Your institution is engaging in exciting and diverse ways throughout your community, without being aware of the various activities and partnerships! Your data collection may be basic, a sophisticated homegrown system, a third party solution, or a hybrid. How do you get those engaged to provide the data? How do you ensure all aspects of the institution are invited to participate and well-represented?
Gain insights into the common tensions and motivations of faculty and staff when they are asked to provide data on engagement activities, as well as tools and strategies to communicate the value of and need for data to different stakeholder groups. We will also discuss best practices around the use of data, how to minimize administrative and political costs to data collection, and next steps your institution might pursue to successfully track community engagement data.