How does a community step up to challenges? How does a city or region shift into gear when it is clear that the old ways of doing things are no longer working? Community visioning is a powerful answer - if you get it right. It requires a big effort to engage citizens and organizations in thinking through the community's values, opportunities and challenges, then giving voice to what they want most. But the payoff can be just as big. 

This excerpt from Engaging the Community in Positive Change tells the story of Greater Geelong, a midsize city in Australia that took the visioning opportunity seriously - and took the community to a new level of engagement in determining its future. The full course is available on ICF's learning management platform: free to employees of ICF member communities and available to members of EDAC and EDA.