Bringing people together for learning, action, and impact
- In today’s environment of dynamic change, continuous learning is imperative for individuals, teams, organizations, and communities.
- The challenge lies in providing learning supports that are time-efficient and directly relevant to the daily work of participants.
- What if we could bring people together for time-efficient learning that is explicitly designed to support focused action for positive impact?
- Our answer to this question is the Action Learning Network.
- Associations can use Action Learning Networks to support collaborative learning programs for their members.
- Members. The network members can include individuals and teams from Association member organizations.
- Topics. The network topics can be selected based on the needs and interests of the Association and the participating members.
- Activities. The network members can engage in webinars, access online learning resources, exchange ideas with peers, and pursue project-based activities to apply what they are learning.
- Outcomes. The network outcomes can include positive changes in learning, action, and impact for the participating individuals, teams, and organizations.
- Foundations can use Action Learning Networks to help community organizations build capacity, collaborate for impact, and achieve better grant performance.
- Members. The network members can include individuals and teams from community grantees and other community organizations.
- Topics. The network topics can be selected based on the needs and interests of the community organizations and the Foundation.
- Activities. The network members can engage in webinars, access online learning resources, share ideas, and collaborate for strategy development.
- Outcomes. The network outcomes can include stronger organizations, enhanced community collaboration, and better grant performance.
- Hospitals, health systems, and public health agencies can use Action Learning Networks to engage community organizations as partners in community health assessment and improvement.
- Members. The network members can include individuals and teams from community organizations interested in collaborating for community health assessment and improvement.
- Topics. The network topics can include collaborative development of community health needs assessments and collaborative design and implementation of community health improvement strategies.
- Activities. The network members can engage in webinars, access online data, share ideas, and explore collaborative strategies.
- Outcomes. The network outcomes can include more inclusive community health needs assessments and stronger partnerships for community health improvement.
- Public health agencies can use Action Learning Networks to engage community organizations as partners in community health assessment and a wide range of community health improvement efforts.
- Members. The network members can include individuals and teams from community organizations interested in collaborating for community health improvement.
- Topics. The network topics can include any public health initiatives for outreach, education, promotion, and prevention.
- Activities. The network members can engage in webinars, access online data, share ideas, and explore collaborative strategies.
- Outcomes. The network outcomes can include effective community partnerships for advancing public health goals.
- System change efforts are essential for improving access to essential services and supports at the community level.
- Example types of system change include access improvement, quality improvement, data development, service integration, environmental change, and policy change.
- Collaboration is essential for system change in cases where no single organization by itself can solve all system challenges or meet all system needs.
- An Action Learning Network can be an efficient vehicle for bringing people together to learn and take action for system change, where
- The members of the network include the collaborating entities.
- The topics for the network are decided by the group based on goals for system change.
- The activities include collaborative learning and sharing of ideas and strategies for system change.
- The outcomes include design and implementation of focused strategies for system change.
