Building consensus through a Campus-wide Conversation on General Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Conducting a review of a university’s core curriculum can be a daunting task. Seasoned administrators know to expect a politically-charged, emotionally loaded process where many sacred cows receive uncomfortable scrutiny. It is a challenge to build an inclusive process that embraces [...]
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Inspired by College President Carl Kuttler, St. Petersburg College in Largo Florida has created a Collaborative Lab that is attracting hundreds of local businesses and organizations for unique ThinkTank innovation sessions. In the three years the center has been open, over 100 clients have passed through for more than 200 engagements.
The Collaborative Lab holds sessions [...]
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Professors Minh Hunh and Barbara Schuldt from Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Management have created a unique service learning opportunity thanks to ThinkTank.
As part of their Systems Analysis and Design course, they are teaching students how to gather software requirements using GroupSystems collaboration technology. To add even more impact to the course, the student-run project is [...]
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On Monday, September 10 2007, GroupSystems partner Mick Blasik and Joe Walk from Penn State University’s Management Technology Group conducted a community outreach session in support of Centre County in Pennsylvania. Over 100 people attended the session, which had a laptop at each table (20 in total) running GroupSystems. With our software, the highly diverse group of citizens was [...]
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North Dakota State University’s Group Decision Center is using ThinkTank in a series of 22 town hall meetings in rural North Dakota to help the communities create economic development plans. The sessions are usually held in the largest gathering spots in town. In one community, that meant holding the session in a bar, in another the session [...]
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The Challenge
Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco invited several hundred residents to participate in an event called SF Listens, hosted at San Francisco State University. Mayor Newsom and his staff wanted to provide residents with an opportunity to give feedback about his budget plans.
During the first part of the SF Listens event, organizers wanted to [...]
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