Applications are due: January 3, 2014

For more information: 

For questions about application, contact Liv Lindenberg llindenberg@wisc.edu

For questions about the program: Brian D. Christens, bchristens@wisc.edu

The Talloires Network has announced a call for nominations for the sixth annual MacJannet Prize. The Prize recognizes exceptional civic engagement initiatives based at Talloires Network member universities around the world and contributes financially to their ongoing public service efforts.

The Talloires Network, comprising over 300 universities from 71 countries around the world, was established in 2005 to focus on the obligation institutions of higher education have to actively engage with their communities. The Talloires Declaration, signed by the leaders of all member institutions, states that the university “should use the processes of education and research to respond to, serve and strengthen its communities for local and global citizenship.”

The MacJannet Prize was instituted to further the Talloires Network’s mission of strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education. The first five years of the MacJannet Prize were a tremendous success. With about 70 nominations from dozens of universities around the world each year, the MacJannet Prize Selection Committee has been able to select a diverse group of innovative and effective winning programs.

Three prizes will be awarded in 2014: 1st Prize ($7,500), 2nd Prize ($5,000), and 3rd Prize ($2,500). Prize money will be used to further the goals and strengthen the impact of the awarded programs. Winning programs will be profiled on the Talloires Network website and highlighted in communications reaching thousands of higher education contacts worldwide. Winners will also have the opportunity to take part in a presentation ceremony at the 2014 Talloires Network Leaders Conference.

To be considered, programs must be nominated by 24 January 2014. Nominations will be accepted from students, faculty, staff, or administrators at member institutions. Only programs originating from member institutions of the Talloires Network are eligible for the Prize. Leaders of higher education institutions around the world that are not already Talloires Network members are invited and encouraged to join the Talloires Network. There is no fee for membership.

Nominations in English are preferred, but the Secretariat will do its best to accommodate nominations submitted in other languages. Please contact the Talloires Network Secretariat at talloiresnetwork@tufts.edu for information about submitting a nomination in a language other than English.

For additional information on the MacJannet Prize or the Talloires Network, contact the Talloires Network Secretariat at or visit our website: .

CES4Health publishes diverse products of community-based participatory research and other forms of community-engaged scholarship – including videos, policy briefs, resource guides and online toolkits.  Basically, any product in English from anywhere in the world, except journal manuscripts!

CES4Health has published 60 products to date — all products of community-engaged scholarship — and many co-authored by community and academic partners.

Community-based organizations are also finding CES4Health to be a valuable outlet for peer-reviewed publication of their community-engaged work, whether involving academic partnerships or not.

CES4Health provides wide dissemination of  high quality products that can improve the health of communities and “count” in the faculty promotion and tenure process.  Every product submitted is peer reviewed by community and academic experts.  If it’s published, the Editor sends an email about the publication and the rigorous peer review process to people that authors identify, such as deans, department chairs and supervisors.

CES4Health also tracks how many times a product is downloaded and can follow-up with users to find out how it was used – important data that can be included in promotion and tenure dossiers and grant proposals.  I should also mention that CES4Health does not retain copyright for any of the products it publishes.

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On September 24, Liz Weaver animated an all-day Community Collaboration Forum in London, Ontario.  Attended by 170 participants from the non-profit, university and government sectors, the event was organized by the Pillar Nonprofit Network.

The event included a panel entitled “Putting Collective Impact into Practice,” and involved Tom Cooper of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Cheryl Rose of Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, and Ted Jackson from CFICE.

The Tamarack Institute is one of North America’s leaders in the emerging field of collective impact.

Edward Jackson, Katherine Graham, and Todd Barr presented,  – Jackson, Edward. Katherine Graham, and Todd Barr, Presentation to  GUNI Conference 2013, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, 2013