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CORE Group Spring Meeting 2012
Demystifying & Using Data for Community Health Impact

April 30-May 4, 2012

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Students who are interested in attending should contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(There is a $50 fee for registering on-site. This fee will be added on to the regular registration and daily registration rates.)

 Click on links to see whether your organization is a Member or an Associate of CORE Group 

• Registration is also open for the CORE Group Spring Meeting 2012 Monday Skill-Building Pre-Sessions, including a Meyers-Briggs Type Inventory Session, a FREE session called Agriculture 101 for Health and Nutrition Practitioners, and a full-day Appreciative Inquiry Workshop. If interested, please Register Here.
• FREE Welcome Reception Wednesday May 2, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Let us know if you'll be attending in the survey following registration.

Early Bird Registration closes April 6 and Regular Registration closes April 26. All on-site registrants will be charged a $50 fee in addition to the registration fee. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, coffee/tea breaks, materials, skill-building and state-of-the-art sessions, and ample time for networking. All participants may register for individual days or the complete event.

Cancellation Policy: There is a $75 non-refundable for all cancellations. If you cancel after April 16, 2012, you will forfeit your registration payment.  For all cancellations contact Alyssa Christenson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Meeting Description

All of CORE Group’s Community Health Network gatherings are open to everyone. No need to reinvent the wheel—come to our Spring Meeting 2012 to gain access to the latest ideas and tools in community health—and share yours as well.

During our Network’s lively events, we focus on community health design and implementation, with an emphasis on maternal, newborn and child health. Participants include staff of CORE Group Member NGOs and Associates, academics, advocates, donors, the private sector—anyone interested in community health. Our Spring Meeting 2012 includes four days of content-rich activities, including skill-building, State-of-the-Art updates, keynote addresses, lively roundtable sessions, and participatory technical forums. Our Working Groups engage all participants in technical dialogue. Participants highly rate the networking and resource sharing during these meetings. A few social events thrown in help us get to know each other, and are, well, fun.

This year we are featuring a food security and nutrition track on the first day of our meeting (Tuesday), in conjunction with a free Monday Pre-Session called Agriculture 101 for Health and Nutrition Practitioners. Register for that session here.

Meeting objectives

1.  Explore data design, collection, analysis and application for improving community health programming impact.

2.  Identify and share specific resources and technical information that will improve community health with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health efforts, with specific regard to quality, equity, sustainability and/or scale-up.

3.  Strengthen CORE Group’s Working Groups, while producing meaningful output through Working Group-led activities, workplan development, participatory events, theory development and technical recommendations.

4.  Foster substantive partnerships and linkages among CORE Group Member NGOs, Associates, academics, advocates, donors and other partners.

Table Sponsorship *: Sponsor a table to share your good works!  The CORE Group Spring Meeting 2012 is a perfect opportunity to display your organization’s products, services, and programs. For further information, please contact Alyssa Christenson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

Below find the cost of sponsoring a table for four days:

*All Sponsorship proceeds support the work of CORE Group and its members.

Hotel Reservations

Due to a high volume of participants, we’ve opened a new block of hotel rooms at the Sheraton Wilmington South  - just 10 minutes from the heart of Downtown Wilmington. The Sheraton will provide free shuttle service to and from the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Downtown Wilmington. Please call (302) 328-6200 to register with the block name "CORE Group" by April 20.

We have filled up our block of rooms available at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Downtown Wilmington, the hotel where the event is taking place. However, if you would still like try to reserve a room at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Downtown Wilmington, you can call central reservations at 800-737-7181.

Hotel Information:

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Downtown Wilmington - Legal District

Address: 700 N. King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Phone Number: 302-655-0400

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Transportation

Wilmington, DE is accessible via plane, train, and automobile. The closest airport is Philadelphia International Airport and it is on the Amtrak line. It's approximately a 2.5 hour drive from Washington, DC and New York City.

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