Virginia Cooperative ExtensionWalker, Martha A.Tate, Scott2016-04-212016-04-212014-09-10http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70742Throughout the community engagement process, communication, diplomacy, respect, patience, and flexibility are essential. The core team must keep the participants informed through discussion agendas, written summaries of previous discussions, goals/assignments for the next discussion, and progress reports providing accountability for delivering what was promised.7 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Community PlanningExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/CV/CV-38/CV-38-PDF.pdfcommunity involvementsocial participationcommunity action