Coalition Community of Practice: Planning & Facilitating Coalition Meetings by Kelly Hackett, MPH
On December 15, 2025, Kelly Hackett, MPH presented on CCSN and the Milwaukee Lung Collaborative Work Group to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Program’s community of practice, which supports coalition work throughout Wisconsin. Kelly shared the ways that CCSN prioritizes how we work together, reflecting Laura Pinsoneault’s message that how we work together is as important as the work we do together.
Building on this idea, Kelly shared how CCSN facilitators intentionally plan and lead meetings to center values and equity. She highlighted the CCSN toolkit, contributions from Evaluation Plus, and strategies used by herself and others in CCSN including Kailey Taebel, Jessica Palmert, and Claire Piehowski (a prior CCSN facilitator and now Tobacco Disparities Coordinator for the Wisconsin Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Program).
Overall, Kelly emphasized that facilitators can actively shape team culture including embedding equity and how partnering with developmental evaluators can enhance the facilitators’ role and impact. A final note from Kelly: this presentation was a first try at communicating the "how" of holding up CCSN’s values in planning and facilitating teams. She welcomes feedback to the attached slides at [email protected].
Building on this idea, Kelly shared how CCSN facilitators intentionally plan and lead meetings to center values and equity. She highlighted the CCSN toolkit, contributions from Evaluation Plus, and strategies used by herself and others in CCSN including Kailey Taebel, Jessica Palmert, and Claire Piehowski (a prior CCSN facilitator and now Tobacco Disparities Coordinator for the Wisconsin Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Program).
Overall, Kelly emphasized that facilitators can actively shape team culture including embedding equity and how partnering with developmental evaluators can enhance the facilitators’ role and impact. A final note from Kelly: this presentation was a first try at communicating the "how" of holding up CCSN’s values in planning and facilitating teams. She welcomes feedback to the attached slides at [email protected].
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