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How to Develop a How to Develop a Successful Successful NetworkNetwork

ORHP Grantee Partnership ORHP Grantee Partnership Meeting September 1, 2009Meeting September 1, 2009

Grand HyattGrand Hyatt

Washington, DCWashington, DC

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives• To hear from successful Network To hear from successful Network

Directors what a Directors what a network/consortium/collaborative isnetwork/consortium/collaborative is

• How a successful network runsHow a successful network runs• How network communication should How network communication should

flowflow• How to keep the network members How to keep the network members

involvedinvolved• Network ExperiencesNetwork Experiences

This SessionThis Session

• Informal Informal • How it is How it is • How it feelsHow it feels• How it can lookHow it can look• The good, the bad, and the uglyThe good, the bad, and the ugly

WhoWho• Panelists:Panelists:• Edie McRee Bowles, Executive Edie McRee Bowles, Executive

Director, Northern Neck Middle Director, Northern Neck Middle Peninsula Telehealth, VA Peninsula Telehealth, VA

• Catherine Liemohn, Technical Catherine Liemohn, Technical Assistance Consultant, Georgia Health Assistance Consultant, Georgia Health Policy Center Policy Center

• Daquarii Rock, Grant Manager, Project Daquarii Rock, Grant Manager, Project ACCESS ACCESS

• Linda Weiss, Networking Consultant, Linda Weiss, Networking Consultant, ILIL

What is a NetworkWhat is a Network

• What is a networkWhat is a network– CollaborativeCollaborative– ConsortiumConsortium– CooperativeCooperative– PartnershipPartnership

How does a Network How does a Network WorkWork

Network (ings)Network (ings)

CommunicationsCommunications

Networker Networker ExperiencesExperiences

QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

Contact InformationContact Information

• Edie McRee Bowles- firenz72@yahoo.com Edie McRee Bowles- firenz72@yahoo.com (804) 443-6286(804) 443-6286

• Catherine Liemohn- Liemohn@bellsouth.net Catherine Liemohn- Liemohn@bellsouth.net (770) 641-9940 (770) 641-9940

• Daquarii Rock- Daquarii Rock- accessonthepalouse@gmail.comaccessonthepalouse@gmail.com(208) 883-6483(208) 883-6483

• Linda Weiss- Linda Weiss- oceanluver@consolidated.net oceanluver@consolidated.net (217) 238-5754(217) 238-5754