Step 1: Using the SEED-SCALE definition of community, make a list of at least five separate communities that you are

presently
engaged with.

August 13- August 26

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1) What they share in common?
2) Their potential to act together.
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Guiding Questions: (not to be directly answered in artifact)

Am I involved with more than one community such as church,

civic group, and employment?

Can my town, organization, or group be understood as multiple

communities working together?

Presentation & Documentation Consideration

How will I clearly document what is shared if I select this

community?

Is their potential to act together something I can demonstrate or

easily prove?
Step 2: Create a concise definition for each community that
clearly reflects what they share and what they can do
together. August 27 - September 9
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Guiding Questions: (not to be directly answered in
artifact)

What details are important to get to the core

identity of this group?

Presentation & Documentation Considerations

How will you use traditional frames such as

place, culture, or sector to articulate your
definition without limiting it?
Step 3: Review your list of defined communities in order to
reflect and analyze your role and relationship within each.
September 10 - September 23
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Guiding Questions
(Do not directly answer in artifact.)

How do they overlap in terms of people, places, or

activities?

Are they personal or professional; maybe both?

Presentation & Documentation Considerations

How will you showcase your own analytical process in a
manner that is useful to you?

How will you clearly document these definitions in a manner

that you can build upon them for future lab activities?
Step 4: Compile a short “elevator pitch” that clearly describes
your three communities both in term of who you are and what is
the purpose you hope to achieve.
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Guiding Questions
(Do not directly answer in artifact.)

Do these communities overlap frequently or are

they separate?

Presentation & Documentation Considerations

What is your plan for sharing these pitches,

while making sure each is concise and easy to
understand?

FINAL ARTIFACT DUE: OCTOBER 7 AT 11:59 UNIVERSITY TIME.