New ways to impact

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New ways to impact; reflecting on community projects

In striving to achieve the planned outcomes from a project, it can be easy to overlook what an organisation and a community has learned about the actual process of doing the work. In other words, a focus on results alone can lead us to under-value the methods and approach that have be used. I have known a few projects where it has taken community members, the participants in the project, to point this out and ask for time to review and reflect on process.