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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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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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
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Registration is now open for the 2019 Impact Collaborative Facilitator Training in January!In November, the Impact Collaborative led innovation skill-building experiences for the 1890 Extension Leadership Academy cohort in Atlanta, and at the University of California Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources.
Is your institution ready to host the Impact Collaborative for a institution-wide or statewide innovation skill-building experience? As part of your eXtension membership, the Impact Collaborative will work with your institution on designing an event contextualized for your needs to help your project and program teams find innovative ways to move institutional goals forward. Email Ashley Griffin at agriffin@eXtension.org to learn more.
November 2018 Roundup
Registration Now Open for January 2019 Impact Collaborative Facilitator Training & Development
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 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. eXtension will cover the costs of travel, lodging, registration, meals/per diem for that designated member.
The 1890 Extension Leadership Academy kicked off on November 13th 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.
Listen to what some participants had to say about their experience with the Impact Collaborative at the 1890 Extension Leadership Academy here.
University of California Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources hosts Impact Collaborative
As part of each member’s investment in eXtension, we are able to bring an innovation skill-building experience to each member institution contextualized specifically for the needs of the institution. The University of California Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources (UCANR) hosted the Impact Collaborative last week to work with their project and program teams to generate new ideas and work through our process to help achieve institutional goals. 11 teams from UCANR participated in the event.
During the event, over 250 new ideas were put through the process to enhance UCANR funding. Three teams had ideas that were the most ready for implementation now, and the remaining eight project teams will further develop their ideas at the two 2019 Impact Collaborative Summits or the two 2020 Summits.
Foster Our Future Exhibition
eXtension is proud to support the work of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) at their Foster Our Future exhibition in February 2019.
Want to experience some of the latest food and agriculture research? Well, now you can at Foster Our Future.
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization established by bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, is hosting a food and agriculture research exhibition and discussion forum on February 5, 2019. At this one-day event, participants can interact with exhibits exploring research and attend discussions on scientific breakthroughs. Learn more here.
Building Racial Equality in Cooperative Extension Webinar: Tools, Takeaways, and National Strategies
This webinar is sponsored by the eXtension Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup and features the Impact Collaborative’s DEI Fellow, Dr. Shatomi Luster-Edward. This webinar will be beneficial to Impact Collaborative teams continuing to move their projects and programs towards implementation.
When?
Thursday, December 13th from 2 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Description from the eXtension Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup:
The past several months have provided new opportunities for Cooperative Extension professionals to come together to help understand racial equity issues within their own organization as well as include racial equity into programs they conduct within communities. This webinar will highlight several tools, strategies, and takeaways from a panel that participated in the “Coming Together for Racial Understanding” week-long workshop in August 2018; this national workshop had Cooperative Extension participant teams from 20 states. We will also learn about the work of eXtension Foundation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion fellow and a new eFieldbook resource.
Many of you are looking for a place to start including racial equity in your work and/or making connections with those who have had multiple learning experiences with racial equity and are already using it as a programming lens. We will use the majority of the webinar time to field participant questions and insights about integrating a lens of racial equity in the work of food systems, agriculture, health, and related content areas. Although the webinar panel is focused on Cooperative Extension learnings, the webinar is open to all educators in the food system who want to incorporate a racial equity lens in their work.
Sponsored by the eXtension Racial Equity in the Food System workgroup – A community of Cooperative Extension professionals and community stakeholders who connect, learn and collaborate to facilitate change within our institutions and society to build racial equity within the food system.
Upcoming Webinars
Check out all upcoming professional development events listed on learn.extension.org
Reducing Tree (and Soil) Damage During Construction December 13th, 2018 at 2 PM EDT. Learn More or Register
Intersections of Environmental Management and Biosecurity in Animal Agriculture. December 14th, 2018 at 2:30 PM EDT.Learn More or Register
2018 Personal Finance Year in Review December 18th, 2018 at 11 AM 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.
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.
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):
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.
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.
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
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.
00Aaron Weibehttps://extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Extension-Foundation-Logo-padded.pngAaron Weibe2018-11-14 14:24:582018-11-14 14:24:58University of Florida & Florida A&M CIVIC Team earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit
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.
https://extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Extension-Foundation-Logo-padded.png00Aaron Weibehttps://extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Extension-Foundation-Logo-padded.pngAaron Weibe2018-11-14 13:52:232018-11-14 13:52:23Indiana Coming Together from Purdue University earns Most Fundable project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit
Indianapolis, IN. DEI Indy, a team from Purdue 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 DEI Indy team included Naoimi Bechtold, George Okantey, Virginia Roberts, and Steve Wagoner, and Xiomara Diaz-Vargas. Their project increases diversity, equity, and inclusion practices within Purdue Extension CityLAB- a synergistic hub for the 16 Tech Neighborhood that features innovative experiential learning enabling the development of practical skills to enhance the lives and livelihoods of residents.
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, DEI Indy earned an award for Most Innovative – Internal. This award has earned the team a trip to the 2019 Impact Collaborative Summit.
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.
00Aaron Weibehttps://extension.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Extension-Foundation-Logo-padded.pngAaron Weibe2018-11-14 13:03:012018-11-14 13:03:01Purdue University’s DEI Indy team earns Most Innovative project award at eXtension’s Impact Collaborative Summit
nd 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.
