Coalition Building Toolkit
Chair of Community Breastfeeding Coalition Networking:
Betsy Schwartz, MMHS, PCDT (DONA), email contact is betsy@tenthmonth.com

Since the founding of Florida Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc. in April of 2008, we have strived to follow the example and goals of the United States Breastfeeding Committee as they supported increased capacity and engagement of breastfeeding coalitions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian Tribal Organizations. FBC strives to support and network with geographical community breastfeeding coalitions and taskforces throughout the state of Florida. Building local community coalitions and taskforces both in every county and as many institutions such as universities, hospitals, agencies and businesses which are critical to making cultural change and removal of barriers to successful breastfeeding.

This webpage is to offer and share information both to start a coalition or taskforce in your community or to help strength those who already exist. Every level of coalition or taskforce is playing an important role in helping to acheive the action points of Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.

"Power Tools for Coalitions" USBC Recorded Webinars with handouts

The United States Breastfeeding Committee hosts this series of bi-monthly webinars as part of its training, technical assistance, and capacity building support for the network of breastfeeding coalitions across the United States. These recorded Webinars are a wealth of knowledge, to access them click here.

CDC OFFERS NEW ONLINE SOCIAL MARKETING TRAINING COURSE
Want to learn about how to use social marketing to promote health messages-such as breastfeeding? The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the CDC is offering a new-free-online training course, Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity, designed for health professionals. The course includes information on working with limited resources, provides worksheets and a glossary, and links to other resources. Click here for more information.

Helpful Websites with Abundant Information for Nonprofits




Creative Commons (licenses for use of photos, ect)





Mailchimp (free newsletters and e-notices)

Management Help (General Informational Library for Non-Profits)


Surveymonkey (free surveys)








Other Online Services
http://www.freeconferencecall.com (FREE teleconference and web-conferenceing)
http://www.freescreensharing.com/ (FREE webinars and screen meetings and online trainings)
http://www.signon.org/ (start petitions)
http://www.eventbrite.com/fees/  online event planning and payment (fees)


A QR Code (it stands for "Quick Response") is a cell phone readable bar code that can store website URL's, plain text, phone numbers, email addresses and pretty much any other alphanumeric data.  Storing up to 4296 characters they are internationally standardised under ISO 18004, so a QR code is a QR code all over the world - they've been big in Japan forever, broke into Europe and the UK a few years back, and are now getting real traction in USA. Think "print-based hypertext links" and you'll get the idea.

© 2008-2015 Florida Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.
This Internet site provides information of a general nature and is designed for the purpose of promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding.
If you have any concerns about your health or the health of your child,
 you should always consult with a physician or other healthcare professional.