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NEWS FROM OUR GROUPS
School IPM Action Plan for Outdoor Cockroaches
School IPM Action Plan for Rodents
School IPM Action Plan for Drywood Termites
(should have been finalized by Wizzie and Molly)
School IPM Action Plan for House Flies and Filth Flies
(know this one needs major work)
School IPM Action Plan for Bats
2 months 3 weeks ago
by Jerri
Caldwell Hammonds
Presenters: Karen Jeannette and others (to be listed soon)
As George Siemans writes in his book, Knowing Knowledge, "Community is a Connection Forming Space". Social media and digital communication tools can be used in Extension programming for many reasons, including increasing work efficiencies, providing...
2 months 4 weeks ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Handling and Dismissing Difficult Volunteers Discussion
About this session: Program Coordinators may find themselves in the uncomfortable situation of dealing with a volunteer who creates a problem for you, other volunteers or the MG Program itself. Gail will talk about why this situation occurs and go through the...
3 months 21 hours ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Cooperatives on eXtension Youth Team Conference Call
Attendees
Diane Huntrods (IA), Madeline Schultz (IA) and Emmy Williams (TX).
Agenda
Video Project
FFA Convention, October 19-21, Indianapolis
Content Analysis
Funding
Discussion
Video Project
Madeline is continuing to develop the concept for a series of...
3 months 1 day ago
by Diane
Huntrods
Cooperatives CoP Leadership Team Conference Call
Attendees
Jennifer Bond, Elizabeth Gregory North, Diane Huntrods, Phil Kenkel, Greg McKee, William Nelson, Madeline Schultz, Ed Smith, John Wells and Emmy Williams.
Agenda
First webinar coming up Oct 26
USDA Co-ops Celebration Oct 19
FFA Convention Plans Oct 19-...
3 months 1 day ago
by Diane
Huntrods
Attendees: Jen Bond, Ian Herrman, Diane Huntrods, Phil Kenkel, Greg McKee, Madeline Schultz and Emmy Williams.
Content Appraisal
Ian reviewed the content appraisal work he has been doing by discussing specific articles. His suggestions for those articles included:
A brief table of contents is helpful for readers on...
3 months 2 days ago
by Diane
Huntrods
View this Podcast in FULL SCREEN
3 months 2 days ago
by Jerri
Caldwell Hammonds
Hey guys,
If you're reading this then you're looking at the new tool right now! We can do brief internal blog posts (Labeled on the EDEN DASHBOARD as GROUP NEWS) about work that we're doing, work that needs to be done or other work related work.
Thanks for reading, and to create a blog post of your own for the EDEN...
3 months 3 days ago
by Jerri
Caldwell Hammonds
Dr. Wendy Hamilton, Program Accountability and Evaluation Specialist at New Mexico State University, will discuss her national project on researching current methods of reporting the impacts that Extension MGs make in their communities and using that infomraion to describe the true value of Extension MG Programs.
3 months 3 days ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Hey guys! The content that still needs to be appraised is located at the following link:
Please contact Virginia Morgan or myself if you would like to be assigned a segment to help us get this task finished!!
http://create.extension.org/node/90322
THANK YOU!
Jerri Hammonds
Auburn University
IT Specialistcaldwjl...
3 months 3 days ago
by Jerri
Caldwell Hammonds
2nd Extension Master Gardener Social Media Team Meeting
10-6-11
Attendance: Connie SchulzEileen KaneJen BousselotJohn PorterLynette SpicerTerri James
Karen Jeannette
Introductions: How do you want to be involved with the EMGSM effort?
Connie S - MG Cornell, now NC. Blog posts focused on community gardening...
3 months 1 week ago
by Karen
Jeannette
MEETING DETAILS
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 10th @
TIME: Noon Eastern, 11 central, 10 mountain, 9 am pacific time for our next team meeting
CONNECTION DETAILS: Please join us by Web conference and phone:
https://umconnect.umn.edu/karenj2/ &
Phone: (661) 673-8600, Access Code...
3 months 1 week ago
by Karen
Jeannette
MEETING DETAILS
Date: Thursday, Dec. 8th
Time: 12 pm Et, 11 pm CT, 10 pm MT, 9 am ET
Connection Info:
We are going to try meeting in Google Hangout! (Karen will get you gmail account address prior to the meeting). You'll need a computer with a microphone and camera.
As backup, we can count on using my...
3 months 1 week ago
by Karen
Jeannette
MEETING DETAILS
Date: Thursday, January 5th 2012 -- Happy New Year!
Time: 12 pm Et, 11 pm CT, 10 pm MT, 9 am ET
Connection Info:
We are going to try meeting in Google Hangout! (Karen will get your gmail account address prior to the meeting). You'll need a computer with a microphone and camera. If you have...
3 months 1 week ago
by Karen
Jeannette
MEETING DETAILS:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 @ 12 EASTERN (11 CT, 10 MT, PT)
CONNECTION DETAILS:
We are going to try Google+ again for our web conferencing connection. This time 15-20 minutes prior the meeting, I will send an email out with a link to a Google+ Post (that I create). A few minutes before the...
3 months 1 week ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Grape CoP Conference Call
January 25, 2012
Attending: Eric Stafne, Lane Greer, Kathleen Kelsey, Chrislyn Particka, Tim Martinson, Bruce Bordelon, Rhoda Burrows, Bill Nail, Fritz Westover, Michelle Moyer
Agenda
1. Update on NVEELC/GCoP conference
a. In Geneva, NY April 2-3-4, 2012.
b. Agenda in progress...
3 months 3 weeks ago
by Lane
Greer
Connection Information:
Go to:
https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/hortcop
Agenda:
Thoughts on Joe Article: http://www.joe.org/joe/2011december/comm1.php
CHNC At-large members?
Process for invitation (there are a few we have in mind - what is the appropriate process?)
2011 Scope of Work (...
3 months 3 weeks ago
by Karen
Jeannette
About the Session:
Topic: Handling Difficult Volunteers, including volunteer dismissal when necessary
Facilitator: Dr Gail Langellotto, Oregon State Unviersity
Come learn about how Gail at Oregon State University has handled this issue that, unfortunately, many of us have encountered. State and local EMG...
3 months 3 weeks ago
by Tonie
Fitzgerald
About the Session:
Facilitator, Dave Close, State Master Gardener Coordinator, Virginia Tech will lead a discussion on endowments and foundations.
Topic: Discussion on Fundings and EndowmentsFacilitator: Dave Close, State MG Coordinator, Virginia Tech
Come and share your success stories and learn about how other...
3 months 3 weeks ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Measuring MG Impacts: A national Research Project
4 months 3 days ago
by Tonie
Fitzgerald
DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, January 10th
1:30 Eastern, 12:30 Central, 11:30 Mountain, 10:30 Pacific
CONNECTION INFO:
Dial-in Number: (661) 673-8600, Access Code: 808461
Screensharing: https://umconnect.umn.edu/karenj2...
4 months 6 days ago
by Karen
Jeannette
Number of news releases posted by community of practice:
14 Families, food and fitness
9 Personal finance
7 Horses
5 Creating healthy communities
4 each Family caregiving; Farm energy; Food safety; Gardens, lawns and landscapes; Grapes
3 each Bee health; Beef cattle; Climate, forests and woodlands;...
4 months 1 week ago
by Lynette
Spicer
National Conference for Extension MG Program State and County Coordinators
Sept 26-28th, 2012
Washington State University Spokane Campus
Spokane Washington
For information, contact Tonie Fitzgerald,
WSU Master Gardener Program Leader
tjfitz@wsu.edu
509 358-7879
4 months 2 weeks ago
by Tonie
Fitzgerald
DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, Dec. 6th
1:30 Eastern, 12:30 Central, 11:30 Mountain, 10:30 Pacific
CONNECTION INFO:
Dial-in Number: (661) 673-8600, Access Code: 808461
Screensharing: https://umconnect.umn.edu/karenj2...
4 months 3 weeks ago
by Karen
Jeannette