Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for Change
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Research has shown that high-capacity coalitions are more successful in effecting community change. While a number of coalition assessment tools have been developed, documentation is scarce regarding how they are implemented, how the results are used, and whether they are predictive of coalition success in collaborative community change efforts. Developed for a health promotion initiative of a major health foundation, this tool is designed to assess coalition progress in eight key areas across twelve different community coalitions, over the course of a three year initiative. On May 21, 2013, Veena Pankaj, Kat Athanasiades, Ann Emery, and Johanna Morariu gave a presentation titled "Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for Change." The panel was hosted by the Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program (APEP) at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC. The session focused on a coalition assessment tool that was designed by Innovation Network to assess changes in coalition capacity over time. Presenters shared lessons learned from the first year of the initiative about developing and deploying the assessment tool, as well as what these tools can--and can't--tell you about a coalition's capacity in conducting community change work. In addition presenters shared how information collected from this assessment can be communicated back to the coalitions using data visualization approaches to effectively communicate the data.
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Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for Change
- 1. Veena Pankaj Kat Athanasiades Ann Emery Johanna Morariu Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for Change Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast Series Hosted by the Aspen Institute Washington, DC May 22, 2013
- 2. Veena Pankaj Director vpankaj@innonet.org Kat Athanasiades Associate kathanasiades@innonet.org Ann Emery Associate aemery@innonet.org Johanna Morariu Director jmorariu@innonet.org www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval About Us
- 3. #CATeval @InnoNet_Eval @KatAthanasiades @AnnKEmery @J_Morariu Let’s Connect www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 4. What’s the first thing to come to mind when you hear advocacy evaluation? www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 5. What’s the first thing to come to mind when you hear coalition assessment? www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 6. How does this session relate to your work and interests? www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 7. Agenda 1 Background 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 8. Agenda 1 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications Background www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 9. Agenda 1 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications Background www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 10. Snapshots Developed Implemented Report Aug 2012 Sept 2012 Jan 2013 Development & Implementation 2 Oct 2012 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 11. Seven categories of CAT Basic Functioning and Structure Ability to Cultivate and Develop Champions Coalition Leadership Ability to Develop Allies and Partnerships Development & Implementation 2 Reputation and Visibility Ability to Learn from the Community Sustainability www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 12. Vetting process Kansas Health Foundation staff GEO Place-Based Community of Practice Kansas Advisory Committee Development & Implementation 2 Healthy Communities Initiative Technical Assistance team Coalition members www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 13. Development & Implementation 2 56 coalition members 12 TA providers 68 total responses www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 14. Agenda 1 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications Background www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 15. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 Memos www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 16. Overall Scores Reporting to Stakeholders 3 29% 40% 55% 64% 66% 68% 69% 70% 77% 79% 80% 81% Community 6 Community 4 Community 9 Community 8 Community 2 Community 11 Community 7 Community 12 Community 3 Community 5 Community 10 Community 1 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 17. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 1-page Community Snapshots www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 18. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 Memos www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 19. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 84% 77% 75% 72% 70% 69% 52% 70% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Basic Functioning and Structure Allies and Partnerships Champions Reputation and Visibility Learn from Community Coalition Leadership Sustainability Overall Community Members www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 20. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 53% 55% 54% 51% 38% 47% 35% 47% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Basic Functioning and Structure Allies and Partnerships Champions Reputation and Visibility Learn from Community Coalition Leadership Sustainability Overall TA Providers www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 21. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 84% 53% 77% 55% 75% 54% 72% 51% 70% 38% 69% 47% 52% 35% 70% 47% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Basic Functioning and Structure Allies and Partnerships Champions Reputation and Visibility Learn from Community Coalition Leadership Sustainability Overall Community Members TA Providers www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 22. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 Report Region? Time in coalition? Time in community? Engagement? Number of members? Number of new members? www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 23. Reporting to Stakeholders 3 More time in coalition More coalition members Higher scores www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 24. Agenda 1 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications Background www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 25. This survey is too long for busy people. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 26. I hadn’t thought about us collecting feedback on whether the community is satisfied with our work because we are so busy doing the work… Very interesting question. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 27. The initial mission, vision, and values are defined but under development. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 28. Our monetary resources are limited to the planning grant monies. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 29. These questions… are good questions for us to have as a guide for our work. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 30. Realistically, many of these points cannot be accomplished within a year, but it is a goal to strive towards. —Coalition member Strengths & Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 31. a. Integrate multiple perspectives b. Show change over time c. Contextual data about policy changes d. Aggregate and community-level data e. Tool & evaluation = intervention Strengths 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 32. a. Integrate multiple perspectives b. Show change over time c. Contextual data about policy changes d. Aggregate and community-level data e. Tool & evaluation = intervention Strengths 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 33. a. Integrate multiple perspectives b. Show change over time c. Contextual data about policy changes d. Aggregate and community-level data e. Tool & evaluation = intervention Strengths 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 34. a. Integrate multiple perspectives b. Show change over time c. Contextual data about policy changes d. Aggregate and community-level data e. Tool & evaluation = intervention Strengths 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 35. a. Integrate multiple perspectives b. Show change over time c. Contextual data about policy changes d. Aggregate and community-level data e. Tool & evaluation = intervention Strengths 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 36. a. Ratings are opinions b. Self-awareness low at first c. Language d. Focus changes over time Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 37. a. Ratings are opinions b. Self-awareness low at first c. Language d. Focus changes over time Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #Coal_Assess
- 38. a. Ratings are opinions b. Self-awareness low at first c. Language d. Focus changes over time Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 39. a. Ratings are opinions b. Self-awareness low at first c. Language d. Focus might change over time Challenges 4 www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 40. Agenda 1 2 Development & Implementation 3 Reporting to Stakeholders 4 Strengths & Challenges 5 Summary & Applications Background www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 41. Materials www.innonet.org Where We’ve Been www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
- 42. Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for Change Veena Pankaj Director vpankaj@innonet.org Kat Athanasiades Associate kathanasiades@innonet.org Ann Emery Associate aemery@innonet.org Johanna Morariu Director jmorariu@innonet.org www.innonet.org | @InnoNet_Eval | #CATeval
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- AE There were two factors that were statistically significantly correlated with the overall coalition assessment scores: the length of time the community member had spent in the coalition, and the number of members in each coalition. In other words, communities where members had been in the coalition for longer tended to score higher, and communities with more people in their coalition tended to score higher. So, there’s something special going on in coalitions with lots of people who have been in the (Possible audience participation question if attention is lacking: What do you think is going on there? Is this what you expected to see? Or do these findings surprise you?)
- AE Next, we’re going to talk about the strengths and challenges of developing and administering the coalition assessment tool. The “strengths” section could easily be named “what’s awesome about the CAT” because each of us here on the panel had aspects of the project that really interested us. But, before we tell you about some of our favorite parts of this tool, we’re going to share some respondent perspectives. As Kat explained, the coalition assessment tool had 7 sections. When we administered the survey on Zoomerang, we added a big text box after each section so that they could share additional comments. Here are a few of those open-ended comments. They add useful contextual details and helped us and the Kansas Health Foundation understand the scores a little more.
- AE Well, just like all surveys, you can imagine that some of the comments were like this…. A coalition member wrote, “This survey is too long for busy people.”
- AE When asked about their coalition’s ability to learn from the community, a coalition member noted, “I hadn’t thought about us collecting feedback on whether the community is satisfied with our work because we are so busy doing the work, the learning, the data collection, and getting the word out, to think about whether THEY are satisfied. Very interesting question.”
- AE Several of the coalition members reminded us that this first year is meant to be a planning year, and therefore their community could not have fully accomplished many of the items outlined in the rubric. For example, a coalition member commented, “The initial mission, vision, and values are defined but under development.”
- AE Several of the coalition members reminded us that their coalition has limited money, and limited time, to fully accomplish the tasks outlined in the rubric. For example, a coalition member wrote, “Our monetary resources are currently limited to the planning grant monies.”
- AE A coalition member wrote, “These questions… are good questions for us to have as a guide for our work.”
- AE A coalition member wrote, “Realistically, many of these points cannot be accomplished within a year, but it is a goal to strive towards.”
- AE And here are the strengths from our perspectives as the evaluators on the project.
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