network offerings

Exclusive Network Member offerings

Offerings and dates are subject to change; more to be added throughout the year.
For additional support contact support@strivetogether.org.

Course Starts:
August 24, 2023
Course Starts:
August 29, 2023
Course Starts:
September 13, 2023
Course Starts:
October 11, 2023
Course Starts:
October 18, 2023

The Training Hub

StriveTogether provides training to help community leaders strengthen their ability to work across sectors, change systems and achieve equitable outcomes. Grounded in proven approaches and tools used by nearly 70 communities in the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, the courses and workshops have been tested by national partners. These courses and offerings are accessible to everyone, including place-based partnerships and community partners outside of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network.

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Fundamentals of Partnerships, Cohort 1

This course is designed for:

New backbone staff, leadership table members, new community partners, anyone interested in learning the role and value that place-based partnerships play in improving outcomes and systems in their community

Strategy Lab

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, new backbone staff, key community partners engaged in outcomes-focused work

Strategies for Systems Change

This course is designed for:

CAN facilitators, data leads, community partners engaged in outcomes-focused work or CANs

Planning for Actionable Systems Change, Cohort 1

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, data leads, anyone leading or participating in outcomes focused work with a place-based partnership

Facilitating for Collaborative Work, Cohort 1

This course is designed for:

Anyone who facilitates meetings and work for place-based partnerships AND has not participated in a Results Based Facilitation 101 course (this course is not a full RBF 101, but it highlights core techniques and concepts covered in RBF 101)

Using “Both/And” Thinking

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, leadership table members, anyone leading work on behalf of a place-based partnership

Measuring the Impact of Your Work

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, leadership table members, CAN facilitators, data leads, new backbone staff, key community partners engaged in outcomes-focused work

Leading Change in Systems, Cohort 1

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, leaders of collaborative teams or networks

Designing Effective Meeting Agendas

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, data leads, CAN facilitators, anyone leading work on behalf of a place-based partnership

Fundamentals of Partnerships, Cohort 2

This course is designed for:

New backbone staff, leadership table members, new community partners, anyone interested in learning the role and value that place-based partnerships play in improving outcomes and systems in their community

Community Engagement

This course is designed for:

Leadership table members, CAN facilitators, data leads, new backbone staff, anyone leading work on behalf of a place-based partnership

Planning for Actionable Systems Change, Cohort 2

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, data leads, anyone leading or participating in outcomes focused work with a place-based partnership

Phases of Action

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, leadership table members, key community partners engaged in place-based partnership work

Engaging Partners in the Work, Cohort 2

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, data leads, CAN facilitators, anyone leading work on behalf of a place-based partnership

Leading Change in Systems, Cohort 2

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, leaders of collaborative teams or networks

Planning for Actionable Systems Change, Cohort 3

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, data leads, anyone leading or participating in outcomes focused work with a place-based partnership

Facilitating for Collaborative Work, Cohort 2

This course is designed for:

Anyone who facilitates meetings and work for place-based partnerships AND has not participated in a Results Based Facilitation 101 course (this course is not a full RBF 101, but it highlights core techniques and concepts covered in RBF 101)

Person-Role-System Framework

This course is designed for:

Executive directors, CAN facilitators, anyone leading work on behalf of a place-based partnership

2024 Offerings Roll Out

This course is designed for:

Cradle to Career Network, anyone who has taken or signed up for a StriveTogether offering, national partners

Course Competencies 

Courses labeled with the following competencies are designed to help participants:

Systems Focused

Design and implement systems thinking to ensure that solutions are racially equitable and balance accountability, including centering the lived experiences of communities and identifying levers each stakeholder is responsible for shifting. 

Collaboration

Align partners (individuals and organizations) to make measurable contributions toward improved and equitable systems. 

Championing Equity

Center work in racial equity to identify and eliminate barriers created by historic and present racism (interpersonal, structural and systemic). 

Lead Change

Use lived, professional and personal experience and strengths to lead systems change work. 

Evidence Based

Use a variety of data to take actions that improve outcomes and create equitable systems. 

Build Civic Infrastructure

Establish collective accountability to identify and achieve systems change results; improve and build upon efforts over time; and invest the community’s resources differently to increase impact. 

Course Types 

Courses labeled with the following course types are designed as follows:

Workshops

Get practical skills and knowledge for successful collaboration and partner engagement. Workshops are 90-minutes and come in two formats: live, interactive sessions and self-paced learning with a closing interactive session. No preparation is needed, and you’ll receive takeaway tools and materials.

Mini courses

Explore concepts related to successful collaboration and partner engagement, with self-paced or live formats available. Mini courses are a 6-7.5 hour commitment over five weeks and involve prep work. You’ll need to attend all sessions, so consider choosing one mini course at a time. You’ll receive takeaway materials and resources.

Comprehensive courses

Dig into in-depth learning and practical application of concepts related to successful collaboration and partner engagement, in an individual or team format. Comprehensive courses involve a 15-hour commitment over 10-12 weeks, including attending all live sessions and completing prep work. You’ll receive coaching and takeaway materials.

Questions?

For additional support contact support@strivetogether.org.