Tomorrow I fly to South Dakota to speak at the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service’s annual conference on Thursday. I’m mostly presenting on technology tools and their applications to Extension work, along with some connections to generational differences.
I’m excited about the trip. I’ve never been to South Dakota and am looking forward to visiting Sioux Falls and then Brookings and South Dakota State University. I’m even more excited about talking to Extension peers about the tools that can help to create a 21st Century Extension professional.
Cutting edge technology and University Extension are a great fit. The current Workforce Preparation project on eXtension has stimulated dialogue about issues beyond the tech tools. The added focus on the necessity of applied skills as a precondition for further learning and transferring knowledge, speaks to the challenge for organizational development and change. It leads to questions about how to combat embeded attitudes of resistance.
Cutting edge technology and University Extension are a great fit. The current Workforce Preparation project on eXtension has stimulated dialogue about issues beyond the tech tools. The added focus on the necessity of applied skills as a precondition for further learning and transferring knowledge, speaks to the challenge for organizational development and change. It leads to questions about how to approach the embeded attitudes of resistance.
Cutting edge technology and University Extension are a great fit. The current Workforce Preparation project on eXtension has stimulated dialogue about issues beyond the tech tools. The added focus on the necessity of applied skills as a precondition for further learning and transferring knowledge, speaks to the challenge for organizational development and change. It leads to questions about how to approach the embedded attitudes of resistance.
Just interested in what you determine are “tools” for the Ext. professional. I am sort of new to Extension as a professional. I am very familiar with 4-H, ag ed, and many aspects of the “business” we call extension. My position is program coordinator. I have had some discussions with a few colleagues and friends about what skills and tools we need in order to be successful. Our feelings are that we need better business skills to make this really work well.