Having a Voice in Authentic Engaged Partnerships: A Workshop for Community Partners

Presentation Format

Interactive Workshop

Intended Audience

Community Partner Agencies

Program Abstract

In authentic engaged partnerships, community partners share equal responsibilities, authority, and ownership through fair, respectful, and transparent negotiation at conception to completion of the research process. To promote a stable and lasting partnership, it is vital that the voices of community partners are heard and valued. Designed for community partners, this workshop provides foundational knowledge of engaged research, builds negotiation skills, and provides information to assist community partners in navigating partnerships to maximize desired outcomes.

Presentation Description

Rationale

The voices of community partners throughout the research process are vital in authentic community-engaged partnerships. Unfortunately, community partners are often times not included in a substantial way, but rather limited in their involvement.

Focused topics

This presentation will include an initial description of the characteristics of authentic community engagement with an emphasis on the elements of ideal engaged partnerships. Such partnerships include trust, respect, mutual benefit, agreed upon vision, mission, goals, and evaluation, good communication, resource sharing, democratic decision-making, and commitment by all partners (university, student, and community). Community partners will be informed of the importance of their participation in research due to their position as experts and cultural brokers in the community, their wealth of knowledge and resources, and knowledge of the dynamics of the community. Guiding principles of engaged research will be discussed such as inclusion of partners from the beginning to the ending of the project and inclusion in reporting and dissemination of the project results.

When discussing the partnership process, the presenters will discuss each aspect of a community-engaged partnership - how partnerships are formed, rules of engagement, specific ways of how community partners can be involved in the research process, and roles of community partners. The presentation will address community partner and researcher responsibilities in the research process and discuss specific community partner outcomes when authentic community engagement principles are instituted.

This presentation will also include an initial analysis of partnership involvement in published articles in the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship that indicates a need for greater community involvement in research.

Goals and Objectives

After participating in this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define and list at least three characteristics of community-based participatory research.
  2. State at least three possible community benefits of engagement scholarship partnerships.
  3. Identify at least three roles and responsibilities of the community partner and the researcher (faculty or student).
  4. Identify at least three topics/areas of negotiation in a typical engagement scholarship memorandum of understanding.
  5. Apply hands-on knowledge in constructing a memorandum of understanding with academic partners.

Audience engagement

The audience will be engaged and incorporated in the learning process in three ways.

  1. Throughout the workshop, Attendees will be encouraged to share personal experiences of past or current collaborations with academic partners and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of those collaborations.
  2. The workshop will include examining examples of MOU’s and then assisting members in tailoring these to their particular situation.
  3. Members will also be asked to complete various role-playing exercises to assist in negotiating partnership roles and responsibilities with prospective academic partners.

Location

Room - 217

Start Date

4-14-2016 10:45 AM

End Date

4-14-2016 12:00 PM

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Apr 14th, 10:45 AM Apr 14th, 12:00 PM

Having a Voice in Authentic Engaged Partnerships: A Workshop for Community Partners

Room - 217

Rationale

The voices of community partners throughout the research process are vital in authentic community-engaged partnerships. Unfortunately, community partners are often times not included in a substantial way, but rather limited in their involvement.

Focused topics

This presentation will include an initial description of the characteristics of authentic community engagement with an emphasis on the elements of ideal engaged partnerships. Such partnerships include trust, respect, mutual benefit, agreed upon vision, mission, goals, and evaluation, good communication, resource sharing, democratic decision-making, and commitment by all partners (university, student, and community). Community partners will be informed of the importance of their participation in research due to their position as experts and cultural brokers in the community, their wealth of knowledge and resources, and knowledge of the dynamics of the community. Guiding principles of engaged research will be discussed such as inclusion of partners from the beginning to the ending of the project and inclusion in reporting and dissemination of the project results.

When discussing the partnership process, the presenters will discuss each aspect of a community-engaged partnership - how partnerships are formed, rules of engagement, specific ways of how community partners can be involved in the research process, and roles of community partners. The presentation will address community partner and researcher responsibilities in the research process and discuss specific community partner outcomes when authentic community engagement principles are instituted.

This presentation will also include an initial analysis of partnership involvement in published articles in the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship that indicates a need for greater community involvement in research.

Goals and Objectives

After participating in this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define and list at least three characteristics of community-based participatory research.
  2. State at least three possible community benefits of engagement scholarship partnerships.
  3. Identify at least three roles and responsibilities of the community partner and the researcher (faculty or student).
  4. Identify at least three topics/areas of negotiation in a typical engagement scholarship memorandum of understanding.
  5. Apply hands-on knowledge in constructing a memorandum of understanding with academic partners.

Audience engagement

The audience will be engaged and incorporated in the learning process in three ways.

  1. Throughout the workshop, Attendees will be encouraged to share personal experiences of past or current collaborations with academic partners and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of those collaborations.
  2. The workshop will include examining examples of MOU’s and then assisting members in tailoring these to their particular situation.
  3. Members will also be asked to complete various role-playing exercises to assist in negotiating partnership roles and responsibilities with prospective academic partners.