Extension
Conference 2004
“Partnerships
for Advancing Knowledge and Transforming Lives”
October 12-14,
2004
Kellogg Center
Michigan State
University
| Message
from Maggie Bethel, MSUE Director
Partnerships are the lifeblood of Extension! They are represented in many ways in Extension,
including our volunteers, partner agencies, stakeholder groups, funding
partners and our strong constituent support base. I look forward to joining staff members and
our partners to celebrate our Partnerships for Advancing
Knowledge and Transforming Lives. The conference spans October 12-14 at MSU’s Kellogg
Center. I consider it a priority
for all programming staff members to attend the conference, particularly
our “corporate meeting” the morning of October 12. |
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Fall conference is the focal
point for staff in-service and program planning. The conference will give
everyone a chance to learn more about our new portal, an information management
system that will revolutionize the way we do our work and enhance our ability
to reach Michigan citizens. This
conference gives us the opportunity to focus on the input of our constituents
regarding program direction and to hear of programs developed by our AoE teams
and others. By taking time to come
together to build our internal relationships and capacity, we can be more
effective partners in delivering knowledge resources for our communities. Even though budgets are tight, it is very
important for everyone to invest in personal growth and the future of our
organization.
We will use this time to ready
ourselves for more changes to come in the new year ahead…leadership changes,
technology transitions, new opportunities with our partners and, yes, continued
budget challenges. Fall conference is the place where we can come together to
prepare for change and generate new opportunities. Register online today!
Keynote Speaker Managing Across the Generational
Divide Cam Marston On Thursday, October 14, Cam Marston's approach to multigenerational issues will give you the freedom to explore and unlock the full potential of your organization. His expertise in generational dynamics – the way different generations think, act and relate – can have a profound impact on your success. |
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There may be no other single
issue today with as much all-encompassing organizational impact as this one.
It merits top
priority in every business of every type, shape and size. During radio talk
show and television interviews, Cam continually emphasizes the need to go
beyond life stage models and demographics and further explore the values and
belief systems of each distinct generation. What motivates the members of each
generation? How do they view
themselves, their communities, their families, and their workplaces? How do
they make decisions? How do they feel about the other generations? Cam's programs
and concepts are the results of more than five years' extensive research and
study. In the course of his work, he's interviewed hundreds of
representatives of the various generations. Their answers are interesting,
sometimes surprising and always valuable.
His book, Managing Across the
Generational Divide, promises to be a positive and valuable contribution to
the growing (but still relatively small) knowledge base on this pivotal
subject.
Whether in the form of a seminar, training session, consultation or media
presentation, Cam's optimistic vision of what's possible with a little
generational "enlightenment" translates to a fun, high-impact,
interactive, high-energy experience -- always with a practical, down-to-earth
"how-to" spin.
Association Activities
Michigan Association of Extension Agents – The annual awards
meeting with breakfast will be Wednesday, October 13. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by a membership
meeting. Watch your e-mail for further
information.
Michigan Community Resource Development Association – The annual
awards meeting with breakfast will be Wednesday, October 13. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m.,
followed by a membership meeting.
Watch your e-mail for further information.
Michigan Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences –
The annual awards meeting with breakfast will be Wednesday, October 13. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m.,
followed by a membership meeting.
Watch your e-mail for further information.
4-H Staff Meeting and Breakfast – All 4-H staff members – field,
campus and program associates – are
invited to a meeting with breakfast Wednesday, October 13. Watch your e-mail for further information.
Epsilon Sigma Phi Membership Meeting – The membership meeting and
award presentations will begin at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 13. Watch your e-mail for further information.
Michigan Council of Extension Associations – Officer breakfast will
be at 7 a.m. Thursday, October 14.
Friends of Extension Banquet and Awards – Kellogg Center
Partners will be celebrated at the Tuesday evening Friends
of Extension banquet, where retirees and staff members will be joined by state
council members and a multitude of partners and supporters. Retirees are among Extension's most
important partners and are invited to join for as much or as little of the
conference as they like.
Celebrating Partnerships Poster Session
The theme for the 2004 poster
session is "Celebrating Partnerships." This session is Wednesday, October 13, from 2 to 5 p.m. Posters and displays will focus on the many
partnerships that MSU Extension has cultivated over the years. Visit all of the posters and win a
certificate for $50 worth of MSU Extension apparel (details available at the
conference).
Celebrating Extension Carnival – Breslin Student Events Center
Fun Night will take place at the
Breslin Center on Wednesday, October 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. All staff members and retirees are
invited. Activities and fund raisers
are planned by MCEA and Epsilon Sigma Phi. Money raised amidst the fun will be
split between the professional development endowed fund and the fund for the
2007 National Association of County Agents meeting, which we'll host here in
Grand Rapids. Fun Night will have a
carnival atmosphere, with games, raffles and auctions (silent and live). There will be a variety of food items
that will certainly satisfy your palate.
Bring your checkbook and prepare to have fun!
State Extension and Experiment Station Council
The MSU Extension and Experiment
Station Council will join the staff on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to
participating in the corporate meeting, the council will be holding its regular quarterly meeting and attending the
Friends of Extension banquet. This will be a great opportunity for staff
members and council members to become acquainted.
Hospitality Room
Additional networking can be accomplished in the Hospitality
Room (the Kellogg Center Lincoln Room).
The Lincoln Room will host registration, all breaks and posters, and
tables will be available for solving world problems or just catching up with
old friends and meeting new ones.
Conference Costs
The three-day conference registration fee is $150, which
includes meals and breaks beginning with lunch on Tuesday and ending with lunch
on Thursday. (Association breakfasts
are an additional cost listed on the registration form.)
The registration for
Tuesday only includes breaks, lunch and
dinner for $60. The registration for
Wednesday only includes breaks, lunch and dinner for $60. The registration for Thursday only includes
breaks, breakfast and lunch for $60.
ONLINE registration
is available at http://web2.msue.msu.edu/fallconference/registration.cfm. ONLY online registration will be accepted this year. Checks should be made payable and mailed
to Michigan State University, Fall Conference, Room 10 Agriculture Hall, East
Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039. Registration deadline is September 27,
2004. A late fee of $50 will be added to registrations received
after September 27, 2004. No refunds
will be issued for cancellations after October 1.
Location and lodging information
The conference will be located at
the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University. You can contact the Kellogg Center by calling 517-432-4000 for
lodging reservation or by going to the online reservation system at
http://www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg/reservations.html. Rates are $85 per night for single or double occupancy. The lodging reservation deadline is
September 12, 2004. SPECIAL NOTE: When contacting the Kellogg Center by phone or e-mail, be sure
to mention that this reservation is for Fall Extension Conference.
Need more program or registration information?
Contact Kathy Foerster or Sandi
Bauer at foerste1@msu.edu or bauer@msu.edu.
Fall Extension Conference planning team
Kathy Foerster (chair), Fran
Adelaja, Sandi Bauer, Tina Fleming, David Guikema, Irene Hackworth, Kathy Hale,
Megghan Honke, Joe Lessard, Scott Loveridge, Joyce McGarry, Jean Nichols,
Dionardo Pizana, Laura Probyn, Bill Robb, Mark Seamon, Sheila Urban Smith, Pat
Waugh, Lela Vandenberg.
October 12
8 - 10 a.m. Registration
10 a.m. - noon Corporate
meeting begins – Maggie Bethel, director
| In her final address as director, Maggie Bethel will reflect on the critical role of partnerships and communicating with decision makers, discuss positioning the organization to meet future challenges, emphasize the need to reinvigorate our efforts in measuring impacts and successes and encourage staff members to remain optimistic and flexible. |
noon - 1 p.m. Lunch
1 - 2 p.m. Corporate meeting continues – Maggie
Bethel, director
2 - 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent
sessions #1
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Concurrent
sessions #2
6 - 9 p.m. Friends of Extension banquet and
awards
October 13
7:30 - 9:45 a.m. Association
breakfasts and meetings
MAEA,
CRCD, FCS and 4-H
9:30 - 10 a.m. Break
10 - noon Concurrent sessions #3
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. General
session – "Looking to the Future...Some Campus Connections”
A panel
of MSU faculty members will explore how our world is changing and how it will
likely continue to change in the future.
Panel members are: Fred Moregeson, Broad School of Business, who focuses
on workplace issues; Peter Yu, MSU
College of Law, who focuses on communications and intellectual property; and
Sandra Batie, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, who focuses on
environmental policy.
2:15 - 5 p.m. Celebrating Partnerships poster
session with refreshments
3:30 - 5 p.m. Epsilon Sigma Phi membership meeting
3:30 - 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions #4
6 - 9 p.m. Celebrating Extension Carnival
October 14
7 - 8 a.m. Continental breakfast
7 - 8 a.m. MCEA breakfast meeting
8 - 9:30 a.m. Keynote
speaker – Cam Marston,
9:30 - 10 a.m. Break
10 - 11:30 a.m. Concurrent
sessions #5
11:30 p.m. Luncheon
Session #1 October 12 – 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Life Knowledge – Real Lessons for Real Life
Participants will gain an
understanding of Life Knowledge curricular materials, allowing you to show
parents and your community how to provide meaningful opportunities for students
to learn academic skills and develop skills needed for personal and career
success. Recognizing the trends in youth behaviors, these materials are
designed to build the leadership capacity of youth in rural, urban and suburban
communities. The ultimate outcome of these materials is the development of a
new generation of young leaders prepared to take on the challenges and
opportunities in the communities in which they live. Resource person: Dave Krueger.
MSU Extension’s Revenue Enhancement
Introduction to MSU Extension’s
new Revenue Enhancement program guidelines.
The new guidelines outline the process for identifying programs, their
costs, pricing, staff resources and revenue sharing. Resource persons: Lynn Harvey, Fran Adelaja and Dave Guikema.
Program Development
and Evaluation
Each component of this workshop will include interactive discussion with workshop participants. Small group discussions, total group discussions and sharing of experiences and questions by all participants will be strongly encouraged throughout the session. Participants will have the opportunity to practice writing impact statements for their own programs. Resource persons:
Assisting Local Communities with the NPDES Phase II Storm
Water Regulations
The National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II Storm Water Regulations affect numerous
communities in the urbanized areas of Michigan. The regulations require communities to reduce and eliminate
common pollutants in storm water. One
requirement for local communities is that they need to educate residents about
what they can do to reduce pollution.
This workshop will cover storm water and pollutants, laws that regulate
storm water and resources available to help local communities meet the permit
requirements.
Resource person: Ruth
Kline-Robach.
Safety Counts
Safety Counts is a comprehensive
in-home program for families that increases awareness of child safety. Participants explore child development and
how, why and where accidents occur.
Staff members work with participants to assess their surroundings for
hazards and to develop a personal home safety plan. Resource person: Kim Mihelich.
Extension and the Credit Unions: A Perfect Partnership in
Financial Education
Participants will learn about
successful models statewide as well as nationwide around opportunities to
engage in Extension/credit union partnerships in providing financial education
for youth and adults. Potential
curriculums around youth and adult financial management will be shared. Resource person: Erica Tobe.
County Partner Report Consultation
Anyone who works on a county
partner report is invited to bring questions from past reports or drafts of
upcoming reports to get assistance and/or feedback. There will be no formal
presentation, simply a chance for a casual Q & A. Resource persons: Beth Moore and Laura Probyn.
Team Nutrition and You: How to Help Schools Create a
Healthy School Environment
Team Nutrition is partnering with
numerous state health-related organizations/agencies to help schools create
environments that promote healthy eating and increased physical activity. This session will help Extension staff
members become part of the Team Nutrition Healthy
School Environment initiative by introducing assessment tools and new
resource materials as well as success stories from colleagues who have helped schools become more
health-promoting in an effort to prevent childhood overweight. Resource person: Ann Guyer.
What Does It Mean to Have Affiliate Status?
We will investigate the newly
forming opportunity for agents/educators.
Affiliate status is being pilot tested in a couple of university
departments in the coming year. Let's
take the time to share the philosophy, the goals and the process that is being
implemented. Find out if this is a good
fit for you! Resource person: Cheri
Booth.
Session #2 October 12 – 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Research Resources for Community Youth Development
Professionals
Numerous research reports related
to youth development issues are generated and released daily, and it can be
difficult for youth development professionals to keep current with the
pertinent findings and implications for their work. In this session,
participants will learn about the “Research Resources for the Community Youth
Development Professional” Web site and database designed to support the work of
community youth developers across Michigan (including Michigan State University
Extension youth development staff members and community partners). Supported by
the MSU Extension Youth Development Area of Expertise (YDAoE) Team and funded
by the MSU Families and Communities Together (FACT) Coalition, the site
provides implications for the community work of youth development professionals
and offers tools for using the information. Session participants will also
learn how they can contribute to the content of this valuable resource. Resource person: Janet Olsen.
Digging Deeper into "Michigan’s Land, Michigan’s
Future," the Final Report of the Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
In February 2003, Gov. Granholm
signed Executive Order 2003-4, through which she charged a 26-member council
with addressing the trends, causes and consequences of unmanaged growth and
development in Michigan. In its final
report, the council provided more than 150 recommendations to the Gov. and the
legislature designed to minimize the impact of current land use trends on
Michigan's environment and economy. The
council reviewed hundreds of pages of documents and heard testimony from
Michigan residents from across the state.
Most MSUE staff members are
familiar with the report and have heard about some of its recommendations. Because of its length and level of detail,
however few have had the time or energy to fully digest the report and
contemplate its implications for land use education needs. Fortunately, members of the Land Use AoE
Team have spent considerable time studying the contents of the report,
discussing the recommendations and considering how Extension education programs
in land use can respond to current and impending needs. The purpose of this session is to share this
understanding with other MSUE staff members.
Participants in this session will leave with a richer understanding of
the Land Use Leadership Council's report.
In addition, attendees will participate in discussions of the report,
its recommendations, and ways that MSUE can best respond to the education needs
identified by or implicit in the report.
Resource persons: Patricia Norris, Kurt Schindler, Rod Cortright and
Wayne Beyea.
Getting Ready for Your Continuing Employment Application
This will be a hands-on discussion
session related to filling out the continuing employment application. Those attending will find out how to get
organized and what records to keep for completion of the continuing employment
form, how to fill out the forms and what to keep for inclusion in the
form. Examples of forms will be
available. Resource person: Cheri
Booth.
Achieving Success Through Volunteers
The Achieving Success Through
Volunteers curriculum is a valuable tool for staff members in supporting
volunteers in all fields of Extension work.
This curriculum is designed around the ISOTURE model reflects current
practices and techniques, and offers practical advice for working through and
with volunteers in a variety of roles.
Resource person: Jennifer Weichel.
Volunteer Monitoring of Michigan’s Lakes and Streams
Michigan is blessed with 11,000
lakes and 36,000 miles of streams.
Collecting data and information on all of these water resources is
feasible only if Michigan's citizens become involved. Gov. Granholm's Executive Order 2003-15 created the Michigan
Clean Water Corps (MCWC) as a statewide volunteer network to assist water
monitoring programs. At this time, the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality hosts two volunteer monitoring
programs, the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program and the Stream Volunteer
Monitoring Program. MSU Extension can
help promote the MCWC and advance water resource management in Michigan. Resource person: Howard Wandell.
Identity Theft: Has Someone Taken Over Your Good Name?
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service
is one of the leading agencies that investigate identity theft cases in
communities each day. Identity theft
occurs when a person knowingly transfers or uses without lawful authority a
means of identification of another person with the intent to commit or to aid
or abet any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law or a
felony under any applicable state or
local law (Identity Theft and
Assumption Deterrence Act). This
session will educate individuals on the basics of identity theft, the steps to
prevent identity theft from occurring to you or the citizenry you serve, and
the tools to prevent identity theft in your community. Resource person: Erica Tobe.
Kids Count in Your Community
Participants will learn to use
Kids Count data to assess policy and programs for children, youth and families
in their communities. Resource person:
Tammy Sullivan.
Untangling Your Web
Learn tips for writing effective
Web pages and then managing the content on the pages you develop. The session will also help participants
learn to evaluate content on existing pages and determine what content is
appropriate to include on Extension sites.
Resource persons: Laura Probyn and Cindy Straus.
Extension Marketing Templates and Materials
An array of MSU Extension
templates for newsletters, brochures and Powerpoint presentations as well as
other marketing awareness tools.
Resource person: Fran Adelaja.
Migrant Worker Program
This workshop will include an
overview of the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and College Assistance
Migrant Program (CAMP) for migrant and seasonal farmworkers who wish to earn
their GED and to assist incoming freshmen at Michigan State University. It will also provide information on
outreach services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and on collaborating
with MSU Extension professionals throughout Michigan disseminate information on
and refer eligible students to MSU HEP and MSU CAMP. Resource person: Luis
Garcia.
Session
#3 October 13 – 10 a.m. - noon
Plain and Simple: Designing and Choosing Health Education
Materials Your Clients Can Read, Understand and Act On
Using a new tool developed by the
MSU Extension Health Literacy Team, participants will learn the skills needed
to identify appropriate materials and to design short fact sheets, program
announcements and flyers for clients with low health literacy. Resource person: Chris Food.
Moving Ahead – Preparing the Youth Development Professional
Improve skills in communicating effectively with children,
youth and families with whom you work.
Apply knowledge of positive youth development and family resiliency to
minimize the risk behaviors of young people.
Resource persons: Dean Kiesling and Dave Krueger.
Communicating
Your Way Through Conflict
Resolving issues and working through problems require
dialogue. In conversations that have
high stakes and at times when we should be at our best, we usually end up
behaving at our worst because our emotions get the better of us. The seven principles of “Crucial
Conversations” will give you the tools to handle life’s most difficult and
important conversations, say what’s on your mind and achieve positive
outcomes. In this brief session, you will
be introduced to these seven principles and practice some of the tools
provided. Resource persons: Mary Robb
and Lela Vandenberg.
The AoE Town Hall
Model: Experiences from the Food Safety AoE Team
The Food Safety AoE has developed a model for engaging lay
audiences to discuss important topics related to food safety with experts in
the field. This model involves
empowering the audience to generate questions and play a large part in
developing the agenda for the discussion.
Such an approach offers audiences a larger stake in the direction of responses
and issues discussed by experts, and such a model could be used by other
AoEs. Resource persons: Toby Ten Eyck and Cindy Warren.
Entrepreneurship
and Product Innovation
The future of Michigan agriculture depends on its ability
to create differentiated products that appeal to the modern consumer. This session will provide information about
the types of people who do this, the methods used to differentiate products,
and the industry integration (from grower to consumer) that is necessary to
create an environment for success. The
Michigan wine industry will be used as a case study to illustrate needs and
potential, and show how Extension agents can effectively facilitate the
process. Resource person: Tom Kalchik.
Building
Authentic Relationships with American Indian Communities
Working with communities of difference such as American
Indian communities requires a unique set of skills and often requires different
or modified Extension programming.
First and foremost, it requires conducting oneself in respectful and
thereby authentic ways that build the opportunity to grow and sustain
relationships over time. Through
discussion and activities, this session will cover some of the common
approaches that may lead to helpful, more authentic relationship building when
working with American Indian community members. Resource person: Nick
Reo.
Increased
Collaboration with Ag Tech and MSU Extension
Interactive discussion and exploration of how Ag Tech and
MSUE can work together. The goal is to
develop an action plan for increased collaboration. Resource person: Eunice
Foster.
Grant Writing (Part I)
The program will be designed to improve grant-writing
skills. It will begin with a general
session on principles of grantsmanship, including elements of successful grant
proposals. The second part of the
program will be breakout sessions by program area. Each breakout session will include a panel discussion on keys to
writing successful grant proposals.
Resource persons: James Kells and MSUE state leaders.
Evaluating the
Economic Impact of On-farm Alternative Energy Systems as Value-added
Enterprises
This session will explore the economics of on-farm
investments in alternative energy systems, including wind generators and
digesters. It will acquaint the
participants with the methods used to evaluate long-term investments and take
into consideration the unique constraints, opportunities and risks of a
particular farm operation. Resource
person: Steve Harsh.
Learn Together:
Lessons Beyond the Pyramid
Learn how to involve your audience in learning about the
following topics: healthy fats, what’s all the fuss about fruits and
vegetables; eating on the run; portion distortion and eating throughout the
day. Resource persons: Kathy Majewski
and Amy Saxe.
Basic Portal
(OFF-SITE)
The session will provide a refresher course in the basic
use of the MSUE portal. New employees
can use the session to obtain an overview of the portal and how to use it. Resource persons: Randy Heatley and Cindy
Straus.
Taking Your
County Newsletter to the Web (OFF-SITE)
As more and more people merge onto the information
superhighway. MSU Extension is ready to
help them quickly get up to speed with electronic information. Participants in this session will learn the
technical and style considerations for moving their county MSU Extension
newsletters from hard copy to electronic format. Resource persons: Laura
Probyn and Megghan Honke.
Session #4
October 13 – 3:30 - 5 p.m.
CRDA Session
What is this thing we call community-based agricultural
development? Presented by Walt
Whitmer, Penn State University community development specialist and National
President of the National Association of Community Development Extension
Professionals. Resource person: Dave
Ivan.
Childhood
Overweight Prevention Update
The Food, Nutrition and Health AoE will present information
on childhood overweight prevention, including research, county program updates
and program models/resources that can help children develop healthy lifestyles
to decrease chronic disease risk. This
session will also report on progress related to “Childhood Overweight: What
Communities Can Do,” the innovative coalition-building training. Included will be discussions about potential
local partnerships and unique programming ideas for young children through
teens, families and communities to promote healthy eating and increased
physical activity. Resource person:
Susan Henry.
Michigan 4-H Youth Development Citizenship, Leadership and
Service Programs
To help stem the tide of disengagement
from civic life, Michigan 4-H Youth Development has identified citizenship,
leadership and service as one of its six priority areas. Learn ways to engage youth in community-based
service learning and how 4-H can build the capacity of communities in Michigan. Resource
person: Cyndi Mark.
Telling the MSUE
Story
How we present ourselves and our organization is an
important aspect of promoting MSU Extension, whether it’s at the grocery store,
a city council meeting or a regional forum. This session will help staff
members learn to share the value of MSUE programs with others, both verbally
and in writing. Resource persons: Beth
Moore and Kathy Foerster.
Tour of Animal
Diagnostic Clinic (OFF-SITE)
Tour the new MSU Diagnostic Center for Population and
Animal Health. See this new facility is one of the premier diagnostic labs in
the country, handling more than 160,000 cases per year involving more than one
million tests. Learn how to submit samples –
agricultural species, equine, pets, wildlife or others – to diagnose,
track and address emerging animal and public health issues. Transportation will
be required to travel to the DCPAH and may be available by contacting the tour
coordinators, Dr. Dan Grooms and Jerry Lindquist. Resource person: Jerry Linquist.
Advanced Portal (OFF-SITE)
The use of the collaboration server, knowledge repository
and e-learning server will be demonstrated.
Resource persons: Randy Heatley
and Cindy Straus.
Grant Writing (Part II)
The program will be designed to improve grant-writing
skills. It will begin with a general
session on principles of grantsmanship, including elements of successful grant
proposals. The second part of the
program will be breakout sessions by program area. Each breakout session will include a panel discussion on keys to
writing successful grant proposals. Resource
persons: James Kells and MSUE state leaders.
Session #5
October 14 – 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Congratulations! You’re a Supervisor: Now What?
Geared to supervisors of program associate staff members to
help them feel more comfortable in hiring and orienting new staff members to
the MSU Extension system. Updates on
how to use new tools available such as the Human Resource CD for registering
for benefits, how to set up an e-mail account, and paperwork and guidelines for
hiring and managing staff members are just some of the topics to be discussed. Resource person: Mary Robb.
Developing
Community Leadership
This session will launch the newly developed leadership
curriculum designed by members of LeadNet and the Community Development AoE.
Participants will have the opportunity to think about the possibilities for
launching a leadership development effort and the role that MSU Extension can
play in facilitating such efforts. Participants will explore some of the issues
to consider, such as community readiness, staff capacity, possible approaches,
etc. The new materials will provide a menu of program and process approaches,
complete with specific examples of MSU Extension’s work in this area. This will
be an introductory session, followed by later distribution of the materials at
regional trainings. Resource persons: Beth Moore and Marie Ruemenapp.
MSUE’s
Multicultural Organizational Change Process: A Closer Look
Learn more about the results from the organizational
assessment of work related to multiculturalism and diversity conducted by
Rainbow Research, Inc. This session
will focus on results of the assessment, recommendations related to those
results, major themes that came out of the research and opportunities to move
forward with our ongoing commitment to multicultural change. Resource person: Dionardo Pizana.
Diabetes Health:
It’s in MSU Extension’s Hands
Learn how to start Diabetes
Health: It’s in Your Hands, a
diabetes self-management program, in your county through MSU Extension. Resource persons: Kathy Majewski and Amy
Saxe.
Surveys:
Development and Implementation
This session covers the theory and practice of survey
research, including development of questionnaires and methods of implementation
to maximize response. Resource
person: Elizabeth Wells.
The Latest on
County Property Taxes and Revenue Sharing
This
session will review the latest legislation affecting county finances, focusing
on the changes to the county property tax collection cycle, the loss of county
revenue sharing and the implications for county finances. Resource person: John Amrhein.
Take the 4-H
Health Challenge
The 4-H Critical and Contemporary Issues Committee presents
the 4-H Year of Health, Nutrition and Fitness and extends a 4-H health
challenge to encourage MSU Extension staff members to promote healthy lifestyle
choices by reaching into the community with health messages to youth. Childhood overweight issues, decision
making, nutrition, physical fitness, tobacco use prevention, cancer prevention,
seat belt use and avoiding teen drinking while driving are all topics that will
be promoted. Cross-age (teen) teaching projects will be discussed as well as
the upcoming Year of Health promotional materials, along with the potential for
partnerships and programming ideas with clubs, youth, peer educators or teams
of teens to influence the healthy lifestyle decisions of youth. This session will take participants beyond the innovative program of Jump into
Foods and Fitness (JIFF). Programming ideas, activities and new models will be
demonstrated, including the Agrium Teen Health Team community projects, the new
web-based course Jump through JIFF,
and the newest opportunity using interactive theater and cross-age teaching
through which teens present healthy lifestyle messages to younger youth to
affect healthy lifestyle choices. Since
the fourth "H" of 4-H is health and all other MSU Extension youth
programming supports the health of Michigan youth, this year will be the year
that emphasizes getting positive health messages to youth and making an impact
on the choices that young people make. The
session will cover the timeline of events, promotional materials and news
releases, as well as mini-grant opportunities that may be available. Resource person: Susan Henry.
Mentoring
Programs in Michigan 4-H Youth Development
This session will provide participants with an overview of
the 4-H mentoring initiative, its connections to more traditional 4-H program
delivery vehicles and opportunities this initiative presents to counties
considering working in this area.
Existing Michigan Extension programs will be highlighted as well as
resources available for staff use. Definitions of mentoring, its relationship
to current 4-H work (both similarities and differences) and community
partnership opportunities will be included in the discussions. Resource person: Julie Chapin.
The New Version
of the MSU Nutrient Management Computer Program (MSUNM)
Version 2.0 of the Windows MSUNM will be completed this
summer (2004) and has several new features to assist crop and livestock
producers with nutrient management (manure and fertilizer) and pesticide
application record keeping. Version 2.0
contains the new MSU fertilizer recommendations program; the ability to
transfer soil fertility test and manure analysis data electronically from six
commercial soil testing laboratories plus the MSU Soil and Plant Nutrient Lab;
ability to track two- to four-year crop phosphorus removal for higher manure
application rates; a step-by-step procedure to follow for helping to develop
nutrient management plans; and improved capabilities to assist crop and
livestock producers with nutrient management and pesticide application record
keeping that can not only help with decision making but also document that
recommended practices or management plans were followed. Resource person: Lee Jacobs.
Community
Partnerships for Positive Youth Development:
Learning from the Calhoun County Model
In the Albion community in Calhoun County, partnerships
between MSU Extension 4-H, Minority Program Services, schools and other local
organizations have made significant contributions to the positive development
of young people. In this session,
participants will learn about essential elements that have built on the assets
of these young people, their families and the broader community. In addition, participants will explore
implications of lessons learned in Calhoun County for their own
communities. Each participant will
receive a copy of the Partnerships for
Positive Youth Development videotape and its accompanying facilitations
guide. Resource person: Janet Olsen.
Reaching Diverse
Audiences with Health Information: The “Tres Ms” Project
“Tres
Ms” is a project funded by Medicaid, MSU and MSU Extension to recruit medically
underserved Hispanic/Latina women into the Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer
Control Program (BCCCP) and to enroll them into the Medicaid program, if
eligible. This session will provide you with insight into cultural barriers
around health issues and recruiting techniques/strategies that have been
experimented with in this project.
Resource person: Ann Hinsdale-Knisel.