Getting your Community Partnership “Fired Up” for Change

1. Getting your Community Partnership“Fired Up” for Change VHQC Learning & Action Network Event (QualitySync) Richmond, VA April 10, 2013 Frances D. Butterfoss, PhD Yorktown, Virginia

2. To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ~Charles Dudley Warner

5. Before You Build It

6. Before You Build a Campfire • Decide whether to build it or not – make sure conditions are right • Choose your fire site • Consider purpose of fire

7. Before You Build a Coalition Consider purpose of collaboration (formal or informal, size, for networking or action)

8. Before You Build a Coalition • Conduct • environmental scan • or assessment • (community readiness)

9. Is a Coalition Right for You? • Does the issue affect a broad range of people? • Is the issue complex, requiring information and expertise from various sectors of community, state, region or country? • Is broad public awareness or education needed? • Does gap in services or programs exist, such that no existing organization is clearly mandated to take on this work? • Do other organizations see this issue as a priority? • Are other organizations willing to work together to address this issue? • Is this issue best addressed through joint ownership and responsibility of a number of organizations? • Are potential coalition members willing to relinquish control over coalition activities and outcomes and actively engage in a collaborative process? • Are potential members willing to commit to and abide by democratic decision-making procedures? • Do organizational goals and policies of potential members align with those of the coalition? • Can resources be shared or obtained to assist with the work?  • Does true commitment to work together exist to produce results, irrespective of funder commitments for collaboration? Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition. (2002).From the Ground Up: An Organizing Handbook for Healthy Communities. Toronto, Canada: The Search Institute. http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en/from-the-ground-up-an-organizing-handbook-for-healthy-communities.

10. Build It

11. Build a Campfire • Gather right kindling & wood • Build good base/infrastructure • Decide who will keep fire going • 1=TinderAs big as needle or string. Dry, shredded material (cedar bark, grass, pine needles, pitch, milkweed fluff or wood shavings. • 2=Kindling As big as a match or pencil. Wood • splinters or small twigs can be snapped by hand. • 3=Fuel wood Wood pieces as big as your arm. • Different kinds of wood burn differently.

12. Types of Fires A-Frame Log Cabin Teepee Council Fire

13. Build a Coalition Gather & train the right people & organizations

14. Build a Coalition • Build effective structures for success (mission, roles, rules, work groups, by-laws)

15. Vision Statement • Shared by members & easily communicated • Broad enough to include diverse viewpoints • Inspiring & uplifting In our community, the healthy choice is the easy choice

16. Mission Statement • Concise: 1 sentence about what group will do • Outcome-oriented: Explains outcomes coalition is working to achieve • Inclusive: Doesn’t limit sectors or strategies that may be involved in projects Engaging the community to make policy, systems and environmental changes that promote health and reduce the risks of chronic disease

17. Slogan • Phrase used to brand or market the coalition • Short & “catchy” HEALTH for all!

18. Grantee - Convener Agency Coalition Steering Committee Work Group Work Group Work Group Work Group Coalition Structure Work Group

19. Coalition Structures • Vision, Mission & Goals Statements • Roles & Responsibilities • Organizational Chart • Steering or Executive Committees • Work Groups & Task Groups • Bylaws & Guidelines • Meetings • Documents (agenda, minutes, rosters) • Communication channels

20. Build a Coalition Choose/develop transformational leadership

21. Transformational Leadership Factors • Charisma, or idealized influence- role models w/high standards of moral & ethical conduct • Inspirational motivation- communicate high expectations; inspire followers to be committed to shared vision • Intellectual stimulation- stimulate followers to innovate & challenge beliefs of self, leader & organization • Individualized consideration– support/listen to followers & coach them to be actualized or empowered Bass, 1985

22. Transformational Leadership Idealized Influence Individualized Consideration Inspirational Motivation Intellectual Stimulation Transactional Leadership Outcomes Beyond Expectation Expected Outcomes

23. Transformational Leaders • Let go of things others can do • Encourage ideas & risk-taking • Ensure that people have goals & know how they’re doing • Delegate to challenge, develop & empower • Coach to ensure success • Reinforce good work & attempts • Share information, knowledge & skills • Value, trust & respect each individual • Provide support without taking over • Practice what they preach

24. Make It Work

25. Make Your Campfire Work • Start the fire (spark, match, lighter fluid?) • Find a source of ready fuel supply

26. Make Your Coalition Work • Engage people in assessment & creating an action plan

27. Make Your Coalition Work Encourage organizations to commit, participate & share resources

28. Make Your Coalition Work Initiate PSE strategies

30. Spectrum of Prevention Prevention Institute

31. Make Your Coalition Work Strategies should . . . • Be well managed & use resources efficiently • Focus on underlying causes & prevention • Complement existing programs • Be comprehensive, flexible & responsive • Build shared purpose to overcome barriers/setbacks • Be sustained long enough to accomplish objectives Schorr, 1995; Foster-Fishman et al, 2001

32. Sustain It

33. Sustain Your Campfire • Build good base of coals • Feed fire when needed • Prepare for ebbing flames • Rebuild fire or prepare to • douse when finished

34. Sustain Your Coalition • Identify financial & in-kind support to maintain strategies long enough to achieve outcomes

35. Develop & Sustain Diverse Resources • Membership dues • Line item budget allocations (e.g., Grantee or partner agency funds staff & operating expenses) • Fund-raising events • Individual & business donors • Partner financial & in-kind contributions • Local community grants & contracts • Fees for Service (e.g., trainings & conferences)

36. Sustain Your Coalition • Sustain • energy • & • interest • in work

37. Sustain Your Coalition • Spin off strategies • & change structure or processes if needed

38. Sustain Your Coalition Expand or end collaboration when goals are reached

40. CAN CHANGE YOUR COMMUNITY!