The Prevention Leaders Podcast
How Frameworks Can Transform Your Coalition Work (and Your Culture)
60 min
Guest: Stephanie Patton
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This episode of The Prevention Leaders Podcast explores how frameworks like the Science of the Positive and the Strategic Prevention Framework can elevate coalition work beyond mere compliance. Stephanie Patton, a coalition coordinator from Massachusetts, shares her experience integrating the Science of the Positive, offering insights into making frameworks visible, building trust, and fostering facilitative leadership to enhance coalition impact and sustainability.
Key takeaways
- Frameworks like Science of the Positive and the Strategic Prevention Framework offer more than compliance, providing a clear identity and shared purpose for coalitions.
- Make frameworks visible in everyday work, for example, by adding them to meeting agendas.
- Build trust and relationships through simple ways to fuel buy-in and ensure sustainability.
- Coalition coordinators can adopt facilitative leadership to distribute workload and prevent burnout.
Show notes
When it comes to prevention, it’s easy to get lost in the deliverables, checking boxes, meeting grant requirements, and rushing to get things done. But the coalitions that thrive are the ones with a clear identity, a shared purpose, and a framework guiding every decision they make.
In this episode of the Prevention Leaders Podcast, I sit down with Stephanie Patton, a coalition coordinator and prevention leader from Massachusetts, who has spent years integrating the Science of the Positive into her coalition’s work.
Together, we talk about:
- Why frameworks like Science of the Positive and the Strategic Prevention Framework are more than just compliance tools
- How to make frameworks visible in everyday work (including a powerful tip about what to put on the back of every agenda!)
- Simple ways to build trust and relationships that fuel buy-in and sustainability
- How coalition coordinators can embrace facilitative leadership to share the workload and avoid burnout
🎧 Listen now and get inspired to make your coalition meetings, strategies, and partnerships more intentional and impactful.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
🌟 Science of the Positive: https://www.montanainstitute.com/science-of-the-positive
📖 Joy Journal, Start & end your day with intention: https://www.daveclosson.com/books
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