DESCRIPTION:

This 1.5-hour webinar will review the best practices in effective coalitions and our role as leaders to implement those practices. We will discuss the importance and role that leadership plays in successful coalitions. We will also discuss the ways leadership functions differently in the unique structure of a community coalition.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Describe key characteristics of effective coalition leaders
• Define leading and managing
• Identify ways to support and lead coalition members
• Describe methods to grow your leadership skills

SPEAKER:

Erin Ficker, CPRS, MPAff

Erin serves as a prevention manager for the Great Lakes PTTC. For more than 14 years, Erin has worked in substance abuse prevention supporting communities to use evidence-based strategies and data-driven processes in substance abuse prevention planning and implementation.  She works with community level prevention practitioners and schools in the development, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of prevention interventions. 

CERTIFICATES of ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be emailed to all participants who attend the training in full.

The Great Lakes PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.