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Outreach
IPIA outreach to a variety of external communities is essential to the health, vitality, and relevance of an institute in a public university. We organize outreach plans, goals, and activities primarily by stakeholder groups which includes local and regional government and nonprofit entities, policy makers and the Utah community at large.

The Center for Public Policy & Administration coordinates a number of IPIA outreach efforts, providing a variety of outreach services to public and nonprofit organizations. These services include:

Education and Training Services to enrich understandings, broaden perspectives or develop specific skills and abilities clients and partners may use to advance their core purpose.

Assessment and Development Services to engage the means and methods clients and partners may use to advance their core purpose.

Policy Perspectives, an electronic monthly periodical that presents applied studies and different perspectives on current policy issues.

Applied Policy Research, providing independent research and analysis to public officials, business and community leaders, nonprofits, and others in the State of Utah and surrounding Intermountain region.

Evaluation Services for organizations interested in program improvement or assessing the outcomes of their programs.

Administrative support for the Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable, composed of legislative, executive, state agency, city and county leaders, with a mission to facilitate discussion and promote understanding of intergovernmental issues in order to enhance the cooperation and interaction of governmental entities.

Administrative support for the Utah Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

Outreach Events
IPIA offers public events, including:

Hinckley Forums that enable students, faculty, and community members to discuss a broad range of political concepts with political experts several times each week. Past guests include President Bill Clinton, President Gerald Ford, Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator John McCain, Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, and many other notable professionals.

The Tanner Nonviolent Center proudly hosts forums of specific interest in the area of peace, nonviolence and human rights.