Community Partnerships & Outreach Staff Network members share a vision of the Wisconsin Idea that recognizes community members as full partners, essential to the engaged, collaborative work that transforms our communities and institutions for the public good.
The Community Partnerships and Outreach (CPO) Staff Network was established in 2008 as a community of practice of University of Wisconsin–Madison staff members who span the boundaries between campus and community. Staff members are the “brand representatives” of the Wisconsin Idea.
CPO Staff Network professionals facilitate projects, programs, services and relationships with community partners that are sustained, mutually beneficial, equitable and respectful of the knowledge, values, priorities, resources and needs of all partners.
Get involved: Join the Google Group for the CPO Staff Network to stay updated with email updates and resources by clicking here.
The purpose of the CPO Staff Network is to create a horizontal structure across campus units for engagement professionals to:
- Share information and resources
- Disseminate best practices
- Collaborate
- Participate in targeted professional development opportunities
- Implement quality initiatives
- Improve outcomes for community partners
- Increase access and reduce entry-point confusion for community partners.
The goals of the CPO Staff Network are to ensure vertical alignment in the implementation of the Wisconsin Idea to:
- Increase UW–Madison’s capacity to respond to community priorities
- Support structures and policies that sustain quality community engagement
- Engage boundary spanners at all levels in leadership, planning and decision making
Neighborhood Health Partnerships Program
Morgridge Center for Public Service
Tuesday, February 13 via Zoom
9-10:30am
UW’s New Volunteer Policy
Morgridge Center for Public Service
Thursday, March 14
9-10:30am
Join us for a presentation by Steve Ticknor, Volunteer Services Manager, a new role within Workforce Relations in the Office of Human Resources. Steve’s goals are to understand what types of volunteer activities exist across campus, rewrite a comprehensive Volunteer Policy that addresses the complexity of questions and issues with engaging volunteers at UW-Madison, and onboard a Volunteer Management System to centrally collect and track data around volunteers. Steve will be providing an overview of what he has learned and what to expect in the future for volunteers at UW-Madison. If you work with volunteers, you will want to attend this session!
WI Idea Week Networking Event
UW South Madison Partnership
Wednesday, April 10
9-10:30am
Join us the day after the WI Idea Conference for an additional chance to network with colleagues and potential collaborators.
Fireside Chat with Provost Charles Isbell
Morgridge Center for Public Service
Thursday, April 25
8:30-10am
Marian Farrior, Restoration Work Party Manager, UW–Madison Arboretum / marian.farrior@wisc.edu
Keri Robbins, Event Manager in the Division of Extension, UW–Madison / keri.robbins@wisc.edu
Cory Sprinkel, Community-Engaged Scholarship Specialist, Morgridge Center for Public Service / sprinkel@wisc.edu
Danielle Weindling, Public Humanities Coordinator, Center for the Humanities / weindling@wisc.edu
Anna Courtier-Bishop, Director of Community-based Learning, WISCIENCE / anna.courtier@wisc.edu
Katrina Phelps, Community Liaison, WINRS / kephelps@wisc.edu
Officers
Librarian: Haley Madden, hmadden@wisc.edu
Resources
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Archived CPO Resources
For information about past meetings and CPO Staff Network activities, access the CPO Staff Network Resources Folder here.
Communities of Practice
Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice; Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder
Using Emergence to Take Social Innovations to Scale; Meg Wheatley & Deborah Frieze
Linking Colleges to Communities: Engaging the University for community Development; the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland
Engagement
Building a Two‑Way Street: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Engagement at Research Universities; Lorilee R. Sandmann & David J. Weerts
Reshaping Institutional Boundaries to Accommodate an Engagement Agenda; Lorilee R. Sandmann & David J. Weerts
Transforming Campuses and Communities Through Public Engagement: The Critical Role(s) of Boundary Spanners – Video 57 min.
Evaluation
Are We Making a Difference? Evaluating Community Based Programs: Presented by Christine Maidl Pribbenow, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 8/2009.
University of Wisconsin Survey Center
UW Extension Logic Model Resources
Developmental Evaluation: A Developmental Evaluation Primer
A Practitioner’s Guide to Developmental Evaluation
Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use by Michael Quinn Patton