Coalition leadership presents unique challenges unlike any other context. The complexity of building cohesion, trust, and engagement in a team is exponentially increased as professional staff and local volunteers unify to address important issues in the community. Learn to cultivate rich and meaningful engagement with your coalition with facilitation methods that lead participants to naturally step into the process and actively contribute to the conversations and decision-making process. In this space, all voices are honored to develop practical, effective plans.

Facilitative Leadership: Coalition Engagement, Collaboration & Motivation

Facilitate conversations and planning sessions that are inclusive of every unique person participating in the group.

Learn to:

• Engage large, diverse groups quickly.
• Stimulate deep thinking in individuals and the collective.
• Identify issues, encourage discourse, and achieve closure.
• Achieve group resolve through controversy, cultural differences, and celebration.

Private, in-house courses are available for groups of 10 or more.

HUE™ Shared Agreement

Facilitate groups to a common understanding and group-based decisions with inspiring and energizing processes.

Learn to:

• Develop an inspiring vision co-created and owned by the group.
• Identify and address conflicting or misaligned goals.
• Integrate diverse ideas in effective, hybrid solutions.
• Create focused solutions for complex challenges.

Private, in-house courses are available for groups of 10 or more.

Small Team Action Planning

Implement long-term planning to increase coalition impact, focusing on simple solutions to complex problems with profound results.

Learn to:

• Conduct a reliable situational analysis to understand the current context.
• Visualize data and outcomes as understandable stories.
• Maximize the participation of group members to mobilize action.
• Establish a realistic and flexible plan with timelines and accountability measures.

Private, in-house courses are available for groups of 10 or more.

Capitalize on Your Capacity

Prepare future leadership and coalition members by analyzing member involvement and understanding dynamic community needs.

Learn to:

• Align coalition goals with stakeholders goals with meaning for rich collaboration.
• Identify key relationships among coalition and community members that naturally evoke trust to engage more stakeholders.
• Develop skills to identify unwritten rules and underground support systems to strengthen coalition roots.
• Strengthen coalition work by understanding, honoring and inspiring continued constituent contributions.

Private, in-house courses are available for groups of 10 or more.