Areas of Focus and Audiences

Areas of Focus

  • Community-engaged learning/Service-learning

  • Experiential learning inside and outside the classroom

  • Civic engagement/Developing civic agency

  • Community engagement

  • High-impact educational practices

  • Social innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Partnerships

    • Academic affairs — Student affairs

    • Campus — community

    • Students — faculty/staff

  • Critical reflection and metacognition for deep learning

  • Curriculum development and backward design

  • Assessment of student learning and community impact

  • Commuter/nontraditional/adult students

  • Strength assessment and program evaluation

  • Strategic planning and organizational development

Audiences with Representative Presentations

  • In person and virtual

  • Local, national and international

College Faculty, K-12 Teachers, and Academic Administrators

  • Service-Learning Course Design: What Faculty Need to Know

  • How Do I Get Started with Community-Engaged Learning?

  • Why Service-Learning is Critical Now

  • Enhancing Teaching through Experiential Learning

  • How to Deepen Learning through Critical Reflection

  • Helping Students Learn How to Learn through Metacognition

  • 101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning

  • Bringing the Community into Community-Based Learning

  • What Are the High-Impact Elements of High-Impact Practices?

  • The Top 10 Reasons Why Experiential Learning Matters

  • Improving Learning in Survey Courses

  • Designing and Teaching a High-Impact Capstone Course

  • Problem-Based Learning

  • Teaching Nontraditional Students

  • Enhancing Learning through Group Work

  • Are We Making a Difference? – Evaluation and Assessment

Student Affairs Professionals

  • Preparing Students for Lives of Civic Engagement

  • Service-Learning and Student Development

  • Civic Identity Development

  • Engaging Students through High-Impact Educational Practices in Student Affairs Work

  • Assessing the Needs of [Marginalized] Students 

  • Using Data to Enhance Student Success

  • Commuter and Adult Students: Next and Best Practices

  • Educating Students About Difference, Power, and Privilege Through Community Engagement

Campus-Wide Audiences

  • Service-Learning as an Economic Driver

  • Enhancing Integrative Learning through Cross-Campus Partnerships

  • Bridging the Gap between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs

  • Advancing Civic Engagement and Leadership through Academic Affairs-Student Affairs Partnerships

  • Building Partnerships for Student Success

  • Community Engagement: Moving from Transaction to Transformation

  • Service-Learning and Student Success

  • Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Student/Community Engagement

Service-Learning and Community Engagement Professionals

  • Service-Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned

  • Our (Not So) Common Language about Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

  • How to Establish a Center for Service-Learning [Community Engagement]

  • Building Partnerships for Service-Learning

  • Educating Students for Socially Responsible Leadership

  • Developing Global Citizenship through Local Community Engagement

  • It’s About Impact: Moving from Service-Learning to Civic Engagement

  • Community Engagement: What Does It Take to Move to the Next Level?

  • Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship

  • Service-Learning/Community Engagement in the Online Environment

  • Service-Learning and Community Economic Development

  • Using New Research Findings to Enhance Service-Learning Practice

  • Top 10 Tips for Sustaining Community Service-Learning Professionals

Students

  • How to Be a Service-Learning Leader

  • Leadership for Social Change

  • Achieving Your Organization’s Goals through Service-Learning

  • The Art of Advocacy

  • Now What? Composing a Life of Meaning and Purpose

  • Navigating the Quarterlife Crisis