IHI created the Breakthrough Series as a collaborative improvement model to accelerate improvement worldwide. The Breakthrough Series (BTS) College is a powerful way to help organizations like yours adapt these proven methods to spread outstanding improvements in your organization.

The Spring 2007 College will be held April 22-24, 2007, at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

The three-day College Session is designed to prepare participants for Collaborative start-up within four months, and includes intensive one- to four-hour workshops on the following topics:

• Collaboratives: How and why they work
• Developing key technical content
• Preparing teams to participate
• Teaching the Model for Improvement
• Developing and running Learning Sessions
• Supporting teams during Action Periods
• Spreading improvement