Community Health Training Institute

 
Whether you are a member of a coalition or an organization, our trainings and webinars can build your capacity to do effective community health work. Thanks to the MA Department of Public Health, our trainings are free! 
Our June Trainings and Webinars
Coalition Capacity and Infrastructure Planning
Wednesday, June 21 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA

Topics:  Organizational structure/governance; roles/responsibilities; decision-making structures; membership recruitment and retention; life cycles of coalitions.

Description : This half-day training will cover the fundamentals for launching and managing an effective coalition. We will examine foundational documents, organizational structures, and communication techniques that help create a culture of trust, transparency, and inclusion. We will also review and discuss the Coalition Engagement Principles & Guidelines from MDPH.

Audience: Coalition members are encouraged to register in their groups

Learning Objectives:
  1. Understand what ingredients are needed create and manage an effective coalition
  2. Identify facilitation and communications techniques that foster trust, transparency and inclusion
  3. Reference, as needed, the MDPH Coalition Engagement Principles & Guidelines
Lead Trainer: Andrea Freeman, Massachusetts Public Health Association
Coalition Sustainability and Resource Planning
Wednesday, June 21 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, MA

Topics:  ABC's of Sustainability Planning, roles of stakeholders, use of sustainability template tool

Description: Sustainability is a key component of any successful project. It is the continued, consistent implementation of effective prevention policies, strategies, and practices. Ideally, sustainability is a part of any planning process or program from the very beginning, adaptable to changes in funding, leadership and community structure. But how is sustainability achieved? During this training participants will be introduced to the many facets of sustainability including sustaining strategies, outcomes, partnerships, and coalition infrastructure.

Audience: Coalition members are encouraged to register in their groups

Learning Objectives:
  1.  Describe the elements of sustainability
  2.  Identify the steps of sustainability planning
  3.  Examine their projects using a sustainable lens
Lead Trainer: Daisy Ortega, Health Resources in Action

Lead Trainer: Daisy Ortega (Health Resources in Action & The Best Initiative)

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 
9:30 am - 11:00 am EST
Webinar

How do we empower youth to get involved with our community work? 

Participants in this webinar will learn about the elements of a communications strategy and how it can increase the effectiveness of your organization or project. They will also understand the value of doing research in the community as part of a communications effort and how it can inform the design of the strategy, including identifying appropriate audiences, communication approaches, and channels. Methods for evaluating the outcomes and impact of a communications strategy will be briefly described.
 
Participants completing this webinar will be able to:

1. Describe the value of developing a communication plan for an organization or project.
2. List the key elements of a communication plan.
3. Explain how to go about creating a plan including goals, objectives, audience, channels, and measuring success.
 

Audience: Community coalitions and partners
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How can effective communication planning increase your coalition's impact? 

This 90-minute webinar conducted by Tamaki West, MA and Karen Schoneman, MA for the Community Health Training Institute outlines the communication planning process to increase the effectiveness of an organization or project, provides real-life examples, and offers tips for effective communication with limited resources. Planning tools supplement the webinar and provide guidance for developing a communication plan, formative research plan, and evaluation plan.
 
  Learn more here!

As nonprofit hospitals focus on meeting the triple aim of improving quality of care and population health while reducing costs, developing an implementation strategy to fulfill IRS requirements can achieve far more than simply "checking the box." Rather, nonprofit hospitals can leverage the community benefit implementation strategy to advance both greater institutional alignment and health impact.  This new resource from Health Resources in Action outlines the steps of creating the strategic implementation plan and the value of a process that links community benefit and institutional strategic planning.
 
Read more here !
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Contact us for more information about opportunities to grow through training and resources, or if you'd like to submit a resource or event for inclusion in the next update.

Sincerely,

Daisy Ortega, Gina Rodriguez, and Kelly Danckert
Community Health Training Institute

P.S. If you are a member of a MA Coalition, remember to update your coalition profile today!

Community Health Training Institute
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