Strategic Planning

Got Outcomes? Building the Case for Your Coalition’s Contributions to Change

Jan 12, 2012 |

Virtual

Sponsored by CADCA’s National Coalition Institute, the Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Awards provides coalitions an opportunity to highlight their outcomes and embark on a guided and intensive examination of their strategic plan. While the ultimate goal for an applicant is to win the award, the process is useful for coalition planning and sustainability. In this webinar, participants will learn how applicants work closely with CADCA staff to revisit and refine their logic models, identify gaps in assessment and evaluation, and improve their data presentation skills.

The Seven Strategies for Community Change, Pt. 1 by CADCA National Coalition Institute

In this month’s podcast, Kareemah Abdullah, CADCA’s Vice President of Development and Youth Programs, discusses how community organizations can combine individual-focused, programmatic interventions with environmental prevention strategies and use CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Community Change as a framework for strategic action.

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Beyond the Logic Model: An Overview of the Strategic Planning Process by CADCA National Coalition Institute

In this month’s podcast, Kareemah Abdullah, Vice President of Development and Youth Programs, provides an overview of the planning process beyond the logic model, from action to evaluation plan.

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Using Technology to Bridge Research and Practice

CADCA's National Coalition Institute offered the attached PowerPoint presentation at NPN's 23rd Annual Prevention Research Conference in Denver, Colo., on September 3, 2010. The presentation focuses on the Institute's use of new media to develop several webinar series and a peer-to-peer social network for coalition leaders, members, volunteers and other stakeholders.

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Planning Primer: Developing a Theory of Change, Logic Models and Strategic and Action Plans

This primer provides clear guidelines for assisting your coalition to develop the products that you need to carry out a comprehensive community plan to reduce substance abuse rates. It also helps you understand the dynamic planning process needed for coalition work.

Podcast Suggests Tips for Developing Comprehensive Logic Models

Before your coalition can really address a problem in the community, you first need to learn as much as you can about that problem. One of the best ways to make a roadmap that links the needs and resources of your community to strategies and activities that address the issue is by developing a logic model. Logic Models not only help coalitions identify problems and their root causes in a community, but also show how coalition members and diverse community sectors fit into a broader framework of positive population-level change and outcomes.

HHS Releases Healthy People 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week released Healthy People 2020, the nation's new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. The much-anticipated document provides a framework for public health priorities and actions.

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.

Evaluation Plan—Blank

Blank evaluation plan that complements Sample Evaluation Plan from the National Coalition Institute's Evaluation Primer. (Word document)

Evaluation Plan—Sample

Sample evaluation plan as illustrated in the National Coalition Institute's Evaluation Primer. (Word document)

SAMHSA Offers New Toolkit to Help Community Organizations Sustain Their Resources

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing the release of "Sustaining Grassroots Community-based Programs: A Toolkit for Community and Faith-based Service Providers." Grassroots community and faith-based treatment and recovery providers are concerned about continuing critical services for people affected by substance abuse and mental health disorders. This toolkit is designed to help these organizations plan for long-term survival.

Estratégico 39 - Formando Coaliciones: La Planificación Estratégica

La planificación estratégica es un paso clave para el logro de resultados positivos. Esta publicación ofrece información sobre un proceso de cómo elaborar una visión colectiva, crear un marco lógico, desarrollar un plan estratégico y un plan de acción para su coalición.

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.

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Got Outcomes? Building the Case for Your Coalition’s Contributions to Change

The Seven Strategies for Community Change, Pt. 1 by CADCA National Coalition Institute

Beyond the Logic Model: An Overview of the Strategic Planning Process by CADCA National Coalition Institute

Using Technology to Bridge Research and Practice

Planning Primer: Developing a Theory of Change, Logic Models and Strategic and Action Plans

Podcast Suggests Tips for Developing Comprehensive Logic Models

HHS Releases Healthy People 2020

Weaving: Communication and Social Media Campaigns

Evaluation Plan—Blank

Evaluation Plan—Sample

SAMHSA Offers New Toolkit to Help Community Organizations Sustain Their Resources

Estratégico 39 - Formando Coaliciones: La Planificación Estratégica

Community Mobilizing & Organizing for Coalitions Part 1

Defining the Seven Strategies for Community Change

Planning for Sustainability