Registration for the Impact Collaborative Summit, April 30th – May 2nd 2019, is open

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Registration for the first of two national Impact Collaborative Summits in 2019, from April 30th – May 2nd, 2019 in Atlanta, GA, is open. The registration deadline is April 7th, 2019.

Per member benefit, we offer five free registrations for you to send a project or program team to the Summit. Additional teams or team members are welcome to join with a registration fee.

With the first Summit behind us, we’ve used that experience to enhance and improve our future events. The upcoming Summit has been designed to catalyze project and program teams in the various stages of their planning and implementation process. This includes individualized support to help propel your team through its journey towards launching its project or program.

What’s different about this Impact Collaborative Summit compared to the previous Summit?

At the Summit, teams will have tools and resources available to them, customized to their individual needs, to answer the critical questions about their projects and program. To help your teams with their unique needs, they will each be assigned their own coach to help troubleshoot and maximize available resources at the event  to move their teams forward. Rather than work with project and program teams as a whole, we will be providing your teams an individualized, custom experience, tailored to their needs.

What are your teams going to bring back from the Summit?

Prior to the Summit, we will work to match teams with potential partners that will be joining us. Your teams will bring back a project or program that is more fully thought out, potential partnership opportunities, and having additional tools, resources, and techniques to further their engagement. Our goal is for teams to return to you with increased project or program innovation, stronger planning, and develop a foundation for partnerships that bring new capacities.

While they continue their work beyond the Summit, we will connect with teams through our new engagement platform – Engage & Empower Online – to continue to help propel them towards implementation. When we connect with them again at the next Impact Collaborative Summit, they will be in a different stage of their journey and we will be able to help connect them with the tools, resources, and partners they need to continue their growth.

What if the team you are sending has already been to an Impact Collaborative Summit?

Even if a team has come to an Impact Collaborative Summit or local event, it will be a very different experience for them because their project or program will be at a different stage of their evolution. This will require different tools, resources, and partnership engagement. The Impact Collaborative Summit is designed to work with teams at any stage of their project or program development to help increase their project or program innovation, strengthen their planning, and introduce them to new capacities.

What were the results of the previous Impact Collaborative Summit?

If you’d like to know more about the results from the October 2018 Summit, please click here.

Registration Process for Teams:

  1. Identify a team leader

  2. Each team member needs to visit https://register.eventmobi.com/icsummitapr19/ to register.

  3. Choose Impact Collaborative Summit Registration

  4. Above that option, it says “Enter Promo Code.” (If you are registering as an additional team or team member beyond the five free registrations, do not enter the promo code and proceed to step 6).

  5. Click that and enter the promo code provided to your Director or Administrator if you are selected to receive one of the five free registrations.

  6. In addition to registering individually, team leaders must also fill out this questionnaire  in order to have a completed team registration.

Hotel Booking

Please visit this link to book a  hotel room.

Questions?

Contact Ashley Griffin at agriffin@eXtension.org

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February 2019 News Roundup

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eXtension’s Impact Collaborative can bring its Innovation Skill-Building Experience to your state or institution. We work with our members on designing an event contextualized for their needs and focused on their goals. Learn more about our State and Institutional Events here. 

Upcoming Member Events

Impact Collaborative Summit, April 2019: 

We are pleased to announce that the registration for our first of two national Impact Collaborative Summits is now open. The Spring Impact Collaborative Summit is from April 30th – May 2nd, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Registration is available here. Each of our member Directors & Administrators have been provided a promo code to receive 5 free registrations to the Summit to send a project or program team. A registration fee will apply for additional teams. 

The Impact Collaborative Summit brings unique opportunities to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. We help connect project and program teams with skills, tools, resources and partners that can expand and deepen their impact in a continuing partnership with the Impact Collaborative. You can hear what some of our participants had to say about our October 2018 Impact Collaborative Summit here.

The registration deadline is April 7th and space is limited; we encourage you to have your team register as soon as possible.

More information about the Impact Collaborative Summit, registration, and hotel booking can be found here.

Engaged Program Development Approaches for Cooperative Extension Webinar

When?

March 20th, 2019 at 2 PM EDT

Who can attend?

This webinar is part of eXtension’s Engage & Empower Online and is available to eXtension Members through the Impact Collaborative.

Description

We talk about engagement, but what does it mean when we think about how we conduct our work in Extension? How should we approach program planning in an engaged manner? Who should we include in our work? And how does our work change? During this interactive session we will explore answers to these questions based on ongoing research and experiences in this area.

Presenter

Karen Vines
Assistant Professor
Continuing Professional Education Specialist
Virginia Cooperative Extension

Registration Information

Registration information will be sent to eXtension members.

News from eXtension

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18 More Cooperative Extension professionals to join the Impact Collaborative as Innovation Facilitators to advance program impact

In January, 2019, 41 Cooperative Extension professionals representing 28 institutions attended eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training in Atlanta, GA, and completed initial learning and application of the Impact Collaborative methodology.

To accommodate our members that were unable to attend the January training session, we are hosting a second Innovation Facilitator training in March. 18 new Innovation Facilitators will join us at the session, representing 11 institutions that were not represented in January. The skills learned at this training help these Innovation Facilitators lead innovation skill-building experiences at state or institutional events and at the national Impact Collaborative Summits.

View Results from the January Training

eXtension Launches Redesigned Website

eXtension has launched a redesigned version of its website. The new design provides greater clarity to the mission of eXtension, its flagship program – the Impact Collaborative, and other national and supporting resources.

With user experience as a primary goal, the new design allows for users to quickly access information and see the most up-to-date content on how eXtension is helping Extension professionals’ effectiveness in addressing issues of importance to the nation.

Visit Us Online

Engage & Empower Online 

eXtension has created a new online platform for members designed to collectively drive innovation and action toward meaningful impacts. Engage & Empower Online allows the Impact Collaborative to connect with its Innovation Facilitators, Key Informants, partners, and project/program teams across the nation to help drive collective impact.Engage & Empower Online is hosted on the LumApps platform, a Google-endorsed intranet/extranet solution. Innovation Facilitators and Impact Collaborative project/program teams will be provided access to the platform shortly.

Online Innovation Skill-Building Experience

eXtension has developed an online version of the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Experience. This new on-demand resource will enable fast delivery of the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building process to support teams and help track their progress.

This resource also provides our Innovation Facilitators with a tool to guide project and program teams back in their states and institutions, to ultimately help with program impact.

EventMobi Extends Discount to eXtension Members 

To assist our members with their own events, we have partnered with EventMobi, an Event Registration and experience application, to offer an exclusive discount for eXtension Members.EventMobi provides an award-winning event app, which allows you to distribute your event content, engage and communicate with your audience, and transition away from paper reliance at your meetings & events.

As per the EventMobi 2019 price list here, eXtension Foundation member organizations will qualify for 15% off any of the following packages and enhancements until March 1/2020.

● Pro 500, Pro Unlimited, Max Package
● Sponsor & Exhibitor Promotion
● Live Polling & in-app Q&A

To take advantage of this offer, please send an email to sales@eventmobi.com and mention “EventMobi – eXtension Foundation Member Discount” to their team.

Customer Relationship Management Webinar
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Our eXtension funded fellow, Stephen Judd, hosted a webinar on Customer Relationship Management. Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are a tool widely used by companies to track their interactions with customers and partners. CRM is also being used by Extension systems to keep track of their interactions with people, though the preferred term for the “C” in CRM may be clientele or contact.

The webinar provided an overview of what CRM is, what features are most relevant to Extension, and how using it can help Extension systems maintain their clientele relationships. If you didn’t get a chance to view the webinar, you can access it through the link below.

Upcoming Webinars

Check out all upcoming professional development events listed on learn.extension.org

  • The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Hospitals March 12th, 2019 at 3:00 PM EDT. Learn More or Register
  • Getting Started With Quality Hay & Pasture, March 13th, 2019 at 7:00 PM EDT. Learn More or Register
  • Producing & Using Black Soldier Fly Larva in Small Poultry Flocks March 22th, 2019 at 3 PM EDT. Learn More or Register

 
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January 2019 News Roundup

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News Roundup – January 2019
Why be a member of eXtension? While we still support many of our tools that we’ve been known for, our focus is on helping Extension professionals with program impact. We do that through the Impact Collaborative. To take advantage of what the Impact Collaborative has to offer, become a member today! Contact Beverly Coberly atbeverlycoberly@eXtension.org to learn more.  
 Upcoming EventsCustomer Relationship Management Webinar:Featuring eXtension’s CRM Fellow, February 13th, 2019 from 3:30-4:30 PM EST. Click Here to Register.Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are a tool widely used by companies to track their interactions with customers and partners. CRM is also being used by Extension systems to keep track of their interactions with people, though the preferred term for the “C” in CRM may be clientele or contact. Join us to discover what CRM is and why Extension systems are implementing or considering it. The webinar will provide an overview of what CRM is, what features are most relevant to Extension, and how using it can help Extension systems maintain their clientele relationships.Learn More & Register

Innovation Facilitator Training, March 2019: Due to popular demand, we have decided to host another national Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator training to ensure all members have an opportunity to send an individual to be trained.

The training is from March 12th-14th in Atlanta, GA. This second training opportunity is primarily for institutions that did not send an individual to be trained at our January 2019 session. There is no cost for our member Directors & Administrators to appoint one individual to send to this training. eXtension will cover registration, travel, lodging, meals, and per diem. Learn more and register here. Registration deadline is February 18th. Learn More & Register

Impact Collaborative Summit, April 2019: We are pleased to announce that the registration for our first of two national Impact Collaborative Summits is now open. The Spring Impact Collaborative Summit is from April 30th – May 2nd, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Registration is available here. Each of our member Directors & Administrators have been provided a promo code to receive 5 free registrations to the Summit to send a project or program team. A registration fee will apply for additional teams. The Impact Collaborative Summit brings unique opportunities to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. We help connect project and program teams with skills, tools, resources and partners that can expand and deepen their impact in a continuing partnership with the Impact Collaborative. You can hear what some of our participants had to say about our October 2018 Impact Collaborative Summit here.The registration deadline is April 7th and space is limited; we encourage you to have your team register as soon as possible.More information about the Impact Collaborative Summit, registration, and hotel booking can be found here.Learn More & Register

News from eXtension41 Cooperative Extension professionals join the Impact Collaborative as Innovation Facilitators to advance program impact41 Cooperative Extension professionals representing 28 institutions attended eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training in Atlanta, GA, and completed initial learning and application of the Impact Collaborative methodology. Their skills help them lead innovation skill-building experiences at state or institutional events and at the national Impact Collaborative Summits.They join 50 other Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitators across the Cooperative Extension System. To read the full announcement, and see a listing of our new Innovation Facilitators, please click here.  Some of our newest Innovation Facilitators share their thoughts and experience from the January 2019 Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension hosts the Impact Collaborative The University of Georgia hosted an Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building experience to build a culture of creativity and innovation to increase employee engagement. 57 people participated on 10 teams and were led by eXtension Staff and 3 trained Innovation Facilitators.

According to Dr. Laura Perry Johnson, Associate Dean for Extension at the University of Georgia, “one of UGA Extension’s strategic goals is to give employees the time and space to explore innovative ideas and new ways to do things. The Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Experience in our state allowed us to do just that with 10 of our existing issue teams. They dedicated two full days to moving their issue or project forward. eXtension is also helping to support these teams and their efforts with quarterly “accountability” calls to be sure we stay on track.”Are you ready to bring the Impact Collaborative to your state or institution for an event? This member benefit provides an innovation skill-building experience that is designed alongside your leadership team and contextualized for your institutions’ needs. eXtension provides all the staffing and support for these events. Contact Chris Geith at christinegeith@eXtension.org to learn more. Contact To Learn More

Creating a Credential for Extension Professionals A joint effort between the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), the Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (ECOP), and eXtension is underway to create a credential for Extension professionals.At the summer board meeting of JCEP in 2018, Scott Reed, the ECOP liaison to JCEP offered the idea of an Extension credential. The JCEP Board supported this opportunity and charged a small group to look at a complete a business plan to determine if the financial costs of creating a credential was worthwhile to the JCEP organization.Chris Geith, CEO of eXtension, offered the support of eXtension to facilitate creating the competency framework required and needed for a professional credential. This is funded, in part, through eXtension’s New Technologies for Ag Extension grant.More information about this Extension Credential will be shared. The target for completion is Fall, 2019. 

1890 Extension Leadership Academy The 1890 Extension Leadership Academy kicked last November in Atlanta, GA. The purpose of this effort is to encourage cross-collaboration among states on important issues as related to program areas, as well as build essential leadership skills for this cohort. The Academy fosters the incubation, development, and implementation of innovative ideas in the 1890 communities towards creating measurable impact.This six-month Academy began with a two-day innovation skill-building event from the Impact Collaborative to help participants representing 12 institutions from the 1890 Region learn an innovation process that they could use to accelerate their project and program teams back at their institutions.  
Upcoming Webinars Check out all upcoming professional development events listed on learn.extension.org

Bringing Presence to Community: A Positive Psychology Short Course (Part II)  February 6th, 2019 at 10:30 AM EDT. Learn More or Register

The What & Why of Extension Customer Relationship Management, February 13th, 2019 at 3:30 PM EDT. Learn More or Register

Getting Started With Small Farm Business Start-Up February 20th, 2019 at 7 PM EDT. Learn More or Register

This work is supported by New Technologies for Agriculture Extension grant no. 2015-41595-24254 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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eXtension funded CRM Fellow to host webinar on Customer Relationship Management

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The What & Why of Extension Customer Relationship Management Webinar
Webinar Date/Time: February 13th, 2019; 3:30 – 4:30 PM EDT

Click Here to Register

Brought to You By the Impact Collaborative’s Engage & Empower Online

Generated by the eXtension Foundation, Engage & Empower Online is an online co-learning community connecting local andregional Impact Collaborative projects across the U.S. for collective impact.  Through public and private cross-sector partnerships with the Cooperative Extension System’s (CES) eXtension Foundation,Engage & Empower Online is a new resource designed to collectively drive innovation and action forward toward real and meaningful impacts.

Webinar Description:

The success of Extension is built on the relationships we have with our clientele, volunteers, stakeholders, and partners. These relationships are developed by multiple staff, over time, and are often not clear to other staff and decision-makers.

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are a tool widely used by companies to track their interactions with customers and partners. CRM is also being used by Extension systems to keep track of their interactions with people, though the preferred term for the “C” in CRM may be clientele or contact.

Join us to discover what CRM is and why Extension systems are implementing or considering it. The webinar will provide an overview of what CRM is, what features are most relevant to Extension, and how using it can help Extension systems maintain their clientele relationships.

A panel of Extension professionals will share their stories and answer questions from participants:

  • Paula Hudson, Computer Programmer / Analyst, University of Missouri
  • Greg Lindberg, Extension IT Specialist, Purdue Extension
  • Lucas Turpin, Director of Information Technologies, Oregon State University | Division of Outreach and Engagement & College of Agricultural Sciences

The webinar will be facilitated by eXtension’s Customer Relationship Management Fellow, Stephen Judd.

Stephen Judd is serving as a funded eXtension Fellow this year to investigate and report on CRM applications in Cooperative Extension.

Stephen is the Manager of Information Technology and Distance Education for the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension (UNHCE). Stephen has worked for UNHCE since 1997, joining as an Extension Educator in Agricultural Resources after completing his PhD in Animal and Nutritional Sciences at UNH. Prior to that, he served over five years in the United States Army as an infantryman and infantry officer.

Stephen transitioned to information technology in 1999 and focuses on web application development, user support, and the integration of technology with educational outreach and professional development.

Click Here to Register

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eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Offers 2nd National Innovation Facilitator Training of 2019 in March

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BECOME AN IMPACT COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION FACILITATOR 

March 12 – 14, 2019
Registration Deadline: February 18th, 2019
Atlanta, GA

Due to popular demand, we have decided to host another national Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator training to ensure all members have an opportunity to send an individual to be trained. Our January session included 41 new Innovation Facilitators representing 28 institutions from all five Cooperative Extension regions. This second training opportunity is primarily for institutions that did not send an individual to be trained at our January 2019 session.

If your institution sent a member in January, but you’d like to attend, please contact Ashley Griffin at agriffin@eXtension.org to check availability.

About the Training

To help our member institutions generate a more visible, measurable, local impact – we provide training and development in the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building process to Extension professionals so they can take these skills back to their institutions and help their local project and program teams find more innovative ways to move institutional goals forward. With the help of our Innovation Facilitators, we can continue to help bring new innovation to the Cooperative Extension System. This is a membership benefit included with every member institutions’ investment in eXtension.

This three-day training is designed to teach the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building process and provide the skills necessary to facilitate this process in your own state and be equipped to serve as an invited facilitator of an Impact Collaborative State Event and at our national Summit.

Each institution’s Director or Administrator may select one member to be a Designated Free Trainee. Additional trainees are welcome to attend, but registration, travel, and lodging costs are at the responsibility of the institution.

We recommend that Directors and Administrators select Facilitators such as a program leader, or someone who works closely with their leadership team, who possesses strong confidence in their facilitation skills, and can be effective in working alongside their leadership team and other program leaders to catalyze innovation throughout their organization. At eXtension, embracing diversity is one of our core values; we encourage participation from individuals that share that same value.

eXtension will provide: 

  • Three day training
  • Meals and breaks
  • For Designated Member Free Trainee:
    • Full reimbursement of hotel room nights cost
    • Full reimbursement of airfare or mileage to the event
    • Cover Per Diem meals not provided at the event

Registration for this training is now open and the dates are March 12th-14th, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.

HOW DO I BECOME A FACILITATOR?

You will need to reach out to your Director or Administrator for approval on becoming a Facilitator with the Impact Collaborative. If you are selected as a Designated Member trainee, your Director/Administrator will have a promo code to get you the free registration on our registration site. If you are registering as an additional trainee, please complete the registration without the promo code.

More information about the training can be found at the registration site.

The deadline for registration is February 18th, 2019.

Registration Link:
https://register.eventmobi.com/icmar2019

Join the Impact Collaborative team and help Extension professionals across the nation find more innovative ways to meet their institutional goals and generate a greater local impact.

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41 Cooperative Extension professionals join the Impact Collaborative as Innovation Facilitators to advance program impact

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For Immediate Release
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@eXtension.org

Atlanta, GA. 41 Cooperative Extension professionals representing 28 institutions attended eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training in Atlanta, GA, and completed initial learning and application of the Impact Collaborative methodology. Their skills help them lead innovation skill-building experiences at state or institutional events and at the national Impact Collaborative Summits. They join 50 other Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitators across the Cooperative Extension System.

Directors & Administrators appoint individuals across Extension to be trained in the Impact Collaborative innovation skill-building methodology to work alongside their leadership teams to help bring more innovation to their projects and programs for increased impact. Upon completion of the training, eXtension will work directly with its trained Facilitators and institutional leadership teams to design a local event that helps project and program teams find innovative ways to advance local impact.

Innovation Facilitators also participate in the national Impact Collaborative Summits to incubate project and program teams across the nation.  At these Summits, eXtension brings unique opportunities to create impactful results at the local level by increasing Cooperative Extension’s organizational readiness and capacity for innovation and change. The Impact Collaborative Summits connect Cooperative Extension professionals with skills, tools, resources and partners that can expand and deepen their impact in a continuing partnership with the Impact Collaborative.

To learn more about eXtension and the Impact Collaborative, please visit eXtension.org.

Please find a complete listing of the newest Innovation Facilitators below, listed by institution.

Alcorn State University

Gerald Jones

Colorado State University

Mark Platten

Cornell University

Danielle Hautaniemi
Karin bump

Delaware State University

Talaysha Lingham

Florida A&M University

Edwin Duke

Mississippi State University

Elizabeth Gregory North

Montana State University

Ashley Kent

North Carolina A&T State University

Eugenia Gwynn
Kittrane Sanders
Shannon Wiley

North Dakota State University Extension Service

Stacy Wang

Oregon State University

Jennifer Oppenlander

Purdue University

Sam McCollum
Ryan Wynkoop

Rutgers University

Jan Zientek
Michele Bakacs
Sara Elnakib
Matthew Newman

The University of Georgia

Kristi Farner
Rochelle Sapp

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Alda Norris

University of California

Jennifer Caron-Sale

University of Delaware

Jennifer Volk

University of Florida (Sea Grant)

Joy Hazell

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Monica Esquivel

University of Idaho

Nancy Shelstad
Donna Schwarting

University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Francine Sulinkski

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Maifan Silitonga
Suzanne Street

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Kurt Mantonya
John Porter
Dave Varner
Jean Fischer

University of Nevada, Reno

Lisa K. Taylor

University of Vermont Extension

Amy Davidson
Alison Nihart

University of Wyoming

Hannah Swanbom

Utah State University

Craig Dart

University of Illinois

Elizabeth Welbes

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January 2019 Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training & Development Registration NOW OPEN

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BECOME AN IMPACT COLLABORATIVE  INNOVATION FACILITATOR 

REGISTRATION FOR THE JANUARY 2019 IMPACT COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION FACILITATOR TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT IS NOW OPEN

To help our member institutions generate a more visible, measurable, local impact – we provide training and development in the Impact Collaborative innovation skill-building process to Extension professionals so they can take these skills back to their institutions and help their local project and program teams find more innovative ways to move institutional goals forward. With the help of our Facilitators, we can continue to help bring new innovation to the Cooperative Extension System. This is a membership benefit included with every member institutions’ investment in eXtension.

This three-day training is designed to teach the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building Process and provide the skills necessary to facilitate this process in your own state and be equipped to serve as an invited facilitator of an Impact Collaborative State Event and at our national Summit.

Each institution’s Director or Administrator may select one member to be a Designated Free Trainee. Additional trainees are welcome to attend, but registration, travel, and lodging costs are at the responsibility of the institution.

We recommend that Directors and Administrators select Facilitators such as a program leader, or someone who works closely with their leadership team, who possesses strong confidence in their facilitation skills, and can be effective in working alongside their leadership team and other program leaders to catalyze innovation throughout their organization. At eXtension, embracing diversity is one of our core values; we encourage participation from individuals that share that same value.

eXtension will provide:

  • Three day training
  • Meals and breaks
  • For Designated Member Free Trainee:
    • Full reimbursement of hotel room nights cost
    • Full reimbursement of airfare or mileage to the event
    • Cover Per Diem meals not provided at the event

Registration for this training is now open and the dates are January 15-17, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.

HOW DO I BECOME A FACILITATOR?

You will need to reach out to your Director or Administrator for approval on becoming a Facilitator with the Impact Collaborative. If you are selected as a Designated Member trainee, your Director/Administrator will have a promo code to get you the free registration on our registration site. If you are registering as an additional trainee, please complete the registration without the promo code.

The deadline for registration is December 21st, 2019.
Registration Link: https://register.eventmobi.com/icjan2019

Dates:

January 14 – Travel day
January 15 – Expectations & Unpack Innovation Kit
January 16 – Continue Unpacking Innovation Kit
January 17 – Practice Innovation Kit Facilitation & Wrap-up
Training concludes at 3PM on January 17. Please do not plan to depart the training until after 3 PM.

Location: 

Atlanta Airport Marriott
4711 Best Road, Atlanta, GA 30337-5606
404-766-7900
$179/night plus applicable taxes and fees

*eXtension Foundation will book your room based on arrival and departure indicated at Registration.

Booking Travel if Selected as Desginated Free Trainee (Please Register First at the Registration Link after approval from Director/Administrator):

  1. To book your airfare, please call Travel and Transport (402-486-4111 or 1-800-228-4395, 8am-5pm CST, M-F ).  eXtension will pay for your flight. Our travel policies can be reviewed in detail here: eXtension Foundation Travel Policies.
  2. eXtension uses the Concur travel system to reimburse travelers.  Please contact Brenna Kotar, ceoassistant@extension.org , to get set up in the eXtension Concur system.  You will need to provide an email address that is not associated with another Concur account.  It takes approximately 48 hours to be set up in the eXtension Concur system, so please do this prior to your trip.
  3. Upon travel completion, you will receive reimbursement through the eXtension Concur system. If you have questions or need assistance with your expense report, please contact Brenna Kotar, ceoassistant@extension.org.

Please let us know if you have questions or need assistance. Contact Ashley Griffin at 859-608-2726 or ashley.griffin@extension.org.

Join the Impact Collaborative team and help Extension professionals across the nation find more innovative ways to meet their institutional goals and generate a greater local impact.

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University of Florida & Florida A&M CIVIC Team earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit

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For Immediate Release
November 14th, 2018
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@extension.org

University of Florida & Florida A&M Civic Team earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit

Indianapolis, IN. CIVIC, a team comprised of professionals from the University of Florida and Florida A&M University, participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit from October 16th – 18th in Indianapolis, IN. The Summit united design thinkers from the Cooperative Extension System and partners from organizations confronting the most pressing challenges of our time to shape positive futures for communities. Three days of co-creating, hands-on learning, and collaborative conversations sparked innovation and creative implementation planning in over 30 projects designed for local community impacts. Summit teams, which included Extension professionals and partners, along with diverse partners from regional and national organizations and businesses explored the processes and practices that enable co-creative approaches to the challenges and opportunities in our communities.

The CIVIC team included Jennifer Taylor, Kenya Washington Johnson, Holly Abeels, Carol Alberts, Alicia Betancourt, and Lara Milligan. Their project fosters civil and inclusive dialogue to cultivate a climate of sustained community conversation around complex and pressing local issues through technical resources and professional development training to enable CES agents to effectively serve as conveners, moderators, and coordinator.

At the end of the three-day Summit, teams participated in a “PitchFest”  where they each presented the advancements on their projects and the important next steps and investments needed to move forward.  The PitchFest was judged by external partners/investors, Extension leaders, and peer co-creators.

As a result of the PitchFest, CIVIC, earned an award for Most Fundable project. This award has earned the team strategic support from the eXtension Partner Development team to advance their project and design funding over the next three months.

To learn more about eXtension’s Impact Collaborative and how it is helping Cooperative Extension professionals make a more visible, measurable, local impact – visit us online at eXtension.org.

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Indiana Coming Together from Purdue University earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit

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For Immediate Release
November 14th, 2018
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@extension.org

Indiana Coming Together from Purdue University earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit

Indianapolis, IN. A team from Purdue University called Indiana Coming Together participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit from October 16th – 18th in Indianapolis, IN. The Summit united design thinkers from the Cooperative Extension System and partners from organizations confronting the most pressing challenges of our time to shape positive futures for communities. Three days of co-creating, hands-on learning, and collaborative conversations sparked innovation and creative implementation planning in over 30 projects designed for local community impacts. Summit teams, which included Extension professionals and partners, along with diverse partners from regional and national organizations and businesses explored the processes and practices that enable co-creative approaches to the challenges and opportunities in our communities.

The Indiana Coming Together team included Kris Parker and Mindy Mayes. Their project addresses a community need to engage in dialogue and action around issues of race and racism. This research-based, deliberative, and action-focused project explores, through guided facilitated discussions and activities, the impact of race and racism in a community to improve the quality of life for those involved and impacted.

At the end of the three-day Summit, teams participated in a “PitchFest”  where they each presented the advancements on their projects and the important next steps and investments needed to move forward.  The PitchFest was judged by external partners/investors, Extension leaders, and peer co-creators.

As a result of the PitchFest, Indiana Coming Together earned an award for Most Fundable project. This award has earned the team strategic support from the eXtension Partner Development team to advance their project and design funding over the next three months.

To learn more about eXtension’s Impact Collaborative and how it is helping Cooperative Extension professionals make a more visible, measurable, local impact – visit us online at eXtension.org.

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Oregon State University Virtual Park Ranger team earns two awards at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit

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For Immediate Release
November 16th, 2018
Contact: Aaron Weibe, aaronweibe@extension.org

Indianapolis, IN. Virtual Park Ranger, a team from Oregon State University, participated in eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit from October 16th – 18th in Indianapolis, IN. The Summit united design thinkers from the Cooperative Extension System and partners from organizations confronting the most pressing challenges of our time to shape positive futures for communities. Three days of co-creating, hands-on learning, and collaborative conversations sparked innovation and creative implementation planning in over 30 projects designed for local community impacts. Summit teams, which included Extension professionals and partners, along with diverse partners from regional and national organizations and businesses explored the processes and practices that enable co-creative approaches to the challenges and opportunities in our communities.

The Virtual Park Ranger team included Alan Dennis, Stephen Ward, and Siew Sun Wong. Their project reconnects people with nature through an augmented reality app that stimulates improvements in personal wellness and environmental stewardship.

At the end of the three-day Summit, teams participated in a “PitchFest”  where they each presented the advancements on their projects and the important next steps and investments needed to move forward.  The PitchFest was judged by external partners/investors, Extension leaders, and peer co-creators.

As a result of the PitchFest, the Virtual Park Ranger team earned two awards: Most Innovative – External, and the Crowdfunding Award. These awards have earned the team recognition within the Cooperative Extension System nationally, a trip to the 2019 Impact Collaborative Summit, and strategic support from Lynn Luckow of LikeMinded.org to position their project for crowdfunding on the platform in the coming months.

To learn more about eXtension’s Impact Collaborative and how it is helping Cooperative Extension professionals make a more visible, measurable, local impact – visit us online at eXtension.org.

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