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Registration for the October 2019 Impact Collaborative Summit is now open. 

When? October 15th-17th, 2019
Where? Atlanta, GA
Deadline to Register? DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 26th, 2019

The Impact Collaborative Summit brings unique opportunities to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change, by connecting them with skills, tools, resources and partners that can expand and deepen their impact.

We invite members to take advantage of their membership benefit by sending project and program teams to the Impact Collaborative Summit. Each member will receive 5 free registrations for a team to attend. Additional teams and team members are welcome to join. Community partners are welcome to participate on teams. We highly recommend sending teams that include 3-5 individuals focused on a project or program aligned with state/institutional strategic priorities.

Learn More About the Impact Collaborative Summit

The Impact Collaborative Summit Helps Participants: 

• Grow competencies, insights, inspirations, and capacities to engage in collective impact and innovation to address complex issues
• Increase understanding and demonstrate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and practices in team membership and ownership, projects, and implementation plans respective of community culture and norms
• Increase knowledge of co-creation community success stories and promising models that leverage diverse assets and community partners
• Identify as members of the Impact Collaborative and are invested in making meaningful local impact, with plans to engage with the connections and resources available through the Impact Collaborative

Teams Participating in the Impact Collaborative Summit Can Expect To:

• Strengthen community engagement for each project or program
• Collectively engage partnerships for new capacity for each program
• Strengthen project or program plans
• Increase project or program innovation
• Develop strategies to effectively engage new audiences
• Strengthen organizational context and readiness to support change needed by their projects and programs

Helping Teams Get Results 

Since 2017, the Impact Collaborative has trained 107 Innovation Facilitators, led 7 national events, 22 local events, and worked with more than 120 project and program teams across Extension. Learn more about some of the teams that joined us at the previous Impact Collaborative Summit. 

Registration Process for Teams:

1. Identify a team leader

2. Each team member needs to visit https://register.eventmobi.com/icsummitoct2019/ to register. Participants will be coming to the Summit in teams. In order for us to coordinate your Summit experience, please discuss and determine a TEAM NAME for all of your team members to use.

3. Choose Team Member Registration

4. Enter the promo code provided by your Extension Director or Administrator if you are receiving one of the five free registrations. 

Hotel Booking

Please visit this link to book a hotel room after completing the registration above.

REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 26th, 2019

Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your project and program teams for our third national Impact Collaborative Summit!

For Immediate Release
May 9th, 2019
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@eXtension.org

The National Sustainability Summit team, representing the University of Florida, Washington State University, North Dakota State University, and Florida A&M University, participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit. The team received the top score for the national project category during the LaunchFest portion of the Summit, an opportunity for teams to pitch their projects and programs to a panel of Cooperative Extension leaders and external partners.  As a result of their work, they have a pre-approved application for a $5000 grant that brings new capacity to their project. Members of the team include Jennison Kipp Searcy, Ramona Madhosingh Hector, Linda Seals, Jennifer Taylor, Patricia Townsend, Kimberly Davis, and David Ripplinger.

28 Project and Program teams across Cooperative Extension representing 36 institutions attended the Impact Collaborative in Atlanta for a unique opportunity to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. Teams were connected with skills, tools, resources, and partners that helped expand and deepen their impact.

Partners representing organizations external to Cooperative Extension were invited to attend the Impact Collaborative Summit and participated in our first national Partner Forum, with a guided discussion by leaders from the Institute for the Future.  This forum was designed to connect private and public sector organizations focused on community impact, including leaders from Cooperative Extension, and look for future opportunities to engage collectively. After the forum, partners had the opportunity to spend time talking with teams and learning more about the work they are doing to make an impact in their states, locales, and across the nation.

eXtension will continue its support of the National Sustainability Summit team through Engage & Empower Online, our new resource that offers Impact Collaborative teams and Innovation Facilitators unique professional development opportunities including webinars and learning circles, exclusive access to publications and presentations, access to a new online version of the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Experience tool, and a place where the Impact Collaborative can continue to connect teams with the resources they may need to continue project or program growth towards increasing innovation and local impact.

The next Impact Collaborative Summit will be from October 15th -17th, 2019 in Atlanta, GA.

For Immediate Release
May 9th, 2019
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@eXtension.org

Fidelis Okpebholo, representing Virginia State University on the VSU SFOP team, participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit. As a result of his work, he has been invited to apply for a $5000 grant to help bring new capacity to his project.

28 Project and Program teams across Cooperative Extension representing 36 institutions attended the Impact Collaborative in Atlanta for a unique opportunity to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. Teams were connected with skills, tools, resources, and partners that helped expand and deepen their impact.

Partners representing organizations external to Cooperative Extension were invited to attend the Impact Collaborative Summit and participated in our first national Partner Forum, with a guided discussion by leaders from the Institute for the Future.  This forum was designed to connect private and public sector organizations focused on community impact, including leaders from Cooperative Extension, and look for future opportunities to engage collectively. After the forum, partners had the opportunity to spend time talking with teams and learning more about the work they are doing to make an impact in their states, locales, and across the nation.

After three days of hard work, teams participated in a LaunchFest where they presented their project or program to a panel of partners and Cooperative Extension leaders.

eXtension will continue its support of the VSU SFOP team through Engage & Empower Online, our new resource that offers Impact Collaborative teams and Innovation Facilitators unique professional development opportunities including webinars and learning circles, exclusive access to publications and presentations, access to a new online version of the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Experience tool, and a place where the Impact Collaborative can continue to connect teams with the resources they may need to continue project or program growth towards increasing innovation and local impact.

The next Impact Collaborative Summit will be from October 15th -17th, 2019 in Atlanta, GA.

For Immediate Release
May 9th, 2019
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@eXtension.org

Atlanta, GA. The Fourth Pillar team, representing Florida A&M University, participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit. As a result of their work, they have been invited to apply for a $5000 grant to help bring new capacity to their project. Members of the Fourth Pillar team include Penny Malone, Cynthia Portalatin, and Harriett Paul.

28 Project and Program teams across Cooperative Extension representing 36 institutions attended the Impact Collaborative in Atlanta for a unique opportunity to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. Teams were connected with skills, tools, resources, and partners that helped expand and deepen their impact.

Partners representing organizations external to Cooperative Extension were invited to attend the Impact Collaborative Summit and participated in our first national Partner Forum, with a guided discussion by leaders from the Institute for the Future.  This forum was designed to connect private and public sector organizations focused on community impact, including leaders from Cooperative Extension, and look for future opportunities to engage collectively. After the forum, partners had the opportunity to spend time talking with teams and learning more about the work they are doing to make an impact in their states, locales, and across the nation.

After three days of hard work, teams participated in a LaunchFest where they presented their project or program to a panel of partners and Cooperative Extension leaders.

eXtension will continue its support of the Fourth Pillar team through Engage & Empower Online, our new resource that offers Impact Collaborative teams and Innovation Facilitators unique professional development opportunities including webinars and learning circles, exclusive access to publications and presentations, access to a new online version of the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Experience tool, and a place where the Impact Collaborative can continue to connect teams with the resources they may need to continue project or program growth towards increasing innovation and local impact.

The next Impact Collaborative Summit will be from October 15th -17th, 2019 in Atlanta, GA.