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How Collaborating with Neighboring Institutions Can

Enhance Professional Development and Cut Costs

David StackDavid HeffnerCarol Sabbar

“Would you be my neighbor?”

• Only Private Institutions?

• Only Public Institutions?

• Both Private and Public Institutions?

• Include Businesses?

Panelists & Their Associations

Presenter Representing

David Stack Public

David Heffner Public & Private

Carol Sabbar Private,

P, P & Business

How “Big” is the Neighborhood?

• Geographically?

• Numerically?

• Politically?

• Technically?

Private WAICU Institutions

Public UW System Institutions

Private & Public PA Institutions

Private, Public, and Business

• Wisconsin Packeteer User’s Group• Educational institutions include:

– Private Colleges– Public Universities– Technical Colleges– K-12 schools– Banks, hospitals, etc.

• All Packeteer Users• http://www2.carthage.edu/pug

The details are in the handout, but there are a few points we’d like to emphasize…

Collaborating with Competitors?

• Students presume good technology

• Technology trends become evident

• Can compare experiences using vendors

• Have similar issues

• Have similar resource constraints

• Need to stretch budget

• Win-win proposition

Examples of Collaboration

• Consortial Purchasing

• Equipment/Expertise Sharing

• Training

• Meetings for Peer Support

• Listserv Discussions

Consortial Puchasing

• Have you ever seen it work? Why does it often fail?

• What are the critical success factors?

• Examples

Equipment/Technician Sharing

• Beginning a “barter group”

• Excess equipment shared with others

• Sharing technicians and placements

• Future plans include web site to list surplus equipment for sale or free

Training (WAICU example)

• Quarterly except fall• Full-day, at member location• Sample topics:

– HelpDesk Organization and Management– Selecting, Managing, and Training Student Help– Patch and Virus Management– Disaster Recovery

• Constituent Groups

Why Meet On a Campus?

• Inexpensive• Technology is readily available• Special presentation by host• Easy for staff from the host institution

to participate• Campus tour!

Why Meet Off Campus?

Why Meet Off Campus?

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Why Meet Off Campus?

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Only $62/night!

• “State government rate”• Off-season• September - April

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Why Meet Off Campus? seriously…

• Coordinate all details through a single site representative

• Meet longer - accommodations right there

• No parking/shuttle issues

• Creates a “time-out” for everyone

Accept Vendor Sponsorship?

• All of us say no, except for the Packeteer User Group, which has an inherent vendor focus.

Discussion!