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1 Benefits of Belonging Penelope Weinberger

2 communication and collaboration in order to promote user awareness and an improved state of the practice successes lessons learned How do ideas move? How does best practice get promoted? How is an industry made aware of available resources? What happens when systems are not in place for the effective communication of ideas, best practices and available resources? How do programs impact the transportation planning community, and what of communities, programs or issues that don’t have this type of support? Is success or failure predicated on support infrastructure, How do you get the infrastructure up and running?

3 A TMIP Goal “To help planning agencies build their institutional capacity to develop and deliver travel related information to support transportation and planning decisions.” AKA – The Outreach Goal

4 Outreach Mechanisms Public Appearances Partnerships Newsletter
Conferences Sponsorships Exhibits Presentations Partnerships Newsletter TMIP plans to attend five and sponsor two conferences of interest each year. Generally we attend APA, NARC, AMPO, TRB annual and any TRB of interest such as Small and Medium and Planning Applications, we traditionally make a sponsorship contribution to NARC and AMPO We exhibit at the conferences we attend and frequently are also on the conference program, presenting aspects of our program We present papers on specific topics, such as the peer review program

5 Outreach Mechanisms Web Site E-mail List Clearinghouse
Courses and Seminars Brochures

6 Successes and Lessons Learned
Effective communication of ideas best practices available resources Success depends on infrastructure Self Examination Sound Electronic Support Goals, Plans Funding Appropriate Products

7 How? How do ideas move? How does best practice get promoted?
We do - List Serve, Peer Review, Peer Exchange, We don’t - Forum, Wiki How does best practice get promoted? Research, Peer Review, Clearinghouse How is an industry made aware of available resources? Outreach, Conference, Marketing


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