Organizational Elements of Effective Coalitions – R10 Jan 2025

Facilitator:

Elizabeth Eckley Winder, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Services and Restorative Justice at The Pennsylvania College of Technology. She earned her PhD in Administration and Leadership: Nonprofit and Private Sectors from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology from Lehigh University.

Her areas of focus include evaluation utilization and nonprofit management. Because of her specializations, Dr. Winder has worked with the University of Notre Dame’s Nonprofit Professional Development Department and has been a recipient of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)’s Diversity Award. Furthermore, as a consultant, she has worked with numerous counties and statewide organizations providing evaluation and strategic planning services.

Prior to joining The Pennsylvania College of Technology, Dr. Winder served as a Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator for the Pennsylvania State University’s Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center (EPIS). In Dr. Winder’s position, she was part of a team responsible for providing strategic planning training and technical assistance to communities throughout Pennsylvania in their implementation of the Communities That Care risk-focused model for preventing and reducing youth delinquency and substance use. She is a graduate of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) Coalition Institute and holds a Communities That Care Plus Coaching Certification through the University of Washington’s Center for Communities That Care.

Objectives:

• Explore diverse community sectors and ways to engage them in your prevention efforts
• Showcase effective strategies to key leader engagement and sustaining their continued support
• Discuss the importance of member engagement and ways to strengthen the relationship over time
• Demonstrate the importance and key elements of group goal directedness
• Describe the elements of efficient meetings and group development
• Explore the importance of understanding the prevention landscape and determining how to make connections

Audience:

• Community-level substance misuse prevention practitioners and community coalition coordinators located in the Northwest (HHS Region 10) states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
• Prevention practitioners who would like to become a Certified Prevention Specialist or need to continuing hours of education to meet re-certification requirements.
• Please note: This training is reserved for prevention professionals working in HHS Region 10.
• Prevention professionals interested in this course but who work outside of HHS Region 10 are encouraged to contact their region’s PTTC to learn about similar courses available to them.

Participant Commitment and Expectations:

• If your experience with Zoom is limited or you want to review key features of Zoom, please view the 20-minute Introduction to Zoom video prior to the first session on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 on how to use and maximize the platform
• Participate in 7 sessions of training, for 1.5 hours on scheduled series days/times
• Complete up to ONE hour of independent learning activities between each session
• Use a web-camera and have access to appropriate technology to join the online videoconferencing platform (i.e., internet connection, built-in or USB webcam, desktop/laptop computer, built-in/USB/Bluetooth speakers & microphone)
• Actively engage and be on camera 90% of the time during each session, since this is not a webinar series and active participation is essential to gain/improve skills

Please Note:

This EPLS is not a webinar series. Active participation in each session is essential to gain and improve skills. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your attendance.

The Northwest PTTC is committed to the safety of all participants. Driving while participating in these sessions is strongly discouraged, as it is seen as a danger to the participant. If driving cannot be avoided during your scheduled session for any reason, please contact the PTTC staff at pttclearning@casat.org .

In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by Tuesday, January 14, 2025 in order to fully participate and be on camera at least 90% of the time.

If you have questions regarding technology requirements or registration details contact pttclearning@casat.org.

Certificates:

Participants who complete the entire course will receive a certificate of attendance for 16.5 hours. Partial credit will be considered if a participant completes over 80% of the course and submits completed prep packets to the course facilitator for review for any missed session. Participants will need to confirm with their certification board to determine if these certification hours are accepted towards their specific certification requirements.

To help make engagement more comfortable, we limit the number of people who can enroll in EPLS. If you cannot commit to joining the sessions or completing the prep-work packets, please defer this opportunity to others on our waiting list.

The Northwest PTTC is a collaboration led by Washington State University in partnership with Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington, and CASAT at the University of Nevada, Reno.