How Coalitions Work: Developing and Maintaining Effective Workgroups

The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, administered by AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. and supported by CCSME, provides training and technical assistance services to the professional and volunteer prevention workforce within the New England states.

New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center

Enhance your skills and develop your understanding of community prevention to learn how to develop a more effective community coalition

J﻿oin the New England PTTC for a fall series on Effective Coalitions and Environmental Strategies with trainer Allison Sharer, OCPC. This series will cover How Coalitions Work and the Work of Coalitions in two separate 5.5 hour workshops. Information for the first workshop, How Coalitions Work: Developing and Maintaining Effective Workgroups is listed below. Information for the second workshop, The Work of Coalitions: Environmental Strategies, is listed in the page linked <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-work-of-coalitions-environmental-change-tickets-689468407567" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</a>﻿Wednesday, September 20, and Thursday, September 21, 1:00-4:00 pm EDT (5.5 contact hours). D﻿escriptionMost of us have to lead work groups at some point in our career. Often, we simply repeat the role as we have seen others do it. But there is an art and a bit of science to fostering truly collaborative and productive work groups. Join us as we explore how to avoid common pitfalls by attending to group development and maintenance, including collaboration, leadership, membership, decision-making, teamwork, and facilitation.ObjectivesParticipants will be able to:<ol><li> Identify the stages and phases of group development.</li><li>Explore group development and maintenance through collaboration, leadership, membership, decision-making approaches, and teamwork.</li><li>Understand the spheres of conflict, which are a natural part of work groups.</li><li>Identify the five keys to facilitating effective meetings.</li><li>Assess their use of the seven areas of inquiry that lead to meaningful discussions.</li><li>Identify common work group pitfalls and steps to avoid them.</li></ol>T﻿rainerAllison Sharer, OCPC, has worked in the Prevention field since 1983. She is an independent trainer and consultant, and the President of Wingspan Training, LLC. Her experience includes work within youth-led prevention, community-based prevention, environmental prevention and drug-free workplace. She has developed and presented workshops, trainings and other educational opportunities for a wide variety of audiences. Allison is the past-president of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio (now called Ohio Prevention Professionals Association), and also served on the former Ohio Credentialing Board as chair of the Prevention Committee. She represented Ohio for three years to the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium.C﻿riteria for completion:Participants are expected to fully participate on both dates (9/20 and 9/21) with audio and video access in order to receive a certificate. Participants will be asked to keep video on throughout the workshop barring exceptions*. Participants will be asked to engage in both individual activities and group discussions during the workshop.*If you would like to participate but will be unable to use video during the workshop, please contact organizer Kristen Erickson kerickson@ccsme.org to discuss accommodations. P﻿lease note: due to the interactive nature of this workshop, it will not be recorded. A﻿bout this eventThis event is part of our fall series: Effective Coalitions and Environmental Strategies. Participants may be interested in joining the next workshop in the series, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-work-of-coalitions-environmental-change-tickets-689468407567?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Work of Coalitions: Environmental Strategies</a>, on October 18 and 19 from 1:00-4:00.T﻿his event is hosted by the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center, a program funded through SAMHSA, and planned in response to an identified need for additional training on coalition development.

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