“we’ve presented more mi training in minnesota than any other place on earth!”
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MI Training in Minnesota“We’ve presented more MI training in
Minnesota than any other place on earth!”
Minnesota: Some Facts“The North Star
State”“Land of 10,000
Lakes”
Origin of name:Lakota Indian word
for “sky tinted water”
Minnesota: other stuffPopulation: 5.1 M
(21st most populous)Area: 87,943 Sq.
miles(12 largest state)
Largest City: Minneapolis
Industries: Farming, Health care
Training Delivered since 2006Participants Trained:
over 6500Introductory
Sessions: over 350“Coaching Circles”:
over 150 groupsProgram/Agencies:
over 275
Cultural Representationof Participants
Native American (Reservations)
S.E. Asian:HmongCambodianVietnamese
African:EthiopianSomalian
Eastern European:RussianRomanian
And Others
Training ProjectsDepartment of Human
ServicesChemical DependencyMental HealthCo-occurring (COSIG)
MFIP (welfare to work)Department of CorrectionsGoodwill Easter SealsVocational Rehabilitation
ServicesDepartment of Health,
Hospitals & ClinicsUniversity Courses
Curriculum Content(Curriculum was targeted to each target group)
DefinitionSpiritPrinciples“OARS”ResistanceChange TalkCommitmentLots of Practice
ExercisesBased upon “8 Stages of Learning
MI” (Miller & Moyers, 2006)
Curriculum DeliveryIntroductory
Workshops(2 or 3 days)
“Coaching Circles”(5-8 sessions)
1-day refreshersAgency ChampionsCoding of Tapes
Preparation of TrainersMINTies leadTraining by
Terri MoyersApplication &
SelectionTapes of
CompetenceObjective ExamTraining
DemonstrationEvaluation of
Training
Estimated Costs???Trainers: $800,000
to $945,000 ($2700-3200 per session)
Participants: $1.2M(@ $200/participant)
Plus travel, materials, advertising, etc.
Outcomes to CelebrateParticipant
TestimonialsWe passed the
“Waitress Test” (Moyers)
They wanted moreConsistently
excellent evaluationsMINTies grew from
5-15MN MINT formed
(2008)
Some Lessons LearnedParticipant
Management2-day sessions do
NOT develop skills, Coaching Circles help
Participant preparation matters
Participant buy-in to the spirit can be challenging
Agency buy-in is crucial to training success