The communities of practice provide opportunities for in-depth learning, sharing of best practices, generation of new knowledge, and collaborative problem solving in key domains of communications including social media, visual storytelling, web communications and written storytelling.
Upcoming Meetings:
- Social Media: Thursday, November 14 from 1-2 p.m. on Zoom
- Visual Storytelling: Wednesday, November 20 from 10-10:50 a.m. on Zoom
- Web Communications: Thursday, November 14 from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom
- Written Storytelling: Thursday, November 21 from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom
The communities of practice focus on expanding the collective professional knowledge base of all University of Oregon professional communications staff (the “100” plus a limited number of approved exceptions) to strengthen our ability to help elevate the university’s reputation and to advance the communications profession.
Each Community:
- Selects topics based on an annual division-wide needs assessment and calls for topics of interest from the members
- Conducts regularly scheduled learning sessions covering topics most relevant to the domain of communications specific to the community of practice
- Focuses on increasing the depth of knowledge in the domain of communications specific to the community of practice
- Engages in joint activities, discussions, mutual learning, problem solving, and information sharing
- Develops a shared repertoire of resources: experiences, tools, stories, and solutions to recurring problems
- Invites UO or external experts as appropriate depending on the selected topics
- Does not make policy decisions, establish mandates, or ensure compliance
Leadership
Each community is co-lead by a University Communications employee and unit partner from the 100:
- Social Media: Jesse Summers, Alyssa Hinojosa
- Visual Storytelling: Charlie Litchfield, Tamra Holmes
- Web Communications: Rachael Nelson, Julianne Davis
- Written Storytelling: Laurel Hamers, Lexie Briggs
Things to note:
- Each community of practice meets more than quarterly but frequency is set by the individual community.
- Participants are encouraged to select meetings/communities of practice that are most closely related to their job.
- These communities are for professional staff only; membership is not extended to student employees.
- Additional communities of practice will be established, as necessary, by the Executive Leadership Team of University Communications.
Signing Up
If you are interested in signing up, please fill out the form below. The co-leads will be in contact about upcoming meetings.
Please Note: we encourage you to check with your supervisor about your involvement and to select the community that most aligns with your work. If you feel like your work aligns with multiple, please ensure you are able to make the time commitment and that your supervisor is supportive.