Healthy Places by Design

Tip on cultivating power-building collaboration: Stay alert to signs of broken trust and intentionally work to repair them. Trust building can only go so far when limited by past actions and words that have caused doubt, disappointment, or hurt. It is important for community partners to regularly check-in with each other to address unintentional breaks in trust and mutually agree on actions to rebuild trust. Helpful strategies include taking responsibility, refraining from unproductive dredging up of the past, and renewing and honoring commitments to one another and collective goals. Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive more tips and stay up-to-date about our work to support communities and those who invest in them: https://lnkd.in/eGmhVQ38 #collaboration 📸 : lightchaser photography and consulting llc

Our next Socially Connected Communities network session, “Nurturing Cogenerational Social Connections” will take place on Wednesday, November 13th at 3 pm ET. It will explore cogenerational approaches - strategies that emphasize mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between generations to increase social connections and positively impact community health. Be sure to hold time in your schedule on the same day to join the post-webinar discussion group from 4-5 pm ET to engage in deeper discussions with presenters and peers.   You can register now here:  https://lnkd.in/e2yCKare   And, sign up for our network newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gmCiDWZQ.    #publichealth Eunice Lin Nichols, CoGenerate, Daniel Pryfogle, Sympara

Tip on cultivating power-building collaboration: Stay alert to signs of broken trust and intentionally work to repair them. Trust building can only go so far when limited by past actions and words that have caused doubt, disappointment, or hurt. It is important for community partners to regularly check-in with each other to address unintentional breaks in trust and mutually agree on actions to rebuild trust. Helpful strategies include taking responsibility, refraining from unproductive dredging up of the past, and renewing and honoring commitments to one another and collective goals. Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive more tips and stay up-to-date about our work to support communities and those who invest in them: https://lnkd.in/eGmhVQ38 #collaboration

📣 We are hiring! Our team is looking to hire a fully remote, part-time Equity Fellow. This individual will assist in researching and curating equity-focused content for our programs. The initial scope of work will primarily focus on supporting our Collaboration Lab curriculum and other collaborative leadership efforts, by exploring existing collaboration resources, and contributing to the development of materials that elevate inclusive, equity-centered practices. There is potential for the fellowship to be extended beyond the initial term for continued work on additional projects. Learn more about this position and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/ee8hJ8dx #collaboration #jobs #remotejobs

New Resource! We are pleased to announce the release of the Flip the Script website, a new resource generated through the Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health's Tobacco Initiative in partnership with We-Collab | Equity Strategy and Healthy Places by Design. Visit the site to learn about the work of cohorts in the Mississippi Delta Region to reduce tobacco use, with a focus on addressing critical disparities and lack of effective strategies tailored to African American men. This resource has application to other populations and will inform and inspire you! Share this resource, and contact us to learn more about this initiative and how we supported it! https://lnkd.in/eEt-mEM2 #publichealth

This week's tip for nurturing social connectedness in your community: Measure beyond counts and include the quality of connections. A beautiful thing about social connectedness is that it can span a variety of meanings that are deeply personal and also create positive shared community impacts. In addition to measures such as the numbers and frequencies of social connections, define and examine a range of indicators about the quality of these connections to obtain a full understanding of what’s happening in the community. Consider times when less frequent interactions have meaningful impacts because it fills a need for a specific service or support at the right time, or creates a link to one’s cultural or other identity/ies the enhances the feeling of belonging in the community. Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive more tips and stay up-to-date about our work to support communities and those who invest in them: https://lnkd.in/eGmhVQ38 #wellbeing

You’re invited! Join us and The Foundation for Social Connection on October 16th from 1-2 pm ET as we celebrate the one-year anniversary of launching their Action Guide, a tool that empowers communities to create meaningful connections and sustainable change. Together with communities piloting the guide, we will share our stories and innovative approaches to build a culture of connection. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from case studies, identify best practices, and explore ways to adapt these strategies to their own communities. This webinar is not just a celebration, but a call to action for more communities to join the movement toward a connected and inclusive society. By working collectively, we can create a society where social connection is at the heart of how we live. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eSBMWVNm Explore the guide here: www.action4connection.org

During our Socially Connected Communities webinar last month, we learned why and how to use data in impactful ways to support socially connected communities. Download our new Resource Guide, “Measuring the Impact of Socially Connected Communities Efforts” which is a companion piece that provides tools and data sets on the topic, as well as highlights from the webinar featuring Jillian Racoosin Kornmeier, MPH, Executive Director of The Foundation for Social Connection , and Natalie Bomstad, MPH, Executive Director for Wello. Healthy Places by Design’s Socially Connected Communities Resource Guides are published bi-monthly to help community change agents easily access key information and documents that can shape and inspire their social connections efforts. https://lnkd.in/eZH5896K #wellbeing #community

Visit the Administration for Community Living's Commit to Connect and engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults Social Engagement's Innovations Hub to access newly added replicable social connection programs, services, and interventions! Innovations Hub summaries contain all you need to know about each example, including resources needed to recreate within your organization. #wellbeing #CommitToConnect @theUSAging, @ACLgov, @engAGEDCenter

This week's tip: leverage the impacts of community initiatives at all scales. Implementing meaningful community transformation strategies at multiple levels is required to realize the broad vision for optimal health and wellbeing for all. Projects implemented at the local levels (e.g., neighborhood, municipality, county) provide the ability to test and tailor strategies to meet the unique needs and contexts within communities. Initiatives at the national, regional, or state levels have the potential for broad impact in terms of numbers and geographies. When well-coordinated by philanthropic or governmental entities, these approaches provide mechanisms to collect data and learnings, and disseminate them to inform the field at large. Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive more tips and stay up-to-date about our work to support communities and those who invest in them: https://lnkd.in/eGmhVQ38