Hosted by the Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America (CADCA)
and its National Coalition Institute
www.cadca.org/www.coalitioninstitute.org
Drug-Free
Communities Reporting Requirements:
How to use this information to improve your coalition
Moderator: Evelyn Yang, Manager, Evaluation and Research, National Coalition Institute
Presenter: DeWitt Webster, Ph.D., Drug-Free Communities Support Program National Evaluation team
This call will help DFC grantees by providing an overview of the evaluation plan, including guiding questions, the data collection and analysis strategy, and what can be learned from the effort. A key component will be a focus on helping grantees accurately collect data on the four core measures required by SAMSHA. There will be facilitated discussions on adapting existing questions, including measures in existing school based surveys, selection of target areas, shared learning, and general group problem solving. Time will be allocated for a discussion of the value of conducting student surveys to guide coalition planning and inform the coalition evaluation. The call will address the key questions of "Why do a survey?" "When is the best time(s)?" and "How do we begin?"
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(broadband connection recommended)Materials for the Audio Conference:
Drug-Free Communities Reporting Requirements: How to Use This Information to Improve Your Coalition (PDF)
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Strategies for Effective Evaluations
Moderator: Evelyn Yang, Manager, Evaluation and Research, National Coalition Institute
Presenters: Paul Evensen, Senior Consultant, Community Systems Group, and
Diane Galloway, Ph.D., Deputy Project Manager, CDM Group, Inc;
former administrator, Department of Health Substance Abuse Division, Wyoming
A comprehensive evaluation producing credible results is an invaluable coalition product. This audio conference will provide information on the concepts and tools necessary for producing useful and credible evaluations.
This call will show the importance of evaluation and introduce some of the key processes of monitoring and evaluating coalitions and local efforts. The session will also assist coalitions in matching strategies to long and short term outcomes, selecting appropriate evaluation designs, and providing examples on how to effectively use and share evaluation findings.
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Now! using
Windows Media Player
(broadband connection recommended)
Materials for the Audio Conference:
Strategies
for Effective Evaluations (PDF)
Note
Taking Guide (PDF)
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Social Marketing for Coalitions
Moderator: Eduardo Hernández-Alarcón, Deputy Director, Dissemination and Coalition Relations, National Coalition Institute
Presenter: Sue Stine, Manager, Dissemination and Coalition Relations, National Coalition Institute
Social Marketing may surprise you. Effective social marketing programs include more than a message or a mass media campaign and much of what it takes to put together a comprehensive social marketing program is already being done by coalitions around the country. This session will outline the steps for developing a strategic social marketing plan. Discussion will include the differences between social and commercial marketing, use of logic models, the importance of research and evaluation and tactics that social marketers use to implement behavior change.
Listen
Now! using
Windows Media Player
(broadband connection recommended)
Materials for the Audio Conference:
Social
Marketing for Coalitions (PDF)
Social
Marketing for Coalitions (PDF of slides in handout format)
Participant's
Notebook (PDF)
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The Differences between a Coalition and a Program
Moderator: Eduardo Hernández-Alarcón, Deputy Director, Dissemination and Coalition Relations, National Coalition Institute
Presenters: Jane Callahan, Director, National Coalition Institute, and
Carlton Hall, Senior Training Manager, National Coalition Institute
Most of us know where to begin when we’re managing a program. But what about a coalition? The National Coalition Institute has identified three key differences: 1) Scale: Coaltions measure success by examining community level indicators. This applies to all coalition outcomes (short- and long-term). 2) Addresses multiple causes: Coalitions seek to insure that all causes of identified problems are addressed. 3) Actors: Action in coalitions is diffused and taken by all members with staff playing a coordinating and supportive role.
Materials for the Audio Conference:
The
Difference between a Program and a Coalition (PDF)
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