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Engaging Communication

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Articulating Engagements
The 7th Aspen Conference on Engaged Communication Scholarship

Saturday, August 1, Given Institute:

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.: Conference Check-In
2:15– 2:30 pm: Welcome and Opening Remarks—Pam Shockley-Zalabak
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.: Opening Remarks and Reflections – Linda Putnam, University of California at Santa Barbara
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Framing the Conversation: Why do vocabularies matter?
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.: Small Group Breakout Session – What Does Engagement Mean? Share “Narratives of Possibility” and discuss identify key themes or issues.
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.: Session One - Identifying “Vocabularies” of Engagement
5:15 – 5:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Next Steps
5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Sunday, August 2, Given Institute:

Breakfast on your own
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.: Conference Check-In
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.: Welcome and Reconnecting
9:00 –12:00 p.m.: Session Two - Exploring Ways that Engaged Scholarship Can, and Has, Made a Difference: Phil Tompkins, Linda Putnam, Laurie Lewis, Jennifer Ziegler
9:00 – 10:20 a.m.: Articulating Journeys of Engagement
10:20 –10:45 Connections, Intersections, and Intermission
10:45 – 11:30 Articulating the Difference Engaged Scholarship Makes
11:30 – 12:00 Broadening the Conversation: Articulating the Difference We Can (and Do) Make as Engaged Scholars
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Session Three - Developing Models of Engagement
Breakout session: reconnecting to “Narratives of Possibility”
“Name the game.": beginning to identify or “name” emerging models
Developing the models.
Plenary session: gallery walk and discussion of proposed models.
Dinner on your own OR Graduate Student Networking Dinner (Details to be Announced)

Monday, August 3, Annabelle Inn:

Breakfast on your own
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.: Conference Check-In and Reconnecting to Two-Days’ Work
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.: Small Group Breakout Session – How Can We Expand the Conversation?
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Session Four - Identifying Strategies for Distributing and Extending the Conversation
12:00 p.m.: Conference Adjourns

Engaging Useful Accessible Communication
August 1-3, 2009

Conference Theme and Schedule

Contact:

Jennifer Hane
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

(719) 255-3180 OR

(800) 990-UCCS x3180

Fax: (719) 255-3716

jhane@uccs.edu