ECOP Announces New Extension Health Director - Rick Klemme, Cooperative Extension/ECOP Executive Director, is pleased to share for immediate release the announcement of the hiring of Roger Rennekamp as Extension Health Director, Cooperative Extension/ECOP. Full story is available here.
From Idea to Impact, New Reports Revealed by eXtension - The eXtension Foundation has produced two new reports that include key findings and an update on the progress of Extension teams working with the Impact Collaborative, and insights about the learnings and potential opportunities from working with these teams. These reports highlight an overview of trends and outputs of the Impact Collaborative methodology and process, challenges and success factors of participating teams, a theory of change model for these teams, and perspectives from teams and Extension Directors/Administrators. Both reports are available at impact.eXtension.org/success.
Introducing Rural Innovation Initiative Opportunity - With support from the Economic Development Administration, Center on Rural Innovation is seeking the second cohort of communities to join the Rural Innovation Initiative. Applications must be submitted by November 18, 2019. Successful applicants will receive technical assistance to strengthen their approach to entrepreneurship and digital jobs, apply for federal funding, and join a national network of rural innovation communities. Communities should express interest in the program as soon as possible by filling out a brief questionnaire. Rural Innovation Strategies Inc. will host a webinar on October 28 at 2 p.m. ET to provide additional information. Interested communities are encouraged to register for the webinar here.
