Ideas for Outreach Workshop

Hi everyone,

Now that we've introduced ourselves to each other, maybe we can do a little brainstorming about what we want our pre-conference workshop to do/be/etc?

We've got a 1/2 day--so 3 or 4 hours (I'm not sure which.). I'm imagining that people who attend this workshop want to connect with other folks who are doing/have attempted this type of outreach work, want to learn about from their experiences, and then want to leave with some structure/plans/strategies for how they might get started/continue this work back in their hometowns.

Here are some ideas that I have; they are purposefully general because I don't want to take over:

• We need to tell our own stories of community outreach.
• We should collectively share the challenges that we've had.
• We should complicate the notion of 'community outreach', focusing on ethics of partnerships and mutually-beneficial relationships.
• We need to break up into small working groups so everyone gets individual attention on their own interests.
• We could break up into 'type' of outreach: writing centers, service learning, partnerships, etc.
• We should end up establishing a network for folks to share their stories and ideas after the workshop (like a 'mini-WCenter' listserv).

Can you each please put in your two cents' worth about what you think would be valuable for participants (and for us) in this workshop? Then, I'll try to compile and put forth an abstract for your review.

Thanks very much!
Tif