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How walkable is your city? Tool aims to make pedestrians safer and happier
Urban planners are looking into measures to cut road deaths and injuries but also at ways to ease traffic and encourage people to walk. Follow this link to read the complete story of How Walkable Is Your City? Tool to Make Pedestrians Safer and Happier Sourced from PlaceThe National Community Resource and Economic Development team will hold a webinar (February 22) on Understanding and Evaluating Collective Impact Initiatives. The Collective Impact Model has the potential for bringing organizations and partners together to address a common set of goals. This webinar will provide an overview of the model – the context in which it may be useful, the strategies for making it successful, and current criticisms of its use. Evaluation strategies for assessing both the formative and summative aspects of collective impact models will also be discussed. For more information visit the National Community & Economic Resource Development Indicators Team information page.
Sourced from the USDA NIFA Weekly Digest Bulletin
ECOP Chair Chuck Hibberd moderated a dialogue with the Cooperative Extension Section focusing on contributions to university-level mission of Land-grant Universities. Directors and Administrators shared examples of mission alignments, methods of engagement with upper administration, rewards/benefits for contributing to higher education mission, engaging students, challenges/barriers to alignment, and trepidation/resistance for transitioning to more comprehensive involvement. The recording is now available at https://youtu.be/KQKWpb9vWvU.
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This year’s National Extension and Research Administrative Officers Conference (NERAOC), April 22-25, will feature important presentations and discussion opportunities on various topics including time and effort reporting, Plan of Work/Reeport updates, and many other interesting topics. Register prior to March 16 for an early discount. Online registration ends on April 15. Conference lodging is at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids. The link to the hotel block is: https://aws.passkey.com/e/49504081.
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Connecting Campus & Community Leadership
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Ohio Union
A morning to inspire, engage and invigorate. Two sessions will dive into the concept of leadership, giving you the knowledge, tools and confidence to be a more effective leader.
Mark Sanborn, author of The Fred Factor and The Potential Principle will be our featured keynote. Following Mark's keynote we will have an expert panel of community leaders who will share their leadership insights. Gail Hogan, former co-anchor of NBC 4, will moderate the panelists, who include:
- Shannon Ginther - First Lady, City of Columbus; Columbus Women's Commission Chair
- Anil Makhija - Dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
- Angela C. Dawson - Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Minority Health
Article Author - Kyle White
Did you know that nearly half (46%) of Ohio’s workforce is employed by small business enterprises? According to the Small Business Administration, Ohio is home to 927,691 small businesses, roughly 80% of all business in Ohio.
In 2018 I will be working with other Extension professionals from across the United States to bring the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programming – coaching and support – to Ohio. I will be learning about the intricacies of the program and will be disseminating that information to each of our county offices. The ultimate goal: to attract and support Ohio’s entrepreneurs via SBIR funding. Read the complete article here.
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Posted In: Community Development, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Workforce Development
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The 2019 National Urban Extension Conference will be held at The Motif, Seattle WA, May 20-23, 2019.
Make your plans to attend what will be an amazing conference to celebrate all that is urban extension and plan for our future.
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Make your plans to attend what will be an amazing conference to celebrate all that is urban extension and plan for our future.
Visit the conference web site: https://sites.google.com/view/nuec2019/home
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