Promoting Your Coalition

Knock and Talk (Spanish) by CADCA International Programs

Knock and Talk can be a highly effective technique for helping coalitions build personal relationships in the community by knocking on doors and speaking directly and in person with community residents. Intended for the Spanish-speaking audience, this follow-up to “Community Mobilization” (posted in July 2011) can help you revamp your recruitment efforts by employing the “Knock and Talk” strategy. The podcast will define the process, highlight its advantages over other common recruitment techniques, and explain how to put the idea into action.

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Educate Your Community about Medicine Abuse and Sign Up for the CADCA Challenge

Did you know that one in 10 youth ages 12 through 17 has abused cough medicine to get high from its dextromethorphan ingredient, and one in 5 young adults has abused a prescription drug? Help raise awareness of the dangers of medicine abuse by participating in the CADCA 50 Challenge. By registering for the Challenge, you’re automatically entered in a drawing for a free iPad.

Gain Media Coverage of Your Mid-Year Participation

Are you or someone from your coalition attending CADCA's 2011 Mid-Year Training Institute? If so, then let your local media know about it! Your participation in CADCA's Mid-Year is a great way to garner some publicity for your coalition.

Engage in the Coalition Conversation through Connected Communities

Connected Communities, a peer-to-peer social network hosted by CADCA's National Coalition Institute, helps coalition members share best practices and strategies with one another to increase their effectiveness in their communities. With the recent announcement that the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Community Prevention Listserv will end on March 18, CADCA encourages coalition leaders to continue the conversation through Connected Communities.

Weaving: Communication and Social Media Campaigns

Sep 15, 2010 |

virtual

This webinar was the sixth and final session in the 2010 Social Media Webinar Series hosted by CADCA's National Coalition Institute. Coalitions develop all kinds of campaigns, e.g., social marketing, awareness, advocacy and fund raising. During this one and a half hour session, we looked at how your coalition can integrate social media into your coalition's campaigns. The session includes several great coalition examples from Danvers Cares in Danvers, Mass., and Portland Prevention, in Portland, Maine.

Research Into Action - Effective Meetings Can Increase Your Coalitions Volunteers

For coalitions, meetings provide the venue for strategic planning, collaboration, and overall preparation. Key stakeholders need to attend these meetings and leave feeling their time was well spent. Dissatisfaction could result in losing the participation of partners necessary to carry out a coalition’s strategic plan. The current research on organizational meetings is in some ways applicable to the meeting structure of coalitions. Given this, those in charge of calling and organizing coalition meetings should learn the key design issues that promote meeting effectiveness.

Estratégico 49 - Sesiones de Información Comunitarias: Un Instrumento de Prevención para Comunidades

Las coaliciones utilizan sesiones de información para sensibilizar al público, generar cobertura por los medios noticieros, y educar la comunidad sobre los recursos a su disposición. Esta publicación da ejemplos de tres coaliciones, miembros de CADCA, quienes exitosamente emplean sesiones de información comunitaria para ayudar a desplazar las normas culturales en su comunidad.

Community Mobilizing & Organizing for Coalitions Part 1

May 21, 2009 |

Virtual

Community Mobilization for Coalitions will provide participants with step-by-step information on mobilizing neighborhoods and practical tips and tools to help coalitions communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Participants will learn the different forms of advocacy, why it’s important to research issues and build capacity to implement specific strategies, how to recruit allies and the different campaigns that coalitions may use in their communities. Participants will leave this session equipped with the tools and knowledge to gain support from many sectors of their communities.

Strategizer 49 - Community Briefings: A Prevention Tool for Communities

Provides step-by-step information about organizing an effective community briefing—from the planning process to tips on how to promote and generate news coverage from your briefing. Also includes guidelines on how to best use the information from the briefing and examples of coalitions that used a community briefing to build community awareness.

Strategizer 13 - Signature Events and Celebrations

Coalition visibility and name recognition are essential to implementing an inclusive planning an implementation process and for attracting ongoing operational and program support.

Moving Your Coalition into a Web 2.0 World

Everybody's talking about it. Are you on Facebook? Do you Twitter? Did you see the latest viral video on You Tube? And now CADCA asks have you seen Connected Communities? The choices are endless and just when you think you're getting a handle on what's out there--BANG!--a dozen new tools have been introduced. So how do you navigate in a Web 2.0 world when you feel like you're just mastering e-mail?

Tune in May 28 to CADCA TV Show on Using New and Traditional Media to Get the Word Out

When it comes to preventing teen substance abuse, community awareness of drug-related issues is essential. One of the best ways to get the word out is through media channels, such as TV, radio, newspapers and the Internet. However, these channels are constantly evolving and coalitions need to know how to take advantage of new media tools, such as MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, which allows coalitions to reach more people than ever before. Watch "Getting Heard through All Media Channels," a CADCA TV show airing on May 28 at 1:00-2:00 pm EST, to learn how to use all of these new mediums while the same time not ignoring the traditional media outreach methods.

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