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The GLR Network as a Platform

Ron Fairchild, Director, Network Communities Support Center

What we’ve heard from providers…

Proven and promising programs face a number of challenges with expanding, replicating, and/or scaling their

• fferings.
• 1. Conducting due diligence on potential communities is

costly and time-intensive

• 2. Local relationships, especially with funders and school

districts, are key to long-term success, but are difficult to build from scratch

• 3. The “fit” within the context of existing initiatives, plans,

and priorities is often difficult to discern

• 4. Third-party introduction and/or validation often plays a

pivotal role in paving the way

• 5. Many national distribution networks tend to treat them

as disconnected “one-offs” or small-scale pilots

• 6. Lack of pre-existing local/regional infrastructure

What we’ve heard from communities…

Communities face a number of challenges with integrating proven and promising programs.

• 1. Too many programs coming at them that need to be

vetted more thoroughly

• 2. Too many funders interested only in small-scale,

evidence-based programs that may or may not fit within broader plans

• 3. Too many programs not taking the time to understand

local context, existing priorities, and political realities

• 4. Too much re-inventing the wheel because of a “it can’t

work here, because it wasn’t developed here” mindset

• 5. Over-emphasis on importing national models because
• f a “it won’t work if it’s not an evidence-based national

model” mindset.

Highly Engaged GLR Network Communities

Distribute

Materials

Reach 2100+

• rganizations and

audience of more than 10,000 individuals

Utilize the GLR Network as a Platform to:

Proven & Promising Programs that are:

• 1. Aligned with GLR priorities and solution areas
• 2. Actionable immediately for local organizations
• 3. Responsive to community context & demand
• 4. Strengthen local capacity & existing plans
• 5. Scalable across 160+ communities in 41

states, DC, Puerto Rico, & U.S. Virgin Islands

Engage in Online Community Participate in Gatherings Facilitate Learning Clusters Align, link, or bundle services More than 100+ webinars and

• nline Huddle

engaging 1000+ individuals 25+ state, regional, and national events involving 500+

• n annual basis

Join thought & practice partnerships 50+ sector- leading national program & implementation partners Access to consulting expertise & network of 200+ GLR funders Access to 160+ communities with interest and capacity for implementation

How the platform would function…

• 1. Building a mutually beneficial relationship – checking

alignment and providing assurances

• 2. Co-constructing and testing the “irresistible offer(s)”

for the GLR Network with key audiences

• 3. Engaging the GLR Network by distributing materials

and introducing offer(s) through existing channels (Huddle, round-ups, gatherings, webinars)

• 4. Activating the GLR Network through peer learning

clusters and exploring opportunities to align, link, and/or bundle with other partners

• 5. Providing ongoing advisory services and reflecting on

lessons learned and strategies for deepening engagement and impact