{"id":4283,"date":"2024-08-17T14:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/cpl\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T23:38:43","slug":"strategizing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/cpl\/impact\/strategizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategizing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CPL offers strategic support, producing deliverables that enhance partners’ initiatives and programming. Informed by research and best practices, the CPL produces actionable steps tailored to community partners’ specific needs and goals. CPL team members have supported initiative incubation, developed strategic plans, and conducted program evaluations. Schedule a meeting with Dr. Ryan Lavalley<\/a> to discuss incubation and strategizing opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Initiative Incubation<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Strategic Planning<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Program Evaluation<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>Initiative Incubation<\/h2>\n

Impact starts with incubation. We offer support from the earliest stages of an initiative, helping to imagine creative solutions and strategically shape ideas. Initiative incubation might be a standalone conversation or an ongoing dialogue. After an initial idea, the CPL team leverages academic partnerships to create evidence-based proposals, strategic plans, and models for an organization’s new initiative.<\/p>\n

MSOT Community Practice Course<\/h3>\n

\"\"Each spring semester, CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley leads a M.S. in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) Community Practice course. Teams of four students are introduced to practice oriented toward community change through an experiential learning opportunity in which they contribute to and\/or design a real-world transformative initiative alongside a community partner.<\/p>\n

Student teams meet with and engage with local organizations to develop initiatives or resources that support the organizations\u2019 work. Deliverables often include a well developed strategic plan for operationalizing the program, including proposed funding options, and initial materials such a resource packet or brief training for community partners to jumpstart the process.<\/p>\n

More information is available on the MSOT Community Practice Course page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MSOT Community Practice Course<\/a>Spring 2024 MSOT Projects<\/a><\/div>\n
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Incubation Meetings<\/h3>\n

CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley and other CPL team members meet with individuals and organizations to identify shared needs, conceptualize initiatives, and strategize paths forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"CityFor example, the City of Raleigh reached out to the CPL to discuss potential development of a home preservation coalition. Ryan and CPL Community Engagement Fellow Leiha Edmonds met with the City to offer idea incubation, informed by their experiences creating and coordinating the Orange County Home Preservation Coalition. In the meeting, a variety of stakeholders across Raleigh came together to brainstorm ideas for the coalition and consider potential avenues for collaboration.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ryan also meets with community engagement fellows in the Carolina Center for Public Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Community engagement fellows develop and implement engagement or engaged scholarship projects that are responsive to community priorities and have an academic connection. Ryan helps the fellows advance their community-based research approaches, discussing strategies for funding community-engaged research and troubleshooting potential roadblocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Strategic Planning<\/h2>\n
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In collaboration with organizations and communities, the CPL team develops strategic plans for a variety of organizational goals related to community partnership and engagement. The CPL team contributes an abundance-based approach, building upon existing communal and organizational strengths. The CPL leverages many years of community partnership expertise to assess current resources and identify specific action items to improve meaningful community impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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