Top Ten Tips for Evaluating Evidence-Based Initiatives - upcoming webinar

The next webinar in Wisconsin’s Empowering Coalitions for Community Change series will be held on Thursday, December 1 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT.

“Top Ten” Tips for Evaluating Evidence-based Initiatives

Presenter: Mary Michaud, Health Forward Consulting

Mary Michaud will share her “Top Ten” Evaluation Tips. Join us for ideas on how to connect with current evidence and how to evaluate initiatives in ways that are practical, useful and meaningful for stakeholders.

To join the webinar, simply click the link above. This and other webinar links (past and upcoming) may also be found HERE on the NPAO Program website.

Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties, please contact Jordan.bingham@Wisconsin.gov.

Impacting Health Policy webinar

The next webinar in Wisconsin’s Empowering Coalitions for Community Change series will be held on Thursday, November 17 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT.

Impacting Health Policy by Building Relationships with your Policymakers

Presenter: Steve Elliott, Policy & Grassroots Specialist, HealthFirst Wisconsin

Steve Elliott joins us again to share practical strategies for educating policymakers about best-practice policies for prevention of obesity and chronic disease. Whether you work at the local or state level, Steve’s tips will help you and your coalition colleagues to initiate and sustain relationships with policymakers, positioning yourselves as the valuable content experts that you are!

To join the webinar, simply click the link above. This and other webinar links (past and upcoming) may also be found HERE on the NPAO Program website.

If you have any questions or technical difficulties, please contact Jordan.Bingham@Wisconsin.gov.

Register here for Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environment's November 16 webinar on "The Role of Community Engagement in Creating Safe Places to Play." The webinar will begin at 10:30am.

Food Day webinars archived.

Catch up with any Wisconsin's Food Day webinars that you missed at this link.

From October 10

What you need to know about the farm bill – Important updates and information related to community and regional food systems

From October 24

Finding a common ground – How can agriculture and public health work together? Ideas from the CDC and USDA

From November 7

Where do we go from here in Wisconsin? – Coordinating activities to promote public health through food system innovations

Obesity Prevention Policy in Wisconsin webinar.

The next webinar in Wisconsin’s Empowering Coalitions for Community Change series will be held on Thursday, November 3 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CST.

Obesity Prevention Policy in Wisconsin: Key Priorities and Coordination of State and Local Efforts

Presenters:

• Melissa Horn, Wisconsin Government Relations Director, American Heart Association


• Mary Pesik, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program Coordinator, Wisconsin Division of Public Health


• Kyle Pfister, Policy Coordinator, Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources

Presenters will introduce key policy priorities for obesity prevention in Wisconsin. Join us to learn about effective tactics that can be applied to educate policymakers and build community support for high-impact policy change.

To join the webinar, click here.

Fall webinar series... Strategic Recruitment: Engaging Community and Mobilizing Supporters

The next webinar in the Empowering Coalitions for Community Change series will be held on Thursday, October 20 from 11:00a.m. – 12:00pm CT. **Please note the time change**

Strategic Recruitment: Engaging Community and Mobilizing Supporters
Presenter: Steve Elliott, Policy and Grassroots Specialist, HealthFirst Wisconsin

Join us to gain insight and useful tips on strategic recruitment for effective and sustained coalition work. Steve will cover such topics as:
- identifying and reaching out to key partners
- assigning roles to maximize strengths
- keeping a database of supporters
- engaging those most affected by the health issue(s) at hand

To join the webinar, simply click the link above. This and other webinar links (past and upcoming) may also be found HERE on the NPAO Program website. Look for the “new” logo next to upcoming webinars.

Resources from today's webinar on Sustainability Planning.

If you missed Mary Michaud's Planning for Sustainability: Building Agility, Community Leverage and Strategic Learning webinar, you can view an archived version at this link.

Here are the resources for that Mary provided at the end of her presentation:

Building effective coalitions
• Coalitions Work
• CDC Sustainability Guide
• Trent T, Chavis D. Scope, Scale, and Sustainability: What It Takes to Create Lasting
Community Change. Foundation Review, Winter 2009. (Also see Community Science, Inc.)
• Tom Wolff Coalition Building
• National Opinion Research Center. Developing a Conceptual Framework to Assess the
Sustainability of Community Coalitions Post-Federal Funding. Jan 2010.

Innovation, networks and healthy communities
• Knight Foundation: Connected Citizens: The power, potential and peril of networks. 2011.
• IDEO’s Axioms for starting disruptive new businesses. Fast Co Design. 2011. Or Google
IDEO Human-centered design.
• FSG Social Impact Advisors
• California Endowment. Why place matters: Building the movement for healthy communities. 2007.

Local examples
• Video: Horizons Initiative, UMN Extension
• Polk County, WI, Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition
• Kalihi Valley story
• Video: New York Interfaith Food Justice Coalition

Framing messages
• Unnatural Causes
• Frameworks Institute

Leadership resources
• Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute
• Pew Charitable Trusts. Inventing Civic Solutions: A how-to guide on launching and sustaining
successful community programs

Link for tomorrow's webinar on sustainability planning.

The next webinar in the Empowering Coalitions for Community Change series will be held tomorrow, Thursday, October 6 from 11:00a.m. – 12:00pm CT. **Please note the time change**

Link: Planning for Sustainability: Building Agility, Community Leverage and Strategic Learning with Mary Michaud of Health Forward Consulting

Join us for useful and practical ideas to keep your partnership strong and focused through the ups and downs of funding, politics and community changes. With a focus on building and maintaining key relationships, Mary will highlight great examples from around the country and right here in Wisconsin. Participants will come away with an enhanced ability to recognize the keys to sustainability and prioritize the essentials. Maintaining your coalition’s energy will seem less like a chore and more like an adventure!

Wisconsin FOOD DAY 2011 Webinar Series

SAVE THE DATE(S)!

All webinars start at 3:00 PM CST. Registration and login information will be sent prior to each webinar. Contact fooddaywi@gmail.com with questions or to request webinar registration information.

Monday, October 10
What you need to know about the farm bill – Important updates and information related to community and regional food systems

Monday, October 24
Finding a common ground – How can agriculture and public health work together? Ideas from the CDC and USDA

Monday, November 7
Where do we go from here in Wisconsin? – Coordinating activities to promote public health through food system innovations

Links for upcoming communications webinars

Get the Message Out: Practical Communication Planning
September 8 at 1:00PM
Spencer Straub, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Media and Communications Coordinator
Emily Dieringer, re:TH!NK Winnebago County Coalition Coordinator

Inspire Action: Messaging Principles that Work
September 22 at 1:00PM
Sarah Apple, UW Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources Communications and Training Coordinator


These webinars are open to everyone, so please feel free to share with colleagues from other program areas!