When you read the word "capacity", what comes to mind? For me, it's the amount a certain object can hold, like an elevator, or a jug or a wine glass.
At work, a social service agency, for those who don't know, "capacity" has a totally different meaning. I'm not quite sure what it is, and I have asked for a specific definition. The response has always been, "Oh you know, capacity". Oh yeah! That capacity. Silly me! How could I be so dumb? How could I have lived this long without knowing what capacity is. Me so stoopid.
I'm in the middle of a giant project right now, and the long and the short of it is that I am writing all 100+ programs we offer into plain language. Megan must be licking her chops right about now. If I see the word "capacity" one more time, I will not be responsible for my actions.
As far as I can gather, it means someone's abilty to do something. For example... "increase an individual's capacity to build social relationships" might mean "help someone make friends". Am I right? Discuss.
This project is making me wish my liver had the capacity to hold large volumes of gin.
xoxoSallyt
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No, no, no. Indviduals don't have capacity. Stakeholders and communities have capacity. Governments provide matched funding and administrative support to assist with capacity-building at the community level.
Perhaps you would benefit from a demonstration of its applicability to your blog.
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Now, if we could only find a way to utilize all this inherent capacity we could move the yardsticks and develop new benchmarks to better reflect the horizontal integration occurring between our blogs.
I think my head is going to explode!
Glen, have you been listening to CBC management again?
"utilize" -- this word was coined by Satan himself.
Grrrr -- just looking at it ticks me off.
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