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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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Tuskegee Public Dialogue 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. A team from Tuskegee 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 Tuskegee Public Dialogue team included Marquess James, Lindsey Lunsford, Sheila De-heer, and Danielle Smith. Their project focuses on racial equity in the food system through amplifying the voices of those most affected.

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 Tuskegee Public Dialogue team earned two awards: Top Score and Most Fundable. These awards have earned the team a trip to the 2019 Impact Collaborative Summit, recognition within the Cooperative Extension System nationally, and 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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Registration for the Impact Collaborative Summit Is Now Open

The Impact Collaborative is hosting its first national Impact Collaborative Summit in Indianapolis, IN from October 16-18, 2018. All member institutions are invited to send teams to the event. Registration information will be available shortly and a link will be placed under the Links section below. The deadline for registration is September 20, 2018.

Cost

For Premium Member Institutions, there is no registration fee for up to five members of the Designated Premium Member Team*. Community partners are encouraged to attend as part of the team and can be included as a free attendee. For additional team members, the registration fee is $295 per person. Additional Premium Member Teams can attend the Summit with a registration fee of $295 per person.

For Basic Member Institutions, the registration fee is waived for three members of the Designated Basic Member Team*. Community partners are encouraged to attend as part of the team and can be included as a free attendee.  Additional team members will have a registration fee of $395 per person. Additional Basic Member Teams can attend the Summit with a registration fee of $395 per person.

* A team wishing to represent their member institution as the Designated Member Team attending with free registration, as noted above, must coordinate this designation with their Extension Director or Administrator.

About the Summit

The Impact Collaborative Summit is a three-day event available to all member institutions that includes an Innovation Kit Workshop and Designathon Two. The event is hosted twice annually.

Day One: Innovation Kit Workshop
Day Two: Designathon Two (Part I)
Day Three: Designathon Two (Part II)

Institutions have the ability to send project teams to the Impact Collaborative Summit to work together on ideas to move their institutional goals forward.

Learning Outcomes

In addition to the networking opportunity that participants will gain from this Summit, they will also walk away with the knowledge and skills learned in the Innovation Kit Workshop and Designathon Two including:

  • A clear understanding of how teams might expand their membership and ownership of a respective project, program, or initiative.
  • A clear project roadmap to gain additional insights that is enabled by ongoing Impact Collaborative support.
  • Clarity of how to co-create in the community, showing what successful project implementation will look like.
  • A sense of readiness to confidently pitch their project story internally and to the world.
  • See themselves as members of new networks with connections and resources through ongoing engagement with the Impact Collaborative
  • Potential for new partnerships.
  • When participants leave the Summit, they should be ready to implement their projects or programs back at their institutions or in their communities.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOTEL

This conference has a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport. You will be asked to reserve your room during the Summit registration process to obtain the discounted rate.  If you book directly through the hotel you will not receive the discounted rate.

Registration Tips:

  • Before the Team Registers identify a Team Name. Attendees will be coming to the Summit in teams. In order for us to coordinate this attendance please discuss and determine with your team members a Team Name you will use for registration purposes. This will assist us in coordinating your experience at the Summit. Tip: a short keyword driven Team Name is most appropriate and does not have to be the final title of your team idea. All Team members will need to know this precise name to provide during registration.
  • Hotel booking is part of your registration. Be prepared with a form of payment for your hotel booking at the time of registration, even if you are part of a Designated Member Team receiving complementary free registration. Note: The Summit consists of three full days, October 16-18, 2018.

Links

2018 Impact Collaborative Summit Flyer
Registration Link
Schedule at a Glance

Please subscribe to the Impact Collaborative Newsletter to get the latest updates and information regarding the Summit. Click here to subscribe.

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eXtension Fellowship Opportunity – Customer Relationship Management Sandbox

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This opportunity is open to all Land-Grant Universities regardless of membership with eXtension as part of our cooperative agreement with USDA-NIFA.

eXtension is funding an opportunity for a Fellow position to lead a process with a national committee and eXtension to explore and document needs and potential solutions for Customer Relationship Management functions in Cooperative Extension across the country. The Fellow will conduct and create needs assessments, user journeys, personas, and use cases as well as review and provide a landscape summary of potential solutions. Proactively managing multiple customer relationships, with multiple products, services, events and programs is a challenge for Cooperative Extension.  eXtension is requesting names of those interested in serving on the CRM Sandbox Committee working with the Fellow. eXtension is seeking a Fellow to work with eXtension and a national committee to explore what is needed by participating institutions, to review potential solutions and to create a “sandbox” with eXtension to test up to two solutions with participating institutions. A final report summarizing the process and the findings is due by July 31, 2019.

The NTAE-CRM Fellowship will begin by October 1, 2018 and will conclude July 31, 2019.  eXtension is a virtual organization and work will be conducted virtually.

The specific requirements of the fellowship include:

  1. Expertise with workflow and technologies supporting customer relationship functions.
  2. Knowledge and experience designing and implementing relational databases.
  3. Understanding Cooperative Extension and the unique audiences and relationships among those audiences, programs, evaluation, funding, and communication.
  4. Ability to work with all levels of expertise and positions.
  5. Experience conducting user needs assessment and analyzing workflows.
  6. Experience creating user journeys, personas and use cases.
  7. Experience writing recommendations for solutions.

The Fellow will report the results via eXtension’s web site. The Fellow is encouraged to develop a peer-reviewed paper for publication in an appropriate journal. The Fellow will use eXtension’s Zoom, Slack, and G-Suite to conduct the work of their fellowship.

Funding for the Fellowship comes through a cooperative agreement with USDA-NIFA to eXtension and includes: paid travel to one eXtension Impact Collaborative Summit planned for April 2019; and buyout of time from their current positions of up to $25,000. Additional funding may be available for testing up to two solutions.

Application Process

To apply please submit the following information in a PDF document to Beverly Coberly (beverlycoberly@extension.org):

  • A maximum 1-page letter highlighting your areas of expertise in CRM, technology and knowledge of Cooperative Extension.  
  • A copy of vitae/resume focusing on your expertise in technology and databases, educational or experience background working with CRMs.  Limit of 2 pages.
  • Letter of support from your institution Director/Administrator for Cooperative Extension

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee.

Questions regarding the application process should be directed to:

About the eXtension Foundation

The eXtension Foundation is a membership-based non-profit designed to be the engine fueling U.S. Cooperative Extension advancement in making a more visible and measurable impact in support of education outreach from land-grant universities/colleges located in every state and territory. eXtension provides an array of opportunities for Extension professionals that foster innovation creation, the adoption of innovations at member institutions, and increased impact of Extension programs.

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What is Next for the Impact Collaborative and Designathon One?

The Impact Collaborative (IC) was created to foster innovative project ideas and accelerate their development toward implementation for local impact. One of the first IC activities was a series of Designathon One events. Now that the first wave of events is completed, what did we learn and what is next?

The IC Designathon One events were set up as regional workshops that lasted 2 ½ days. We received a lot of great feedback that indicated we were on the right path, and one theme was persistent in pre-workshop inquiries, in-workshop activities, and post-workshop evaluations. That was the need for additional local context and customized examples and activities suited for that context. As such, some of the original events were canceled in order to re-plan them around either state priorities or a focused regional initiative. The workshop was also redesigned to be a two-day event.

The IC process will continue with virtual professional development events and more Designathon workshops. The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) will be the first to host a redesigned IC Designathon One event. A Design Team made up of Kentucky CES educators was established to work closely with the IC Team to design an experience to meet the needs and goals of Kentucky. Their priorities are in addressing next steps for their Innovation Working Group and key initiatives across the state. This event will take place in late April at the Kenton County Extension Office in Northern Kentucky.

Designathon Two, virtual events, and another 10-12 Designathon One events are being planned and will move forward after the team concludes the Kentucky event and processes feedback and recommendations. To find out more about planned events or make a suggestion for an event location, contact Ashley Griffin at agriffin@extension.org.

The Impact Collaborative and its associated Designathon One events are open to extension professionals and their community partners at eXtension member institutions. We are still accepting new members for 2018! All inquiries about membership should be directed to Beverly Coberly at beverlycoberly@extension.org.

How does this affect applications for the Impact Collaborative?

We encourage everyone to submit their applications as soon as possible. Even if there is not a Designathon One event in your location, there will be opportunities to attend a Designathon One track as part of other upcoming events. By applying soon, you get to be a part of a community of innovative extension professionals and work toward solutions with key informants and others. The Program Fellows are planning virtual office hours and professional development events. Learn more about applying to the Impact Collaborative…

 

 

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