Creating a Successful Steering Committee

deannavelazquez
NJ - New Jersey State Centering Consortium

New Jersey Centering Program Manager

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Creating a Successful Steering Committee Sept 12, 2019 14:56:19 GMT -5 Tanya Munroe and Erin Conklin like this

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Post by deannavelazquez on Sept 12, 2019 14:56:19 GMT -5

Hello Everyone,

I'd love some feedback from the current sites on what you do to have a successful and engaged Steering Committee. How often do you meet? Did the addition of somebody in your organization make a difference? Do you have an agenda in advance? Do you take turns facilitating the meeting?

Here are some of the tips that worked for me. Please share more

Schedule your Steering Committee Meetings in advance to make sure you can accommodate (almost) everyone's schedule. It also helps in not losing momentum of your current goals at your site.
Have Steering Committee members take turns facilitating and taking minutes. Make sure the minutes are available somewhere all committee members have access to.
Have an opening and closing in each meeting
Review the minutes from the previous meeting and celebrate any successes
Invite a patient to join in on a meeting. This will help provide a different prospective for Centering at your site.

Please share tips below if anything has worked for you. Also please use this thread for any questions you may have regarding building a successful and engaged Steering Committee

Tanya Munroe CHI Staff Posts: 1,154	Creating a Successful Steering Committee Sept 13, 2019 12:08:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Tanya Munroe on Sept 13, 2019 12:08:27 GMT -5 There may be a pearl or two in this thread, too. What a valuable discussion!

Wenonah (she/they)
In-House Trainers

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Creating a Successful Steering Committee Sept 13, 2019 15:28:16 GMT -5

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Post by Wenonah (she/they) on Sept 13, 2019 15:28:16 GMT -5

I am following this thread because we have not been successful in maintaining a Centering Steering committee. Our organization runs Centering Groups at two locations (midwifery and family practice clinic sites) but there is no communication or oversight between the two programs.

I like Deanna's suggestion to run the meetings modeled as a group, including an opening and a closing. It seems as though taking turns being the lead facilitator would be helpful in keeping things moving, by not placing the burden on the same people every time.

I would love suggestions on how to engage consumers to become involved on the committee, and what is the expected commitment to having a non-employee participate. Do you ask for a period of a year?

Wenonah Michallet-Ferrier
Centering Program Coordinator
Certified Centering Facilitator
In-House Trainer

Creating a Successful Steering Committee

Post by deannavelazquez on Sept 12, 2019 14:56:19 GMT -5

Post by Tanya Munroe on Sept 13, 2019 12:08:27 GMT -5

Post by Wenonah (she/they) on Sept 13, 2019 15:28:16 GMT -5