Caregiver Coalitions Innovation and Sustainability National Caregiver Coalition Conference March 18, 2009 Sonnie Yudell, Program Manager Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services President, Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support

“Ideas without action are worthless” Harvey Mackay American Businessman, Speaker, Author

A newly introduced practice or method intended to improve the current practice Development of new products, processes, organizations, management practices, and strategies. Innovation

Sustainability In a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state.

To bring about POSITIVE CHANGE, to make someone or something better. Goal of Innovation

Ideas to Keep the Coalition Going Coalitions can generate a lot of ideas Fun and stimulating Allow you to expand your vision and work Examples from the Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support (UCCS) Projects and Products Leadership

Harness the Energy Work together to keep moving forward Sustain your visions Create the focus Inspire leadership Keep the ideas flowing Allow the action to take place

Focus How do you focus? What do you focus on? Who will help with focus? S.M.A.R.T Model

Leadership Important to drive growth Let leaders emerge Listen to their voices and their passions Realize they are not always in front of the room

New “Voices” Keep new voices coming to the table Keep leaders and organization alive Generates energy and ideas and action Gives life to new and innovative ideas

Growth Innovations can lead to growth as you hone your focus and expend the energy to develop the new ideas