Intensive Workshop Sessions
Intensive Workshops are pre-conference sessions that go in depth on specific topics, focus on skill development and tools, and include interaction and dialogue.
All Intensive Workshops take place on Wednesday, March 11, from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. There is a $90 registration fee for these workshops, space is limited, and you must register in advance.
Choose from the following sessions:
Driving Community Health Assessment:
Collecting the Right Data and Turning it into Useful Information for Decision Making
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Debra Thompson, MBA (bio)
President and CEO
Strategy Solutions, Inc.
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their current (or previous) community health assessment process.
- Identify the types of data that could expand understanding of the drivers of health, and techniques to interpret and draw conclusions from the data.
- Determine improvements for their future community health assessment efforts, including data collection.
Session Description:
Many community health assessments rely on consultants to collect, interpret, and report the data. Others draw on organization staff and coalition volunteers to have the time and skills for this. Some assessment processes facilitate action planning based on the data, while others do not. And the assessment effort may or may not state measurable targets for future health improvement. How do we know that we have the best data, as well as the tools and skills to translate that data into information, and a process that can help us set priorities and make decisions about programs and interventions?
This session provides a model for evaluating your current community health data collection process, along with information to help you collect and analyze a focused dataset to identify priorities and make decisions. This highly interactive, experiential learning course with ample participant feedback also uses direct instruction, and examples and applications of session concepts. Participants will walk away with "take home" tools and materials.
Among the workshop's specific topics are: overview of typical and less traditional indicators of health and socio-economic status; evaluating and improving your assessment data collection efforts; identifying new datasets and new stakeholders; strategies to improve data analysis and drawing conclusions from the data; and assessing the success of your community health assessment process.
Intentional Relationship Building for Community Health:
Developing the Foundation for Systems Change and the Framework for Community Engagement
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Paul T. Doyle (bio)
Principal
Paul T. Doyle & Associates, LLC
Caledonia, Mich.
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Marylu Dykstra (bio)
Strategist
Paul T. Doyle & Associates, LLC
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Apply techniques of Intentional Relationship Building® with diverse organizational and community stakeholders to develop and sustain collaborative relationships.
- Utilize the Blueprint for Community Engagement® to improve implementation and effectiveness of community health improvement strategies.
- Learn and apply the basics tools and techniques of Appreciative Inquiry (AI)TM.
- Learn the Results Oriented Key Strategies® approach as a problem solving and brainstorming tool.
Session Description:
Developing and implementing collaborative community health improvement initiatives can be a constant challenge in today's increasingly diverse communities. Understanding the value of "grassroots to grass tops" relationships bring to the sustainability and effectiveness of these initiatives is a key element in an organization's and community health leaders' success.
This session will equip community health leaders with tools to facilitate and negotiate systems change while navigating through communities. Participants will learn how to create effective relationships between individuals and organizations through developing "platforms of trust," that support community health improvement efforts. They will learn and use an Appreciative Inquiry approach to gain critical knowledge of individuals, organizations as well as identify strengths and opportunities for growth within an environment of mutual trust and respect.
To further develop mutually beneficial relationships, attendees will learn and apply "rules of engagement" as a tool to ensure issues of concern, differences and similarities are thoughtfully considered and addressed. Specific community-based scenarios will be shared as examples of the process in action. Additional work with the elements of building intentional relationships will allow leaders to demonstrate "genuine intent" that cannot be misperceived or mistrusted, and form the cornerstone of successful collaborative relationships. Finally, the use of two strategic planning tools including Results Oriented Key Strategies® methodology and the Blueprint for Community Engagement® will provide a foundation for participants to work through issues, define approaches, and map out action steps to implement community health improvement initiatives.
Outcomes for Success: Practical Program Evaluation Methods and Tools
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Emilee Quinn, MPH (bio)
Consulting Team Member
Organizational Research Services / Evaluation Forum
Seattle, Wash.
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Apply the foundational elements of outcome-based evaluation: outcomes, indicators and logic models.
- Critically consider their current evaluation efforts and ways in which they may be strengthened.
- Increase their awareness about evaluation principles for community health improvement efforts aimed at collaborative and system-level change.
Session Description:
(This session runs from 8:30-11:30 a.m.)
Over the past decade, outcome-based evaluation has become de rigueur for many nonprofit organizations and public agencies. After years of implementing their evaluation systems, however, many organizations are now interested in reviewing the purpose and utility of their outcome-based evaluation efforts. Organizations might refine and adjust their evaluation systems to ensure that the data collected is of maximum usefulness, develop or enhance processes for effectively communicating data and findings to a variety of audiences, or use outcome maps to situate their work within a broader community change context.
This session assumes a basic familiarity with the role of outcomes, indicators and logic models in conducting evaluation. We will briefly review these concepts then present and discuss specific evaluation processes and tools that support and build evaluation efforts. For example:
- Various purposes for evaluation data and related data collection methods and designs.
- Practical examples of evaluation resources.
- Special evaluation topics related to community health improvement efforts focused on collaborations or systems-level changes.
This session aims to help participants take their evaluation efforts to the next level by addressing a framework and practical approaches to evaluation, and by facilitating an opportunity for participant discussion and experience sharing. This session will be further refined based on responses to pre-participation surveys available upon registration.
What's New in Community Benefit Since IRS 990 Schedule H Became a Requirement
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Douglas Lyon, MBA, CPA (bio)
President
Lyon Associates, Inc.
Sylvania, Ohio
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Julie Trocchio, MS (bio)
Senior Director
Catholic Health Association
Washington, DC
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the new IRS community benefit reporting requirements (Schedule H), both quantitative and qualitative.
- Understand the differences between CHA's 2006 A Guide to Planning and Reporting Community Benefit ("Guide") and the new IRS requirements.
- Understand the ways in which CHA's newly-revised 2008 Guide has evolved since Schedule became a requirement (what's new).
- Understand the ways in which the CBISA program has evolved since Schedule H (what's new).
- Identify skill sets necessary to complete the various parts of Schedule H (and team assignment recommendations).
- Assess whether adequate recordkeeping and tracking systems are in place for Schedule H needs.
Session Description:
Community benefit reporting requirements have moved to a new level, effective this coming year. The IRS now requires hospital disclosure of community benefit information in the annual Form 990 tax return, using the newly-mandated Schedule H. This schedule contains both qualitative and quantitative reporting, and its completion will require that hospitals obtain new knowledge (IRS 990/H Instructions) and, in some cases, new or different systems for tracking the information for Schedule H. Finally, Schedule H will require that professionals from many departments -- not just community benefit -- be involved in a team effort.
This session provides a framework for understanding what's new in community benefit (for those hospitals who have been reporting it) and what's really new in community benefit for those hospitals who have not been tracking it. Participants will learn about the specific IRS Schedule H reporting requirements, including all quantifiable and qualitative aspects of the new schedule. The rationale for 2008 changes to the CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit and to the CBISA software will be explained and discussed.
As an additional benefits participants will learn how to assess their readiness for Schedule H, and how and why a team comprised of community benefit, finance, senior leadership and legal will be invaluable for successful completion of their first IRS 990 Schedule H. As a participant, you will receive a copy of CHA's new 2008 A Guide to Planning and Reporting Community Benefit.
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