Monday, June 22, 2020

ECOP Monday Minute Submissions Contact Information and Guidelines

Caroline Crocoll, Executive Director for Cooperative Extension/ECOP, welcomes ECOP Monday Minute submissions for consideration. Please send submissions directly to carolinecrocoll@extension.org. This news blog provides clear, consistent communications to the Board on Agriculture Assembly Cooperative Extension Section (CES) to share member-driven opportunities designed to enhance resources, relationships and recognition for Cooperative Extension nationally. Weekly updates are intended to appeal to the work of Cooperative Extension Directors and Administrators in the USA with a focus on the CES Strategic Agenda. The focus is on national leadership, opportunities, emphasis areas, strategic priorities, and partnerships. Each Thursday is the last day of the week for time sensitive items to be considered. Items should be 120 words in length with relevant links.




The eXtension Foundation is seeking early stage, high potential projects from across Extension. - The New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) cooperative agreement with the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will enter the second year on September 1st, 2020. Join eXtension's Catalyst team - Scott Reed, Fred Schlutt, and Jimmy Henning - on June 30th, 2020 at 2 PM ET for an overview of the NTAE project nomination process, wrap-around services provided to projects, goals, outcomes, and what projects get from working with the eXtension Foundation. Learn more and register here.


 

Smart Cities Leading Edge Dialogue - The Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research has released the second white paper in their Leading Edge Dialogue series: Smart Cities: Technology Equity, Livability, and Trust. Cities are getting smarter. New technologies help monitor traffic and enforce parking. First responders use camera systems to explore incident scenes for potentially hazardous materials or spills. Autonomous vehicles are being piloted. With these new technologies, governments and communities have concerns about safety, privacy, and equity. The key to successfully navigating these issues is trust. So what's the role of Extension in smart cities? We asked this question of our panel experts and participants at the 2019 National Urban Extension Conference during the 90-minute interactive Leading Edge Dialogue, available here.




Elevate and strengthen the role of Cooperative Extension in economic and community engagement. - Forbes Magazine recently ran a feature of APLU's Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Universities designation program, a cohort-based collaborative effort that helps universities strengthen their strategy and practice in economic engagement. The article spotlighted how APLU's 66 IEP designees leveraged the IEP process to better position themselves to respond to the economic needs of their communities in light of COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3bUCf5l. ECOP encourages Cooperative Extension leaders to contribute or lead their institutions' IEP designation process. To learn more, contact APLU's Shalin Jyotishi sjyotishi@aplu.org and visit APLU.org/IEP.