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Coalition Basics

One of the most common questions I get from coalition leaders is – How do I help my coalition know what a coalition is Coalition Basics will provide clarity on coalitions and tools that you can use right away within your coalition context. Whether you are brand new to coalition building or you have been leading coalitions and partnerships for years, this Masterclass is for you.

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Take your own advice.

In our coalition work, we are constantly planning and hosting meetings, projects and events. Depending upon our time, staff/leader capacity and partner availability, these can have varying levels of complexity and require us to consider many factors. Last week, during

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Top 10 Tips for Facilitating an Online Meeting

As we plan and prepare our coalition meetings, we have lots of decisions to make about the type(s) of meetings we host. We once again have opportunities to meet in person, sometimes we host hybrid meetings and we continue to

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10 Keys to Accountability

No one wants to talk about it (and we did – check out Part 1 and Part 2 Masterclasses!) but accountability is an important aspect of coalition building and trust building. When some people are held accountable and others are

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Eight Elements of Effective Meetings

As we head into Spring (and the same thing happens in the Fall), we are facing meetings in every area of our lives! If you are leading groups of volunteers, there is likely a window of a few months in

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Trust: How do you build it?

Last week, we highlighted the importance of trust in coalition building. We can easily say โ€œtrustโ€ is important or we want more โ€œtrustโ€ in our coalition, but actually building trust takes time and intentionality. Building trust = building and maintaining

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The Coalition Difference Maker: Trust

Coalition building is all about working together with others to do more than we could do on our own. If we are going to work with others and make an impact, we have to trust the people in our coalition.

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Eight Elements of Effective Meetings

Letโ€™s face it. Coalition work = meetings.  As much as we may be weary from meetings or feel like we are constantly moving from meeting to meeting, this is how we work together. As we have transitioned from primarily in-person

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10 Keys to Accountability

Letโ€™s face it. It is really easy to say โ€œyesโ€ in our coalition work but holding ourselves, our leaders and our members accountable is challenging. Itโ€™s not that we donโ€™t want to follow through, itโ€™s just that there are so

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