
Building Behaviours4. Strong Economic
Development Practices
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‘Nowadays towns are really not so different from businesses, they need to keep recreating themselves. Not so many years ago country towns were subject to general trends. They would all do well or all do badly. The pictureis now very uneven. The successfultowns are likely to be driven by people who are passionate and creative, who see an opportunity and go for it. You need communities with a bit of get up and go spirit. Some have it, some don't.‘
-Roy Powell
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‘Conventional wisdom suggests that for a small town to survive it needs to be near a major highway, have significant natural resources in the region, be close to a larger city or have some other “characteristic or circumstance” working in its favour. Yet in reality, leadership is proving to be more important than location and attitude is more important than community size’
-Heartland Center for Leadership Development, USA
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Town Mission
Stop depopulation and loss of town servicesthrough-
➢Becoming a more than “a dot on the map”.➢Building local pride and commitment.
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Kulin Community Bank
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Beautification and Greening
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Camp Hart
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Travelling Ambassadors for Kulin
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‘Kulin Open Doors’ and ‘Kulin By Night’
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Questions,
Reactions
&
Contributions
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‘Dream big. Start small. Act now’
- Robin Sharma