BUILDING STRONG TEAMS FOR COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE - 2025-2026 - Private Participant Page

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Welcome

to the private page for the Building Strong Teams for Community Excellence Program of the Maximize NWMO Regional Learning Collaborative. This is specifically for the participants meeting from September 24, 2025 - September 23, 2026, and has been established solely for your group to access shared documents and video recordings that will be covered within each of the 12 sessions. As documents and recordings are covered, they will be posted on this page as outlined below. We are helping you build your toolkit for traveling The Maximize [My Community] Journey as you take your team's community development efforts to the next level while ensuring your community, county, and region is a great place to live, learn, work, and play!

We are delighted you have chosen to join us on the journey of maximizing the potential of our region!

NOTE: If you happen to be joining this program and weren't registered or able to attend the first session held in-person on Wedensday, September 24th, please contact Maximize NWMO Director Christel Gollnick at together@maximizenwmo.org or 816.588.2730. We will get you a hardcopy binder, if desired, and answer any questions you may have. WELCOME!

SESSION 1 - Discover and Create a Sense of Urgency

9.24.2025

  • Because we met in person, there is no online session video recording.
  • THE MAXIMIZE [MY COMMUNITY] JOURNEY FRAMEWORK OVERVIEW (Toward the end of your printed binder - Also, posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • MONARCH TOWN CollaborACTION STORY (Back Pocket of Your Printed Binder): The make-believe community of Monarch Town is based on actual examples of several real smaller rural communities that have transformed the vitality of the place they live, learn, work, and play. We will be using this resource - and building it with additional chapters - throughout the program as a reference and example of what is possible in your community. Please browse through it. We want you to be familiar with the idea and outline of the story. (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • GETTING STARTED SELF-ASSESSMENT (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • KNOWING YOUR WHY GROUP ACTIVITY (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • YOUR FIVE WHYS ACTIVITY (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • PREP WORK FOR SESSION 2:
Individual ActionReflect on your personal "why" for engaging in this work.

Complete the Checklist of Community Assets based on what you know.
CollaborACTIONTogether, pool your knowledge to complete the Checklist of Community Assets and be prepared to share your experience in our next session.

Designate someone to prepare one slide that describes your group's sense of urgency.


SESSION 2 - Gather and Form a Guiding Coalition

10.8.2025

  • VIDEO RECORDING OF SESSION 2: (Posted in the Video Library of this page.)
  • WHO TO INVITE WORKSHEET (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MAP (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • SAMPLE TEAM MEMBER COMMITMENT FORM (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • PREP WORK FOR SESSION 3:
CollaborACTIONTogether, agree to one location for all progress and decisions to be documented.

Document what your group looks like right now from a leadership and governance structure.

Decide and document early decisions about the way you will work together (your initial processes).

Review and edit or sign your Launching Navigation Team Member Commitment Form.

Begin to fill in the Who to Invite worksheet individually and then discuss it collectively.

Continue to work on the Checklist of Community Assets to grow your knowledge about your community and county.


NOTE: You will be receiving a variety of baseline data specific to your community/county group before our next session. Please review it as a way to further "Know Your Current Story."


SESSION 3 - Forge a Consensus and Community Vision

11.12.2025



Welcome

to the private page for the Building Strong Teams for Community Excellence Program of the Maximize NWMO Regional Learning Collaborative. This is specifically for the participants meeting from September 24, 2025 - September 23, 2026, and has been established solely for your group to access shared documents and video recordings that will be covered within each of the 12 sessions. As documents and recordings are covered, they will be posted on this page as outlined below. We are helping you build your toolkit for traveling The Maximize [My Community] Journey as you take your team's community development efforts to the next level while ensuring your community, county, and region is a great place to live, learn, work, and play!

We are delighted you have chosen to join us on the journey of maximizing the potential of our region!

NOTE: If you happen to be joining this program and weren't registered or able to attend the first session held in-person on Wedensday, September 24th, please contact Maximize NWMO Director Christel Gollnick at together@maximizenwmo.org or 816.588.2730. We will get you a hardcopy binder, if desired, and answer any questions you may have. WELCOME!

SESSION 1 - Discover and Create a Sense of Urgency

9.24.2025

  • Because we met in person, there is no online session video recording.
  • THE MAXIMIZE [MY COMMUNITY] JOURNEY FRAMEWORK OVERVIEW (Toward the end of your printed binder - Also, posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • MONARCH TOWN CollaborACTION STORY (Back Pocket of Your Printed Binder): The make-believe community of Monarch Town is based on actual examples of several real smaller rural communities that have transformed the vitality of the place they live, learn, work, and play. We will be using this resource - and building it with additional chapters - throughout the program as a reference and example of what is possible in your community. Please browse through it. We want you to be familiar with the idea and outline of the story. (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • GETTING STARTED SELF-ASSESSMENT (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • KNOWING YOUR WHY GROUP ACTIVITY (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • YOUR FIVE WHYS ACTIVITY (Tab 1 in Your Printed Binder - Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • PREP WORK FOR SESSION 2:
Individual ActionReflect on your personal "why" for engaging in this work.

Complete the Checklist of Community Assets based on what you know.
CollaborACTIONTogether, pool your knowledge to complete the Checklist of Community Assets and be prepared to share your experience in our next session.

Designate someone to prepare one slide that describes your group's sense of urgency.


SESSION 2 - Gather and Form a Guiding Coalition

10.8.2025

  • VIDEO RECORDING OF SESSION 2: (Posted in the Video Library of this page.)
  • WHO TO INVITE WORKSHEET (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MAP (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • SAMPLE TEAM MEMBER COMMITMENT FORM (Posted in the Resource Library section of this page.)
  • PREP WORK FOR SESSION 3:
CollaborACTIONTogether, agree to one location for all progress and decisions to be documented.

Document what your group looks like right now from a leadership and governance structure.

Decide and document early decisions about the way you will work together (your initial processes).

Review and edit or sign your Launching Navigation Team Member Commitment Form.

Begin to fill in the Who to Invite worksheet individually and then discuss it collectively.

Continue to work on the Checklist of Community Assets to grow your knowledge about your community and county.


NOTE: You will be receiving a variety of baseline data specific to your community/county group before our next session. Please review it as a way to further "Know Your Current Story."


SESSION 3 - Forge a Consensus and Community Vision

11.12.2025



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