Strategies and Resources Review for Effective Coalition Building

Coalitions Lite Meeting 4 Review Resources & Identify Strategies

Welcome, Introductions, & Overview 10 minutes

Meeting Logistics and Overview 1. 2. 3. Team check-in and introductions Identify a notetaker and timekeeper Review access to shared documents

Meeting Objectives 1.Review existing community resources 2.Identify and select strategies to impact contributing factors 3.Outline next steps

Review Progress on Coalitions Lite 5 minutes

Coalitions Lite Strategic Planning Process

Our Priorities Our prioritized, specified issue: Our prioritized population: Our prioritized contributing factors:

Assignments from Step 3 [FILL IN ASSIGNMENTS FROM MEETING #3]

Identify Existing Community Resources 20 minutes

What is a Resource? Its a Strategy! Programs Afterschool programs Sports programs Prevention programs Campaigns Parents Empowered Grey Matters Services Mental health services Transportation Environmental Strategies Engaging youth Engaging businesses Social Development Strategy Lights in public parks

Brainstorm Existing Community Resources Reminder: Only resources that address our contributing factors! Example Example Specified issue / population: Youth substance use Questions to Consider What resources are you aware of? What resources did you hear about in your interviews with stakeholders? What resources did we learn about since our last meeting? What do we know about these resources? Contributing factor: Few safe, prosocial activities after school Existing resource: After school programs at schools, Boys & Girls Club, sports teams Serves: East and West Elementary Schools 1) Do we know how many people does the resource serves? 2) Do we know whether the resource serves our focus population?

Overview: Selecting Strategies 15 minutes

Selecting Strategies to Create Change Information Sheet What are the main take-aways of each section? Consider: Types of strategies Selecting a good strategy Finding ideas for strategies

Selecting Strategies to Create Change Key take-aways: There are many different types of strategies and our coalition needs to do several types to have an impact. Some strategies are better than others evidence-based strategies have already been shown to work. Strategies are only good if they make sense for our coalition and our community. There are many websites that list different types of strategies we don t need to recreate any wheels by inventing our own. Our goal is to find evidence based strategies based strategies that: 1) 1) Fill gaps Fill gaps in or expand existing resources; 2) Are practical practical for our coalition and welcomed our community; 3) 3) Impact Impact our priorities (address our factors + # served); 4) Create a diverse set diverse set of strategy types. evidence- - expand upon welcomed by

Coalition Constraints & Assets What are the assets, limitations, and constraints we need to consider before selecting strategies? Consider: Funding Time Expertise Authority

Research Strategies for the Strategic Plan 45 minutes

Brainstorm: Strategies + Outcomes Based on the criteria we just reviewed, what are our initial thoughts on strategies for our coalition?

Conduct the Research (30 mins) Research these 2 categories Strategies identified as needing additional information New strategies to fill identified gaps Divvy up the source websites between members or small groups Review the Selecting Strategies Information Sheet for websites with strategies Make sure research a variety of websites to find all 7 types of strategies Take notes on your top strategies (including source) We don t have to do an exhaustive search or get all the details; just enough for the group to decide about the fit of the strategy!

Researching Strategies Is there evidence it works? Will it impact our contributing factor? Will it reach or serve enough people? Is it practical for our coalition to do? Will our community welcome it? Does it fill gaps or expand upon existing resources? Does it help us create a diverse set of strategy types?

Select Your Strategies 45 minutes

Report Out What Did You Find? Is there evidence it works? Will it impact our contributing factor? Will it reach or serve enough people? Is it practical for our coalition to do? Will our community welcome it? Does it fill gaps or expand upon existing resources? Does it help us create a diverse set of strategy types?

Narrowing it Down 1. Based on our criteria and our research, are there any strategies we can immediately eliminate? 2. What do we expect each strategy will achieve? What is our expected outcome for each strategy? e.g. for a contributing factor of social isolation: Change the physical design (clean up garbage, add lighting) of West Side Park to create a safe, fun public space = increased use of West Side Park and decreased social isolation

Dot Vote! Which strategies should we select?

Check-In: Thumb Vote! Can you get behind these strategies? Yes! Maybe, can we discuss? Nope!

Wrap-Up and Next Steps 10 minutes

Assignments Notetaker: Make sure all information and decisions from flip chart sheets are captured in the notes and send the notes out If needed, ask other stakeholders whether they can get behind the selected strategies: Explain your criteria for selecting the strategies You re not asking them to suggest new strategies, only if they can support the ones the group selected Anything else?

Meeting #5 Preview DATE: TIME: LOCATION: In Meeting #5, we ll double check our list of strategies and finalize the template for our strategic plan.

Check-Out Discussion: How did this meeting go? What worked well or didn t work well with the meeting? How can we run our future meetings better?

Celebrate! Weve accomplished a lot! Celebrate! We ve accomplished a lot!