Caregiver Coalitions Innovation and Sustainability

1. Caregiver CoalitionsInnovation and Sustainability Sonnie Yudell, Program Manager Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services President, Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support

2. Innovation • A newly introduced practice or method intended to improve the current practice • Development of new products, processes, organizations, management practices, and strategies.

3. Sustainability • In a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state.

4. Goal of Innovation • To bring about positive change, to make someone or something better.

5. “Ideas without action are worthless” Harvey Mackay American Businessman, Speaker, Author

6. Ideas to Keep the Coalition Going • Coalitions can generate a lot of ideas • Fun and stimulating • Allow you to expand your vision and work • Examples from the Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support (UCCS) • Projects and Products • Leadership

7. Resources • “Coalition Building Tip Sheets” (and other great resources) • http://www.tomwolff.com/healthy-communities-tools-and-resources.html • “Family Caregiving in Utah: A Resource Guide for Family Caregivers” • www.caregivers.utah.gov • Creating SMART Goals • http://www.topachievement.com/smart.html

8. Harness the Energy • Work together to keep moving forward • Sustain your visions • Create the focus • Inspire leadership • Keep the ideas flowing • Allow the action to take place

9. Focus • How do you focus? • What do you focus on? • Who will help with focus? • S.M.A.R.T Model

10. Leadership • Important to drive growth • Let leaders emerge • Listen to their voices and their passions • Realize they are not always in front of the room

11. New “Voices” • Keep new voices coming to the table • Keep leaders and organization alive • Generates energy and ideas and action • Gives life to new and innovative ideas

12. Growth • Innovations can lead to growth as you hone your focus and expend the energy to develop the new ideas