This program is designed for organizations desiring to become more evidence-based and seeking to develop agency/organization-specific strategy and action plans for doing so. Participants will be guided and will collaborate as a team to produce strategic and action plans that incorporate and focus on the five major components of EBO development:
After receiving and discussing training content, participants will use workshop time to develop their agency-specific plans. It is desirable that 4 to 5 workshop participants attend from each agency, with at least one laptop computer available for group use.
Learning Goals & Objectives
This workshop will provide fundamental EBO knowledge and address the common problems associated with moving from a training environment to the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based organizational change efforts. Participants will be given the opportunity to develop:
What Is Covered
This program is conducted in three (3) sessions.
Session-1
I. Making the case for evidence-based reform and the framework for becoming an evidence-based organization
II. Knowledge and use of evidence-based “nuts and bolts”
III. Demonstrating effective leadership
Session-2
IV. Understanding organizational culture and assessment
V. Engaging in strategic planning and performance measurement
VI. Enhancing organizational capacity and sustainability
Session-3
VII. Advance Skills for Strategic Planning & Implementation
Today’s sessions mix presentations and discussions featuring previous participants, practitioners and leadership at existing Evidence-Based Organizations who discuss their experiences as evidence-based organizations, lessons learned, what to avoid, and their “hacks” to success informed through lessons learned.
Having learned the framework for becoming evidence based as an organization, (EBO), and had interview discussion with practicing EBO’s we will plan for implementation. You will be guided through the development of your agency-specific strategy and action plans for becoming an EBO, tools you will need, and resources for assessing where you are and what to do next.
Participants and their teams will collaborate as teams and be guided to produce strategic and action plans that will focus on the five major components of EBO development. They will use workshop time to develop their agency-specific strategic and action plans. Participants will also be in a position to address the common problems associated with moving from a training environment to the implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based organizational change efforts. Participants will be given the opportunity to develop: