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Upcoming Trainings
Coalition Compass Learning Series - Session 2
June 25, 2025 – The Mic-Drop Moment: Storytelling for Impact
- Presenter: Taylor Carter, WSU Community Engagement Institute
- This session will help you move beyond listing activities to telling powerful stories of real change, using simple tools to highlight outcomes and inspire action.
This four-part interactive series is designed to help coalitions gain clarity with finding and using data, telling impactful stories, moving from problems to solutions, and engaging community decision makers effectively.
Each session is one hour, from Noon -1:00 p.m., with an optional 30-minute Application Lab directly following the session where participants will apply concepts to their own community and coalition challenges.
Coalition Compass Learning Series - Session 3
July 30, 2025 – Beyond The Surface: Asking the Right Questions & Moving to Action
- Presenter: Jessica Smith & Vanessa Lohf, WSU Community Engagement Institute
- This session will share how to pause, ask better questions, and shift from problem analysis to real solutions.
This four-part interactive series is designed to help coalitions gain clarity with finding and using data, telling impactful stories, moving from problems to solutions, and engaging community decision makers effectively.
Each session is one hour, from Noon -1:00 p.m., with an optional 30-minute Application Lab directly following the session where participants will apply concepts to their own community and coalition challenges.
Coalition Compass Learning Series - Session 4
August 20, 2025 – Power in Partnership: Engaging Community Decision Makers the Right Way
- Presenter: Lisse Regehr, Thrive Kansas
- This session will explore building meaningful relationships with elected officials and involve them as allies in coalition work.
This four-part interactive series is designed to help coalitions gain clarity with finding and using data, telling impactful stories, moving from problems to solutions, and engaging community decision makers effectively.
Each session is one hour, from Noon -1:00 p.m., with an optional 30-minute Application Lab directly following the session where participants will apply concepts to their own community and coalition challenges.