REGISTER FOR NEDA: Social Media Session – Thanks to a
request from Tom Coon, Michigan State University, an optional pre-National
Extension Directors and Administrators (NEDA) Meeting workshop is offered 3:00
– 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 24th on Building Connections - Social
Media in Extension. The session, designed with
directors/administrators as the target audience, will focus on 1) why Extension
needs to have a large presence in social media, 2) how Extension
directors/administrators can encourage and promote social media use in their
organizations, and 3) how social media can be evaluated and used in promotion
and tenure practices. To register for NEDA, go to http://muconf.missouri.edu/NeXC-NEDA2014/
at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento in Sacramento, CA. NEDA will meet jointly with
the National eXtension Conference (NeXC). NEDA programming continues through
midday Wednesday and participants are welcome to attend additional NeXC
programming through Thursday.
SAVE
THE DATES – Centennial
Celebration Update – Excitement continues to grow for activities across the country related to
the Cooperative Extension Centennial. Invitations have been extended for the
Capitol Hill Reception Wednesday evening, 3.5.14. Plans are being finalized for
the Convocation on May 7-8, 2014 in Washington, DC and registration will soon
be announced. Please keep up on all the latest activities by tracking
Centennial progress on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Extension100Years
You can also follow updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ext100Years
Pictures and videos are also being archived on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/ext100years/
and a YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GyqMs0FKlUKBTxtcyg04w/videos
If you have media to add or suggestions, please contact Bill Woodrum for more
information, extensioncentennial@gmail.com.
ECOP
January Update
– ECOP Chair Jimmy Henning, University of Kentucky, facilitated a meeting of
ECOP on 1.22.14 where members approved the formation of the 4-H National
Leadership Committee with initial leadership by Charlotte Eberlein, University
of Idaho; tasked Mike O’Neill, University of Connecticut, and Michelle Rodgers,
University of Delaware, to consider ways of collaborating with USDA-NIFA
program leaders; and charged the ECOP Personnel Subcommittee co-chaired by
James Trapp, Oklahoma State University, and Chuck Hibberd, University of
Nebraska, to review the Executive Director and Administrator Team model. ECOP
welcomed Bob Holland assisted by Bill Hoffman, who replaces Ralph Otto, as the
USDA-NIFA liaison to ECOP. In addition, reports were accepted by the SNAP-ED
Program Development Team; the “new” eXtension strategic planning effort led by
Keith Smith, Ohio State University; and funding priorities by ECOP Budget and
Legislative Committee Chair, Rick Klemme, University of Wisconsin.
Super Panel
Featured at NeXConf/NEDA – Four dynamic online “masters” will be
gathered for a panel discussion on learning, working differently, and
technology integration at the NeXConf/NEDA meeting in March. Two of the
speakers, Dave Gray and Jane Hart are keynote speakers for the conference:
Gray specializes in innovation and networked organizations, Hart works to help
organizations understand and implement new workplace learning trends and
networking. Joining them on the panel will be Beth Kanter, an expert in
technology, training, capacity building, evaluation, and marketing for
non-profit organizations, and Harold Jarche, an expert in connected
leadership, social learning, personal knowledge management, and workplace
collaboration. These four individuals will bring new insight and ideas to
conference attendees with a special emphasis on transforming organizations
through learning networks and connectedness.
Positive
Results for Youth from 4-H Involvement – Compared to their peers, 4-H'ers are
nearly four times more likely to contribute to their communities. This is one
of several powerful statistics included in a new report -- The Positive
Development of Youth: Comprehensive Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive
Youth Development. For more than a decade, preeminent youth development scholars,
Drs. Richard M. Lerner and Jacqueline V. Lerner and the team at the Institute
for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, partnered with
faculty at more than 20 land-grant universities and colleges to conduct this
ground-breaking research. This scientific research shows that the 4-H
approach to high-quality positive youth development works. See http://www.4-h.org/about/youth-development-research/positive-youth-development-study/.
