Webinars

What have communities learned about how place matters and creating conditions in communities for residents to thrive?

For decades, Allen County, Kansas saw the population and economic fabric of their county decline. But despite the shift, the 13,000 residents of this rural county in the southeastern region of the state, have been experiencing a watershed moment. Community members and leaders have banded together to foster a sense of belonging and create a shared vision—everything from improving the collective...

Do you want to know how to effectively engage listeners in less than 10 seconds? Do you want to strengthen your persuasive messaging to both connect and inspire your audience to get involved and take action? The 27-9-3 Rule (from M+R Strategic Services) describes a process for creating powerful, succinct messages—no more than 27 words, delivered in nine seconds, containing just three (or...

Are you seeking clarification about members’ roles and contributions to the success of your partnership? This 20 minute webinar will explore the Defining Boundaries Conversation Guide, a tool created by the...

How many people could be living longer, healthier lives if they had the opportunities of those in the best performing counties of your state? This brief, 20 minute webinar short will focus on data and tools to understand the size and nature of health gaps, and to help continue a conversation about how to close them. The Health Gaps Reports and an accompanying Discussion Guide will be featured...

This 20 minute webinar will explore What Works for Health (WWFH), an online resource that provides communities with information to help select and implement evidence-informed strategies (i.e., policies, programs, systems and environmental changes) that can help improve health behaviors, clinical care, the physical environment, and the social & economic factors that affect health....

The United Way of Central Ohio has discovered an innovative approach to deliver social services. The Pathways Community HUB is a social service integration approach with the potential to leverage a community-based care coordination strategy alongside emerging initiatives like Patient-Centered Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and others intended to...

In this webinar we will explore why housing matters to our health and what our Rankings data tells us about housing in your community. We’ll also explore some of the strategies from What Works for Health that communities can use to improve housing. Then we’ll hear from Arthur Chaput from NeighborWorks Umpqua about how he and others led an exciting approach to improving housing and...

Public health, as a neutral, respected, knowledgeable party, has a special role to play when it comes to bringing partners together. However, this is a somewhat new paradigm. What is public health's role today and how is it different than before? How can public health engage diverse partners and community leaders in health improvement work? What role does public health play in sustaining...