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Jennifer Redmond Knight

Coalitions and Conflict

One of the best things about coalition work is working with people. One of the most challenging things about coalition work is working with people. 🙂  Although conflict is often an area that many of us would prefer to avoid, when we address it well, we can enhance our relationships and work better with others. […]

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What does a coalition do? It celebrates! Part 2

In the last post, we highlighted the reasons why we want to celebrate and that may be all you need to get started celebrating! For others, especially those who are not natural “celebrators,” you may be thinking it would be really nice to have some ideas on how to celebrate without spending a lot of

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What does a coalition do? It celebrates! Part 1

As coalition leaders, we can get caught up in the next task, meeting, activity, report or plan that we forget to add “celebrate” to the list. In my coalition leading experience, this activity is the one we most often skip. Since we are addressing big health or social challenges, there is always another need or

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What does a coalition do? It evaluates!

The word evaluation can elicit excitement, curiosity, confusion and dread. When working with coalitions, evaluation is a necessary part of the work, but the way we do evaluation varies considerably depending upon the experience of the coalition leaders, resources available, requirements from funders, and interests of the coalition. Join me this week as I provide

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What does a coalition do? It implements!

The reason many people join a coalition or get involved in a partnership is because they want to do something to make a difference in a cause or topic they want to support. While the organization they work for may be sending them to the coalition, the reason they work for the like-minded organization is

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What does a coalition do? It prioritizes!

One of the most important and challenging aspects of coalition work – and sometimes life – is prioritizing. When leading a coalition, you can see all the needs and all the opportunities. There is always more to do than you have time, resources or partners who can do it. I remember the first coalition I

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What does a coalition do? It combines!

Coalitions are often under-funded and under-resourced to accomplish the lofty health, environmental or social goals that align with their purpose. An important role of the coalition is to find ways to catalyze and combine efforts so that collectively the coalition can accomplish much more than could be done by any one organization working independently. In

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What does a coalition do? It engages!

Engagement is one of the most critical components of coalition work and it can also be one of the most challenging. With our busy and overwhelming schedules, finding ways to intentionally and successfully engage our coalition is incredibly important. When I first began leading coalitions, engagement primarily happened through in-person meetings and email communication. Now,

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What does a coalition do? It plans

One of the first and ongoing coalition activities is planning. Whether you are working on a strategic plan, an action plan or an upcoming meeting plan, you are constantly planning something. When you are considering hiring for a coalition position, you need them to be great with people and skilled at planning. As you are

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