Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Research Questions4

Thesis Statement5

Literature Review5

What Community Members Need and Want7

Online Communities9

Proposed Research Method10

Anticipated Outcomes11

References12

Community Engagement

Introduction

Community engagement refers to the process whereby some or all members of the community; individuals, family members and parents, grassroots organisations and leaders, religious organisations, schools, voluntary welfare agencies, associations, government and nongovernment organisations (NGOs), and the business sector, come together to collectively contribute and support to the promotion, development, and maintenance of a specific service, program or project.

Community need not refer only to people living in the same geographical area, such as a village, neighbourhood, or township. Community could be a group of individuals who share similar identity and characteristics, for example, an ethnic community, and a religious community, a community of families with dyslexic children, a Chinese clan association, or the health care community. Terms often associated with community involvement are participatory processes, citizen participation, capacity building, mutual aid, and civil society.

Research Questions

In this paper, we have the following question to research:

Q1. What is the significance of the community engagement in the development of community?

Q2. What are the benefits of online communities in the community development?

Thesis Statement

This paper discusses the engagement of community people in the community development. Community development, in both action and concept, is dependent on a group of compatible people working together to improve and grow a local community. After that, the paper also presents the effectiveness of online communities.

Literature Review

A community is a group or set of human beings, individuals or animals that share common elements, such as customs, language, tasks, values ??, age, world view, geographic location (e.g. a neighbourhood), roles, and social status. Usually, a community creates a common identity through differentiation from other communities or groups (generally of actions or signs), which is shared and developed among its members and socialized. Usually, a community comes together under the necessity of a goal or objective in common, such as the common good, even though this is not necessary, just a common identity to form a community without the need for a particular purpose. In terms of territorial division or administration, a community can be considered a singular population entity, a suburb, a commonwealth, and so on. In terms of work, a community is a business. The cooperation and participation of its members allow the conscious choice of transformation projects aimed at the progressive and gradual solution of the powers of self contradictions.

What is formally referred to as development of community, is often informally called community building. The goals and objectives are the same for both concepts. In each case, non-profit organisations' roles are to provide a group of individuals, organisations and associations with the abilities and skills they desire and need to create change among their defined community. An important component for the success of a non-profit organisation in community development is the inclusion of the community in the assessment of desire and the determination of need (Kretzmann 2003, 90).

The importance of the dialogue between non-profit organisations and community cannot be ...