Relationship Building Among Collaborating Firms: Harnessing Shared Leadership to Empower Community Change

This panel presentation will focus on shared leadership between two firms to engage communities and co-create knowledge to drive meaningful change. We will detail the journey of two consulting firms with two separate contracts evaluating different aspects of the same large program. One firm’s evaluation focused largely on qualitative processes, whereas the other focused largely on the quantitative impact of the program. Both firms worked cooperatively, sharing information and integrating perspectives to coordinate evaluation design and data collection efforts, and not overburden participant groups. Panel discussions will address: 1) the relationship building and shared leadership between firms; 2) the firms’ communication strategies to align timelines, share information about protocols, minimize burden on participants, and engage communities; 3) shared ethical agreements; 4) how coordinating sampling procedures benefits social impact; and 5) how collaboration enables two firms to work together and support communities throughout their respective evaluations.
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David Ayeni, Ph.D. – Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Cameron Beatty, Ph.D. – Senior Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Brittany Brewster, Ph.D. – Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Kevin Hylton, Ph.D. – Vice President of Research, WhitworthKee Consulting; Chad Kee, Ph.D. – CEO and Founder, WhitworthKee Consulting; Izzy Leamon, MA – Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Laura Monroe, Ph.D. – Editor + Writer, WhitworthKee Consulting; Tatiana Patterson, M.Ed. – Project Manager, WhitworthKee Consulting; Dia Sekayi, Ph.D. – Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Allen Thomas, Ph.D. – Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting; Susan Ullrich, MPH – Senior Research Associate, WhitworthKee Consulting