Peer-to-peer
Networking
Gregg Wright, M.D.
MCWIC Project Peer-to-
Peer
Child Development/School
Health
Nebraska State Health
Department
Answers4Families.org
Child Welfare Training in NE
gwright1@unl.edu
Definition: Bureaucrat
n. 1. a person who spends their day
cutting red tape . . lengthwise!!!
.
Definition: Bureaucrat
The job of
a leader . . .
Turn the scissors
crosswise!!!
LESSONS
1. Peer-to-peer connections
can be very important in
finding ways to turn the
scissors.
LESSONS
2. Peer-to-peer connections
(even on the internet) can be
very supportive for people in
difficult situations.
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Peter Watson Data and Technology
Organizational Improvement John LeVesque
Joan Morse Adoption
Family-Centered Krista Thomas
Practice and Ruby Flagg-Ross
Permanency Planning Region V Networking
Joanne Brown Mary McKee
ABA - Legal and Judicial Issues Region VII Networking
Sonja Velazquez
Quality Improvement
Cheryl Montoya
Peter Watson, Director
National Child Welfare Resource
Center for Organizational
Improvement
http://www.nrcoi.org
pwatson@usm.maine.edu
Joan Morse, Director
http://www.nrcfcppp.org
joanmorse@aol.com
Joanne Brown, J.D.,
M.S.W.
http://www.abanet.org/child/rclji
jbrownconsulting@aol.com
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Sonia Velazquez
American Humane Association Children’s Division
National Quality Improvement Center
on Non-Resident Fathers in the Child
Welfare System
http://www.abanet.org/
child/fathers
soniav@americanhumane.org
Cheryl Montoya
National Resource Center for Child
Welfare Data and Technology
http://www.nrccwdt.org
montoya.cheryl@gmail.com
John Levesque
National Child Welfare Resource
Center for Adoption
http://www.nrcadoption.org
jlevesq7@maine.rr.com
Krista Thomas
HHS Region V Program
Specialist
krista.thomas@acf.hhs.gov
Ruby Flagg-Ross
HHS Region V Program
Specialist
ruby.flagg-ross@acf.hhs.gov
Mary McKee
HHS Region VII Program
Specialist
mary.mckee@acf.hhs.gov
What peer-to-peer
1. connections are now in
place in your organization?
Now . . . . . . 3 ?s
What peer-to-peer What type of
2. connectionsyouryou
do 3. connections might
need in work in your
organization? organization?
Peer-to-peer
Connections
Any connection between 2 or
more individuals
Performing similar jobs
in different locations
Consider . . .
Different Dimensions
Level
Focus
Time
Goal
Mode
Different Levels
Director to Director
Directors in a group
Trainer to Trainer
Supervisor to Supervisor
Front line worker to Front line
worker
Different Focus Areas
A single topic
• differential response
• mental health system
• ...
An open-ended connection
• 0ngoing discussion
• question/answer
• ...
Different Time Scales
NOV
A one-time event
12
A few weeks
An ongoing connection
Different Goals
Support
Timely Information
Fresh Ideas
Answers to questions
Connecting new with seasoned
Different Modes
face to face meeting
Phone connections
Conference Calls
Video conference
Listserv/Blog/Q and A
Jointly authored “wiki”
Internet community
Most of us are
working under
policies and
procedures that
were developed
when this was the
main way to
communicate away
from the office.
Quick Ted,
Get that
one down
on paper
before you
forget it!
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What peer-to-peer
1. connections are now in
place in your organization?
Now . . . . . . 3 ?s
What peer-to-peer What type of
2. connectionsyouryou
do 3. connections might
need in work in your
organization? organization?
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