BEDI Symposium

Benchmarking Economic Development Impacts (BEDI)

Invitation to Symposium - October 13, 2008
"Communicating Economic Development Impacts of the Engaged University"

BEDI Report

Symposium Agenda/Schedule

Speakers' Bio and PowerPoint Presentations

Robin Shepard, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Extension
--Communicating Economic Development Impacts of the Engaged University

R. Stephen Wyatt, Program Director Business and Industry
University of Missouri - Extension
--The Logic Model: A Program Performance Framework

Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director,
Industrial Extension Service, NC State

Assessment (form) of Symposium

To learn about using logic models for extension programs:

• University of Wisconsin, link to examples and on-line self-study module on logic models
• University of Michigan - Environment Education Evaluation

To learn more about logic models in general:

• Center for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, logic model workbook
• CDC Evaluation Work Group's List of links about logic models, in general
• CYFERNET links about logic models

Examples of work of symposium presenters here

Any NCSU examples?

Developing Social Indicators for NPS Management (water quality)

Entering the College Zone (ECZ) Program

A Logic Model Application: Community-University Collaboration (Arizona)

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)