Advisory Council Meetings / format

Good morning! About once a year we (Oklahoma) take a look at our Advisory Council meeting to evaluate their effectiveness of the content and format. We were chatting as a team this morning and were curious what other states do for their Advisory Council meetings: frequency, format (in person vs. virtual), and content that is reviewed. Would anyone care to share? We would appreciate it! 

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    • Amy_Perron
    • 4 days ago
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    Hello Shelley, this is an area of interest for us too! Due to mobility and transportation challenges, we host our meetings quarterly and virtually. We continue to struggle with participation and feel as though we are talking at them. At each meeting, we share program highlights from the most recent quarter and do a full-year review annually. Typically, we will showcase some of our newest tech. We will look for guidance on possible outreach efforts, provide a Washington update and occassionally will bring in a contract partner to share information on the work they do.

      • Shelley_Gladden
      • 3 days ago
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       This is helpful, Amy. Sounds like we are on about the same track!

    • Leilani_Carlson
    • 9 hrs ago
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    Hello from Maine! We hold quarterly Zoom meetings in a similar format to OK, with program updates. I took over as director last year and have been using icebreaker questions to learn more about the Council members - and to have them learn more about us as a team. I think it's working to build trust and familiarity with the members.

    We do introductions each meeting along wth the icebreaker. I encourage accessibility at the meetings- having speakers ID themselves before talking each time. I model describing myself at the beginning of the meeting. This led to a funny conversation about the definition of a middle-aged person ...

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