Broadening Impacts
We partner with researchers to get their knowledge out into the world.
What we do
We partner with researchers to get their knowledge out into the world. From high touch workshops, to large scale convenings, to intimate communities of practice, to attention grabbing journal articles -we’ve got you covered. And if you’re looking for all of this, we also have expertise in network change initiatives. Evaluation of these efforts, whether the impact on individual participants or the broader field, is tough - but that’s our specialty.
Who we are
Our team at Broadening Impacts is composed of seasoned professionals with backgrounds in project management, event design and planning, event management, facilitation, evaluation, trust building, and social learning. We are passionate about making sure your research reaches the right audience in the right format and helping you to measure the impact of that dissemination.
Our Team
Surbhi
Surbhi Lipkin-Moore has 14 years of program evaluation experience. As a community psychologist, Surbhi specializes in working collaboratively with academic & community partners to: explore the effect of their program activities on relevant constituents, disseminating evaluation findings via academic journals and reports, and facilitating dialogues with collaborators to capture learnings and action items from evaluation findings.
Jeff
Jeff Plumblee is a former faculty member and project manager who focuses on expanding the reach of academic research, particularly within the engineering disciplines and sustainability. He brings together stakeholders from across academia and industry around common causes through international and domestic community events, large conferences and summits, and workshops.
Victoria
Victoria Matthew has convened people for impact for over 15 years. Her experience ranges from small, high touch communities of practice, to mid-sized workshops, to large network-enabled change initiatives, both online and in-person. Past projects include the Gates Foundation funded Frontier Set network, the NSF funded Pathways to Innovation program and currently the Lemelson Foundation funded Engineering for One Planet Network.
Our Services
Our team is able to leverage their various areas of expertise including project management, program design, facilitation, and evaluation, to offer a very comprehensive suite of services. Choose from services that will support you in strategy and planning, convening design and execution, and evaluation and dissemination. More info
Select Publications & Presentations
Leveraging a Community of Practice to Build Faculty Resilience and Support Innovations in Teaching during a Time of Crisis. Sustainability, 13(18), 10172.Collective Impact in Action: Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-Institutional Network of Change Makers. Advances in Engineering Education.Introduction to research: A scalable, online badge implemented in conjunction with a classroom-based undergraduate research experience that promotes students matriculation into...research. Understanding Interventions, 11(1).Enhancing Students' Learning Experiences through Translational Research in Engineering Education. In 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.Additional selected publications can be found here.
Testimonials
I have been fortunate to work with Surbhi, Jeff, and Victoria on a number of very successful projects and communities of practice support. This is a team of consummate professionals; the very best. They combine mastery of project management, facilitation and assessment to help teams effectively achieve their goals.
- Bayo Ogundipe, Department Head and Professor, James Madison UniversityIt is always a pleasure working with Victoria - she is the best facilitator I have ever seen. She works hard behind the scenes to ensure every last objective is knocked out of the park. She works magic with groups and can light up a room, all while elegantly communicating complex concepts, research and data, and quickly bringing people together around a shared goal.
- Joe Tranquillo, Associate Provost for Transformative Teaching and Learning, Bucknell University
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