It’s official, our spring Chicago Friends of the CommNS event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th, 2025! Our social reception will begin at 4:30 pm with some brief programming around 5:15 pm. Please be on the lookout for an invitation …
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Co-Create: Students gain career insights while furthering the Wisconsin Idea
Recently published by the UW School of Human Ecology: https://humanecology.wisc.edu/co-create-students-gain-career-insights-while-furthering-the-wisconsin-idea/ Audrey Treptow x‘25 has always had a passion for public service. After her experience with Co-Create, a community-led research, evaluation and facilitation initiative, she has …
Going From the Classroom to the Boardroom Helps Students Learn How Nonprofits Work
A class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school gives an overview of how nonprofits are structured and regulated, as well as how boards support the transparency and compliance of these organizations, which must serve …
What Evaluators Can Learn From Doulas
Recently published on AEA365: https://aea365.org/blog/what-evaluators-can-learn-from-doulas-by-amy-washbush/ Hi! I’m Amy Washbush, Associate Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. Through our Co-Create team we partner with nonprofit organizations and others to answer the evaluation and research …
What difference can Co-Create make for your organization? Reflections from our clients and partners
As Co-Create has continued to grow and engage in more projects with nonprofits, funders, and government agencies to lift up and answer the most important questions to advance their efforts, we’ve taken the time …
Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism: A Call for Higher Standards and Optimal Impact
By Mary Beth Collins, J.D., M.A., Executive Director of the UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies With special thanks to an important contributor to the conceptual basis of this article, Dr. Troy Williams, Ph.D., …
Participate in Wisconsin’s August 2024 Civic Health Challenge
Complete a challenge, build a habit, connect with others, and enter to win! You can participate in the Wisconsin Civic Health Challenge in one of two ways: Join us on goosechase! Download the Goosechase app …
Students Reflect Upon Their Experiences in Co-Create
As the Co-Create team celebrated our 50-project milestone at the end of 2023, we took the opportunity to look back on where we’ve been and what we can learn from that. (If you’re wondering, our …
Join our “Social Innovation” Summer Book Club!
Social Innovation”, “Social Enterprise”, and “Social Entrepreneurship” are terms that are commonly used in current popular and professional parlance to describe efforts that aim or claim to offer effective and creative solutions to difficult challenges …
4 Insightful Takeaways from the 2024 CommUnity Conference
Our biannual 2024 CommUnity Conference was a success! In collaboration with partners from the Civic Health of Wisconsin Initiative, dedicated community leaders, students, faculty, researchers, and nonprofit professionals came together for a day of engagement …