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Current, Ongoing, and Next Projects
- Ongoing Connections with Regional Leaders to Build Relationships and Identify Shared Priorities - We're excited to announce that a Regional Partner Council has been formed in Fall 2023! This group will help us determine the next steps for our Communications CollaborACTION Team in 2024!
- Working through Strategic Action Maps on 4 Priority Projects (See the latest slide deck PDF in our Document Library on this page for details.)
- Sharing of our Maximize NWMO video through grassroots efforts
- Writing and Gathering Spotlight Stories for Online Features (Web and Social Media)
- Promoting the Regional Learning Collaborative and other Maximize NWMO Events and Offerings
- Future Potential Project - Exploring the potential of a unified cross-sector, cross-county regional brand for keeping and attracting visitors and residents
- Expanding Our Team through:
- Seeking 2024 Communications Interns and Students to ensure inclusivity of all ages
- Recruiting County Ambassadors from each of our 18 Northwest Missouri Counties to strengthen our communications network!
- Ongoing relationships resulting from our Media Discovery Group in Fall 2021
- New contacts made through our Tourism Discovery Groups in Winter 2022
Download news releases and applicable communications research articles in the Document Library!
The Library is on the right side (or towards the bottom if viewing on a mobile device) of this page.
Completed Projects
We have completed some valuable key projects for the region from 2020 through 2023!
- Made presentations sharing our success so far in identifying key leadership skills required for thriving communities and how to conduct a widespread grassroots online survey to understand population and placemaking key factors better
- Ongoing expansion and updating of our website
- Launched two regional promotion and connection videos
- Created, promoted, and presented analyzed results of an Alumni & Resident Survey with 2,500+ respondents - These results continue to inform decision-making and program delivery through Maximize NWMO
- Coordinated and promoted several Regional Conversation Forums online
- Coordinated and promoted several Discovery Groups on High-Speed Broadband and a Town Hall with Internet Service Providers and State Legislators
- Created content for this website, information flyers, and social media platforms
- Written several news releases
- Compiled a comprehensive regional media contact list
- Provided feedback to Guiding Coalition and the Navigation Team members on vision, mission, and purpose, as well as general information language
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The Northwest Missouri Experience
Be empowered! Tell us your story, what you love about your community, your favorite places or activities, and what makes northwest Missouri home. We love to hear your stories, feel free to add a photo, engage with others, and share with the community.
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A Student's Perspective
There is no where else I'd rather call home.
Saint Joseph provides the hustle of big city life, with a small community feel. However, when it came to graduation and choosing a college, I knew I wanted to move out of my parents' home and experience university life. The city of Maryville and Northwest Missouri State University provided me that opportunity.
As a timid nineteen year old, I found a home away from home in Maryville. Not only did the school embrace me, so did the community. I worked a local job for three years, got to know community members... Continue reading
Page last updated: 21 Nov 2023, 06:33 AM
Videos
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The outcome of our year-long effort to gather photos and video footage from Summer 2020-Summer 2021 highlighting the advantages of living, learning, working, and playing in Northwest Missouri. This project is part of the collaborative efforts to better connect and promote the people who live here as well as attract new talent to the region.
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This video presents a summary story of the extensive 2020 Alumni & Resident Survey conducted by The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri's Maximize NWMO Regional Vitality Navigation Team, their volunteer Communications CollaborACTION Team, and the University of Missouri Extension Exceed Team of Dr. Mallory Rahe, Dr. Sarah Low, and Ms. Jamee Scearce. Communities of Excellence 2026 Board Member and mentor to Maximize NWMO, Dr. Sandra Potthoff was also an instrumental partner. The Public Private Partnership project was made possible through the financial support of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development, and several private donors. Christel Gollnick of JUPER Communications on behalf of Maximize NWMO is the speaker.
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The March 12, 2021 meeting of the Maximize NWMO Communications CollaborACTION Team focused on storytelling tips as the volunteer team focuses on collecting "Spotlight Stories" of the region's people, places, and features. In this video, Christel Gollnick or JUPER Communications, Mark Sutherland of MO Partnership, and Jackie Spainhower of MU Extension and Engagement share some of their helpful thoughts and experiences in marketing-related and community development storytelling.
Document Library
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Spotlight Stories Guidelines_MaximizeNWMO_6.21.2022.pdf (2.03 MB) (pdf)
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Maximize NWMO Communications Strategic Action Map Progress_6.3.2022.pdf (2.45 MB) (pdf)
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Maximize NWMO Slides_Media-Comm Discovery Group_9.17.2021.pdf (6.17 MB) (pdf)
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AboutMaximizeNWMO-Flyer_9.14.2021.pdf (1.63 MB) (pdf)
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Storytelling Slides_Maximize NWMO Slides_Comm CT_3.12.2021.pdf (959 KB) (pdf)
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Communications Internship Notice_Maximize NWMO_2.12.2021.pdf (246 KB) (pdf)
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Fall2020Forum-News Release_Maximize NWMO_9.25.2020 (1).pdf (265 KB) (pdf)
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News Release_Maximize NWMO Survey Last 30 Days_9.1.2020.pdf (288 KB) (pdf)
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News Release_Maximize NWMO_7.20.2020.pdf (256 KB) (pdf)
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News Release_Maximize NWMO_6.16.2020.pdf (276 KB) (pdf)
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Rural Journalism Prosperity Reporting_Aspen Institute_5.4.20.pdf (3.48 MB) (pdf)
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