ESSENTIALS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING Strategic Horizons Network Community College President’s Conference Theme: Community Engagement Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh, PA Monday, June 13, 2016 8:30-10:00 AM **6/14 Note: Dr T added Items based on interest and Q&A during session; hyperlinks provided throughout and Appendix provided for future reference Presenters/Facilitators: Dr. Jamie Talbott, Professor Department of Management Contributing and Participating Faculty in the PhD in Community Engagement Program at Point Park University Ms. Kendra Ross, Student/Graduate Assistant PhD in Community Engagement Program at Point Park University POINT PARK UNIVERSITY PRESENTERS/FACILITATORS ABOUT US … Dr. Jamie Talbott, Professor, Department of Management Dr T has been in higher education for 26+ years. Today, she continues to serve as a professor teaching primarily graduate and doctoral courses in the areas of Leadership, Community Engagement, Social Entrepreneurship, and Management with courses in Organizational Behavior and Organizational Systems. Over the years, Dr. T has developed several special topic seminars in the areas of Career Pathing, Leaders as Partners & Mentors, and Strategic Thinking in the leadership programs at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has been a member of the Point Park Community for over 12 years. Dr T served on the proposal development committee for the PhD in Community Engagement and the proposal development committee for the EdD in Leadership and Administration. In addition to earning a Doctorate of Management in organizational leadership and a Master’s in International/Foreign Affairs, Dr. T also earned a Master of Arts in Human Development and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. Dr T augmented this work through the Neuroleadership Institute, earning the Certificate in the Foundation of Neuroleadership. She is a certified counselor through the National Board Certified Counselors (NBCC, 2010-2015; 2015-2020) in the US. Dr T is ABD in her work towards a PhD in Human & Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA. She has been affiliated with the American Counseling Association, the International Leadership Association, the Neuroleadership Institute, and the CMM Institute. Ms. Kendra Ross, Student/Graduate Assistant, PhD in Community Engagement Program Ms. Ross is an award-winning cultural worker and social entrepreneur. Passionate about the nexus between artistic practice, arts advocacy, scholarship, and social justice, she believes that her worldview as an intersectional feminist both informs and collates her work in all arenas. Kendra has spent the last 15+ years writing, recording, and performing music as a solo act and in collaboration with celebrated artists, such as: Quincy Jones, Talib Kweli, and Res, among others. In 2007, she released her debut album titled, New Voice, to excellent reviews which led to her being voted New Artist of the Year by the readers of Soultracks.com that same year. Kendra has also spent well over a decade working as a music business professional and currently serves as the Director of Label Process Operations at Universal Music Group. When not on stage or in the boardroom, she works to bring together artists, activists, funders, developers, and organizers in service of underserved communities in Pittsburgh. Kendra is also a doctoral student in Community Engagement at Point Park University where her research is focused on culturally-relevant arts education as an intervention into the school-to-prison pipeline. AGENDA • Welcome & Introductions • Our Agenda • The PhD in Community Engagement Program at Point Park University • Rationale, approach, intention • Creative process • Community Engagement: In-class Working Definition • Need/Demand • Our Students • Interdisciplinary Approach • Key/Distinguishing Concepts • Reciprocity of the PhD Curriculum • Student Research Areas of Interests • Experience the Process: • The Social Lab • Human Centered Design Approach T P D COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HE H IN DR. HEATHER STARR-FIEDLER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF WOOD STREET COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MULTIMEDIA • The program endeavors to: • Develop future-focused leaders in community engagement including non-profit leadership, social change activists, and those involved in the service learning movement. • Offer students a broad understanding of public policy, program development, and best practices in leadership and community engagement. • Prepare leaders for outreach and partnership work in civic, business, and community organizations. Local/Regional Info The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) noted over 400 nonprofit organizations from a ten-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania. Currently, non-profit directory search = 254 entities are listed as Charitable & Non-Profit Organizations in the Pittsburgh Area. T P D COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HE H IN POINT PARK UNIVERSITY AT • Emphasize, at its core, social entrepreneurship and the role that leaders and communities can and should play in a complex society. • Inspire and advance the education of existing Point Park community-centric master programs that can serve as feeder programs include Psychology, Communication, and Management. • Invite applicants with master’s degrees in appropriate fields to advance and hone the requisite skills for leadership in community engagement. Local/Regional Info Indeed.com currently lists job openings for non-profit organizations in the Pittsburgh Area in the following ranges: $30,000 – 161 $50,000 – 120 $60,000 – 94 $85,000 – 44 201/FT_28/PT THE CREATIVE PROCESS WHEEL OF ENGAGEMENT Community Momentum: Wheel of Engagement Social Entrepreneurship Class Handout_drjtalbott NONPROFIT HR: 2015 NONPROFIT EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES SURVEY™ RESULTS Snapshot … Job/Employment Prospectus