Training #2: 8 Steps to Effective Coalition Building: Harnessing the Power of the Coalition to Increase Program Effectiveness & Sustainability

Live: Tuesday, March 16, 2004
1-2:30 EST / 10-11:30 PST

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of the 8 Steps to Effective Coalition Building training, participants will: Understand the 8 steps to coalition building and have examples from coalitions promoting mental health outcomes; Know how an effective coalition can help to promote the sustainability of mental health programs; Be able to assess the effectiveness of their own coalitions and devise strategies to augment coalition effectiveness to promote sustainability.

Training Participation and Activities

To make this as simple as possible, we have outlined a number of steps to participate in the training process. The steps build on each other and are designed to help you get as many as possible out of the training process. While we encourage you to take part in as many as possible, please feel free to participate in the steps that make the most sense for you.

Step 1: Pre-training background materials

The following article highlights Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building, a tool that will be featured in the second training.

Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide
      Published in Mary Ellen Wurzbach's Community Health Education and Promotion: A Guide to Program Design and Evaluation, this document can be used by communities as a tool for building and sustaining successful collaborations.
Also available as PDF

Step 2: Send us questions you have

This training is tailored specifically for Prevention / Early Intervention grantees. If you have questions following the reading or related to program effectiveness and sustainability in general, please send them to us in advance. We will try to address them in the course of the training. Send them to Sabrina Fernandes at sabrina@63.134.213.124 or by fax to 510-663-1280.

Step 3: Download training presentation

Download the training slides for Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building.
Listen to Streaming RealAudio while viewing the PDF file below
Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building training slides

Step 4: Call-in for the training

Call-in numbers will be distributed in advance to all Prevention / Early Intervention grantees. If you are a grantee and do not have the call-in information, please contact Sabrina Fernandes at 510-444-7738 or sabrina@63.134.213.124.

Step 5: Complete the post-training learning activity

Download a worksheet based on the Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building.
8 Steps Learning Activity

Step 6: Send us questions about and results of the post-training activity

If you have questions that emerged while completing the post-training activity, please send them to us. We will try to address the major issues that emerged at the beginning of the next call or incorporate answers into subsequent trainings. We are also interested in seeing what you came up with. If you feel like sharing, send us the completed worksheet. Questions and/or completed worksheets can be sent to Sabrina Fernandes at sabrina@63.134.213.124 or by fax to 510-663-1280.

Step 7: Complete the training evaluation

We appreciate your taking the time to let us know what you think. Please download the training evaluation, complete it, and return it to Sana Chehimi at sana@63.134.213.124 or by fax to 510-663-1280.
Training Evaluation

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