Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Revsied Proposed Agenda with more time

(This is revised with Melissa T. not presenting)

Hi all,

Our workshop is now scheduled for 9-3 with a lunch break. Here is a modified proposed agenda. Please add your comments/suggestions. Thanks, Tif.

Draft Agenda for IWCA Pre Conference Workshop

Before the workshop, participants will be sent a survey of their motivations for engaging in community outreach.

Workshop Packets will include:

  • Project profiles of each facilitator
    • Name/Institution/Contact Info
    • Brief Description of Community Outreach project
    • Brief description of how funding has been secured

  • Bibliography of scholarly research

  • Handouts/Worksheets for Workshop
    • Asset analysis
    • Ethics of working with community
      • Results of motivation survey
      • Criteria for determining mutual benefits
      • Strategies for negotiating within institutions
    • Action plan worksheets

Agenda (6 hours)

  1. 9:00am: Welcome (10 minutes)—Tif
    1. Funding Spiel
      1. This is not about funding.
      1. “Revolution will not be funded.”
      2. There’s always money—not a formula to get it

  2. 9:15am: Introductions of facilitators (2-ish minutes each, 20 minutes total)
    1. What’s my program?
    1. Reference Project Profiles—specifically funding

  3. 9:35am: Overview of scholarly research and current outreach programs (15 minutes)—(Team: Jennifer, Teresa and Eliana)

  4. 9:50am: Asset Analysis (1 hour)
    1. Introduction to strategies (10 minutes)—Tif
    1. Break into groups based on geographic region (50 minutes)
      1. One/two facilitator(s) per group
      1. Begin conducting asset analysis (will need to be finished with partners in community/institution)

  5. 10:50am: Break (10 minutes)

  6. 11:00am: Ethics of Community Partnerships (1 hour)
    1. Introduction to ethics (10 minutes) (Team: Thomas, Andrea and Melissa H.)
    1. Break into small groups based on Institutional Type (two facilitators per group) (50 minutes)
      1. Discuss self-motivation for community outreach
      1. Discuss potential of mutual beneficial outcomes
    1. Transition to discussing institutional strategies (based on asset analysis, and mutually-beneficial outcomes)

  7. 12:00 noon: Project Action Plans Presentations (30 minutes)
    1. Present types of projects (20 minutes) (Teams: Jennifer/Teresa, Thomas/Eliana, Andrea/Melissa H.)
    1. Present Handouts/worksheets for action plans (10 minutes)--Tif

  8. 12:30 pm: Lunch (45 minutes)

  9. 1:15pm: Project Action Plan Workshopping (facilitated in teams of two) (1 1/2 hours)
    1. Break into small groups based on type of project (two facilitators for each) (45 min)
      1. Work on action plan handouts for project type
    1. Post action plans on wall, present and discuss as a whole group (45 min)

  10. 3:00 pm: END

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