1. Making Connections & Building Coalition Capacity
Thursday – Day 4
Making Connections & Building Coalition Capacity 1

2. Thursday Community Meeting Planning Process Overview
National and Regional Resources
Collaborating with Partners
Getting Started – Forming a Coalition
NEWSPRINT – ways to engage your coalition:
Work group
Retreat
One element per meeting
Internship – local college class
Goal is to be intentful….

3. Day 3 Review Review Road Map Plan Comprehensive Strategies
Prioritizing Strategies
Implementation

4. Introductions Please describe: Your Name Community Name
Organization or Coalition

5. Training of Leaders to Build Community Coalitions
The goal of CADCA’s Training of Leaders initiative is to increase the number of anti-drug community coalitions in five countries:
1. Republic of Mexico
2. Republic of Peru
3. Republic of Ghana
4. Republic of Tajikistan
5. Republic of the Philippines

6. Our Planning Process 6

7. Planning Products – Year 1
ACTION
Community
Assessment
Road
Map
Comprehensive
Strategies
Action
Plans

8. Training of Leaders to Build Community Coalitions
Topics covered so far include:
What is Prevention?
Community Assessment
Prioritizing Local Conditions
Planning Strategies
Implementation
Capacity Building

9. National and Regional Resources
Resources available to coalitions include:

10. Collaboration How can the resources help the coalitions to:
Conduct a Community Assessment
Prioritize Local Conditions
Plan Strategies
Implement Strategies
Build Coalition Capacity

11. Community Examples
(Insert slides for existing Coalitions to share their experiences at this time in the training)

12. Next Steps to Build Collaboration

13. Build Coalition Capacity13

14. CADCA Training Of Leaders (TOL) Action Steps
Getting Started
Form A Coalition
Conduct Initial Meetings
Community “Kick Off”
Regular Coalition Meetings
Community Assessment
Form an Assessment Committee
Plan to Collect Data
Collect Data
4. Community Assessment Report
Sustainability
Determine What to Sustain
Engage Volunteers and Partners
Build a Credible Process
Ensure Relevancy
Create a Sustainability Plan
Building Coalition Capacity
Develop Coalition Structure
Membership & Outreach
Resources
Evaluation
Prepare for Evaluation
Map Data to You “Road Map”
Document Your Coalition’s Work
Tell Your Coalition’s Story
Prioritizing
Review Assessment Results
Prioritize Substances to Address
Identify Local Conditions
Share “Road Map”
Implementation
Prioritize Strategies
Develop Action Plans
Implement Action Plans
Plan Strategies
Review Prioritization
Develop Strategies
Identify Resources 14

15. Build Coalition Capacity
Develop Coalition Structure
Membership and Outreach
Resources 15

16. Step 1: Develop Coalition Structure
Establish Leadership Roles on the Coalition can including:
Coalition Chair and Vice Chair
Secretary
Committee Chairs
Review the sample Job Descriptions 16

17. What makes a good leader? What makes a good coalition leader?17

18. Step 1: Develop Coalition Structure
Committees can include:
Community Assessment Committee
Strategy Committees
Membership and Outreach Committee
Adolescents/Youth Committee
Communication Committee
Resource Committee 18

19. Step 1: By-Laws By-Laws can include a description of the Coalition’s:
Vision and Mission
Leadership
Committees
Decision making process
Operating rules 19

20. Step 2: Membership and Outreach
Recruit new coalition members by:
Providing information about the coalition
Inviting to join Committees – to do the work
Membership and Outreach Tools:
Talking points for recruiting new members
Coalition Flyer (1 – Pager) 20

21. Activity: Member Recruiting
Practice Inviting a new member to join the coalition. Describe the coalition:
What is the coalition?
What does the coalition do?
How can they get involved?
How will they benefit?
Use the New Member Recruiting Talking Points 21

22. Step 3: Resources Resources are necessary to run a coalition include:
Meeting space
Supplies
Food / Refreshments
Communications (e.g., phones, internet)
Postage
Other???? 22

23. Resources
What resources are needed to implement the Comprehensive Strategies?
What resources are needed to ensure the coalition can continue its efforts over the long-term?
Where will we get the resources?
Who will follow up?

24. Action Steps: Build Coalition Capacity
Develop Coalition Structure
Membership and Outreach
Resources 24

25. Friday
Community Meeting
Communications
Review
Next Steps