Institute on Community Coalitions:
The Power of Collaborative Solutions
Faculty: Tom Wolff Ph.D. www.tomwolff.com , tom@tomwolff.com
Day One
Morning AM
Welcome Goals, Agenda, Ice breaker
Coalition Building and Community Psychology
What is coalition building
Why are we doing coalition building?
Limitations of system
Stand and Declare – What do we believe about collaboration? Exercise
Experiences in collaborations – positive and negative - Exercise
Key Principles of Collaboration Solutions: overview
1. Encourage true collaboration as the form of exchange.
2. Continuum of Collaboration – which do you use? exercise
3. Engage the full diversity of the community, especially those most directly affected.
4. Practice democracy, and promote active citizenship and empowerment
5. Employ an ecological approach that builds on community strengths.
6. Take action by addressing issues of social change and power based on a common vision.
7. Engage spirituality as your compass for social
What we know from the research about what works? Roussus and Fawcett
Factors affecting a collaboration’s capacity to create change -worksheet
Healthy Communities as a model
Afternoon PM
Coalition Simulation – all participants engage in a simulated coalition experience
Creating Vision and Strategic Planning
Visioning exercise
Coalition start up - sharing
Coalition stages of development
Barriers
Diversity
Structure
Engaging the community in your collaboration
Who to involve? Who do you have involved now?
Who do you need to involve to reach your goals?
Ladder of Participation
How will you recruit them?
Stakeholder analysis
What is their self interest?
Develop a plan
How will you retain them?
Case studies
Coalition Building Problem Solving Clinic
Day Two
Morning AM
Sustainability
Stand and Declare – what do we believe about sustainability? Exercise
Myths
Creating a legacy statement
Sustainability Outcomes
Four approaches
Institutionalization
Policy change
Community norms
Resources
Next steps
Action planning
Evaluate the day plus/delta
Collaborative Leadership
Stand and Declare – what do we believe about leadership – exercise
Skills
Case studies
Coalition Building Problem Solving Clinic
PM
Coalition Simulation – all participants engage in a simulated coalition experience
Assessing Our Progress & Celebrating Our Success
Why does documentation and evaluation matter in collaborative solutions?
Your experience with coalition evaluation – As member? As evaluator?
What worked? What challenges?
Assess your progress : Assessment and evaluation of process and outcomes
A framework for evaluation of coalitions
Coalition Member Assessment - tool
Tools and Resources
Designing and running a Coalition Retreat
Case studies
Coalition Building Problem Solving Clinic
Putting it all together – integrating the two days – action planning for next steps |
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TOM WOLFF, PH.D.
 He Is a community psychologist committed to issues of social justice and to building healthy communities through collaborative solutions. A nationally recognized consultant on coalition building and community development, he has a lifetime of experience training and consulting with individuals, organizations, and communities across North America.
Tom has learned the hard way what it takes to achieve community change. He has been a professional psychologist in practice, has run large mental-health agencies, has built statewide systems of grassroots healthy community efforts, and has consulted nationwide to organizations addressing an array of issues. His dissatisfaction with the traditional helping system led him to create a wide range of community innovations and to work with many types of communities—urban and rural, majority and minority.
He’s passionate about looking at issues from a community perspective and empowering local communities to solve their own problems. His writings combine theoretical understanding with rich stories and on-the-ground experience.
His most recent book is The Power of Collaborative Solutions published in 2010 by Jossey Bass/John Wiley and available at www.tomwolff.com. Tom has published numerous resources to help communities solve their own problems. His writings on coalition building include From the Ground Up: A Workbook on Coalition Building and Community Development (with Gillian Kaye, 1996[and The Spirit of the Coalition (with William Berkowitz, 2000; American Public Health Association). He has been a partner in the development of the Community Tool Box (ctb.ku.edu), a website with 7000 pages of practical resources on community health and development.
Between 1985 and 2002, Tom founded and directed Community Partners, a technical assistance and training program affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It provided guidance and support in coalition building and community development.
Tom is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, which granted him its 1985 National Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology and its 1993 Henry V. McNeil Award for Innovation in Community Mental Health. In 2000, he received the For the People Against the Tide Award from Health Care for All for his “outstanding efforts to energize and educate local communities in areas of health care justice.” He has held academic appointments at the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and Wellesley College’s Stone Center.
He presently runs Tom Wolff & Associates (www.tomwolff.com). Consulting clients include federal, state, and local government agencies; foundations; hospitals; nonprofit organizations; professional associations; and grassroots groups.
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