You are Not Alone

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You are Not Alone!

• A National Network of Quality Leaders
• Brian Loebig and LTesha Gamble

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Workshop Overview

• Introductions and Discussion
• Website Overview
• Starting a Local Network
• Networking
• Closing
• Commitment Card
• Evaluation Form

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Introductions

• Your Facilitators
• Your Currency
• Your Successes and Challenges

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Quality Leaders Network

• www.loebigink.com/qnet
• soon to be
• www.QualityLeaders.net

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Starting A Local Network

• Find
• Organize
• Collect
• Understand
• Select

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Starting A Local Network cont...

• Find Other QI Professionals
• Phone calls to other Human Service Orgs
• United Way list of affiliated Orgs
• Attend training events like COA
• Research the QLN Member Database

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Starting A Local Network cont...

• Organize a Group Meeting
• Invite each other to your organizations
• tour facility
• presentation of services
• describe QI efforts
• Meet over lunch

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Starting A Local Network cont...

• Collect Information About Each Other
• Bring QI/QA tools or info to share
• Let host organization present their QI/QA
  processes, plans or system
• Survey

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Starting A Local Network cont...

• Understand Variation Between Organizations
• Ask questions about how and why systems or tools
  are used
• Learn which tools or systems could work for your
  organization

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Starting A Local Network cont...

• Select Improvement Opportunities
• Will the network begin to benchmark common
  information?
• How can we identify best QI/QA practice?
• Which tools can we use in our own organizations?

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Other Quality Networks

• New York
• QInet.org
• California
• QA Association of Southern California
• Others?

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NETWORKING

• Introductions
• Name/Title/QI Related Role or Involvement
• Agency info
• Org Name
• Location
• Size (annual revenue)
• Services
• QI or QA related strengths

• Ask It Basket
• Write questions on slips of paper
• Everyone draws a slip from the basket and
  attempts to answer questions

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Closing

• Follow-up Commitment Card
• Evaluation Form
• Thanks for attending!

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