Collaboratory is a one-of-a-kind software that helps institutions understand the landscape of their engagement - the who, what, where, when and why of activities designed with and for their community.
A Relational Database
Collaboratory centers community engagement and public service activities as the unit of analysis
This reframes the focus of reporting on work actually happening between the institution and the community, with data on collaborators, courses, research, and funding to support it
Your data remains centralized, secure, and easy to navigate
A Public Platform
Use data to match internal initiatives with interests of donors
Reinforce key institutional messages by leveraging data for strategic communication
Use reliable, current data to respond to external stakeholders and showcase an institution’s impact
A Tracking and Monitoring Tool
Collaboratory provides a portrait of community engagement and public service activities that can inform institutional strategy
Centralize and organize who is doing what, where, with whom, and to what ends
Serves as a baseline or foundation for implementing measurement strategies
A Community of Practice
Connect with like-minded practitioners and scholars from other Collaboratory institutions to share ideas, successes, and challenges
Access expertise and best practices in community engagement
Collaborate on topics of mutual interest and advocate for community-identified priorities
An Educational Device
Inform and distinguish between the spectrum of engagement and service activities
Advocate for the value of community engagement work as it relates to your institution’s mission and vision
Integrate community engagement into teaching and research
A Research Dataset
Institutions that use Collaboratory opt into having their data shared with our national research initiative
Activities provide concrete examples of how various priorities are operationalized via community engagement and public service
Scholars can access de-identified data collected via Collaboratory for research purposes
Get an overview of Collaboratory's features and functions
