Presentation during the 2015 Bonner Fall Directors' Meeting by Marisa Charley, Ariane Hoy, and Travis Proffitt.

1. Exploring Regional Institutes
Marisa Charley, Washington & Lee University; Ariane Hoy,
Bonner Foundation; and Travis Proffitt, Emory & Henry College

2. • Introductions
• Learning from Experience
• Resources for Future Planning
• Group Collaboration and Sharing
• Next Steps

3. • To explore the potential impact of
Regional Institutes (drawing on the
Civic Innovations model)
• To sketch out resources and toolkit -
and get your input
• To engage in discussion about how
these Institutes could be valuable

4. Learning from
Experience
Travis Proffitt, Emory
& Henry College

5. Resources for
Future
Planning
The Bonner
Foundation and
Fellows

6. Why do this...
• Build capacity of partners and institutions to
engage in innovative, project-based learning
and projects
• Engage and develop more faculty (on specific
campuses and in regional/national
collaboration)
• Network partners (with other key
stakeholders), potentially in ways to foster
collaboration and impact

7. Institutes involve...
• faculty
• partners
• student leaders
• staff
• funders/champions
• possibly alumni

8. Organize by Region...
• Midwest (MN, IN, WI, OH) - Consuelo
• Appalachia (NC, TN, VA, KY, WV) -
Shannon, Travis
• Northeast (NJ, NY, ME) - Krystal
• Southeast (SC, GA, FL, MS) - Savannah
• MidAtlantic (PA, DC, MD) - Marisa

9. Resources to develop...
• Planning Guide (steps)
• Printed Program Template
• Workshops / Trainer Guides
• Budget
• Recruitment / Outreach Materials guide
• How to access/use Bonner Funds for this

10. Strategic Partnerships...
• Campus Compact
• Higher Education Associations
• Campus Community Partnerships for Health
• University of Kansas Community Toolkit
• IARSCLE
• Engaged Scholarship Consortium
• Who else...?

11. Other Constituents...
• Centers for Teaching and Learning (Faculty
Development)
• CBR Advisory Board or Faculty Groups
• State Councils for Nonprofits
• Department Chairs
• United Way or partner groups
• Nonprofits/consortia that are focusing on
capacity building and collective impact

12. • Faculty scholarship avenues
• Learning/Syllabus design and implementation
• Tenure and Rewards
• Course designator design
• Project based learning design/management
• Journal and publishing opportunities
• Collaboratives and collective impact models and training
• Developmental model/framework for faculty engagement (in CBR/
CE/Experiential Learning)

13. • Community Based Research (CBR/CBPR)
• Project based learning design/management
• Strategy session design/facilitation
• Partners as co-educators
• Collaboratives and collective impact models and training
• Partners speak…what nonprofits are thinking about
• Research and provide information on community foundations
• Students as Colleagues; student leadership of project-based
learning (“engaged signature work”)

14. Calendar Work Plan...
Fall Directors Meeting (November 1-4)
• Presentation (Session)
• Sharing model and idea
• Getting feedback
• Find out challenges/opportunities
January
• Financial model for meeting (Bonner funds included)
• Work Plan for Fellows and Staff
• Grant seeking?
• Strategic partnership conversations

15. Calendar Work Plan...
June
• Plan/attend/support meeting at Emory & Henry
• Some fellows attend as Train-the-Trainer Event
• Develop/revise/curate existing and new resource materials
• Flesh out/refine templates and guides for sessions
• Discuss and articulate nuances and recommendations about
planning and collaboration (i.e., prep other leaders/fellows)
Next September/October
• Secure 1-3 other sites/hosts for future meetings
• Possibly target other campuses that have Fellows (Macalester,
Stetson, DePauw, Montclair, W&L)