DMC Action Network - Technical Assistance Seminars for DMC Coordinators

Overview

The DMC Action Network has designed a series of three Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local DMC Coordinators and other staff responsible for day-to-day operations of DMC reduction initiatives in Network sites. These intensive seminars provide practical guidance through information- and idea-sharing among peers, practice applications, and presentation opportunities.

The Technical Assistance Seminar Series includes the following sessions:

Seminar I: Facilitation of Dialogue and Players - December 7, 2009, Washington, DC
Facilitate DMC discussions and direct activities toward a specific set of outcomes.

Seminar II: Leadership in Strategy - May 12, 2010
Develop expertise in planning, executing, and monitoring DMC reduction strategies and ensuring their impact on reducing DMC.

Seminar III: Results and Preservation - December 2010
Planning for the sustainability of DMC reduction strategies.

Contact Lisa Garry, DMC Policy Director, to learn more about the Technical Assistance Seminars or the DMC Action Network.

Seminar I: Facilitation of Dialogue and Players

DMC Coordinators and other staff from Action Network sites traveled to Washington, DC on December 7, 2009, to participate in the first of the DMC Action Network's Technical Assistance Seminars for DMC Coordinators. Lisa Garry of the Center for Children's Law and Policy and Michael Finley of the W. Hayward Burns Institute co-facilitated the session.

The agenda and materials from that seminar are listed below.

• Session 1: The Role and Conversation of the DMC Coordinator - Group Dialogue and Exercises.
  • Presentation - Lisa Garry, Center for Children's Law and Policy & Michael Finley, W. Hayward Burns Institute [ppt]

• Session 2: Stakeholder Buy-in and Participation - Presentation and Group Dialogue.
  • Presentation - Lisa Garry, Center for Children's Law and Policy & Michael Finley, W. Hayward Burns Institute [ppt]

• Session 3: Methods to Win the Reluctant DMC Stakeholder - Group Exercise.
  • Stakeholder Engagement - Hypothetical Exercise [pdf]

• Session 4: Using Data to Drive the DMC Dialogue - Presentation and Group Dialogue.
  • Presentation - Relevant Versus Interesting Data Trends, Lisa Garry, Center for Children's Law and Policy & Michael Finley, W. Hayward Burns Institute [pdf]
  • Presentation - Useful Presentation of Data, Ariel Barak, Rock County, Wisconsin, DMC Data Analyst [ppt]
  • Presentation - Effective Peeling of the "Data Onion," Karen Tucker, Union County, North Carolina, DMC Project Coordinator [ppt]

Participants from the first seminar of the Technical Assistance Series for DMC Coordinators.