Each second Thursday of the month, the Impact Collaborative's Extension Skills series will provide an opportunity for Cooperative Extension professionals to build capacity with tools, processes and tech skills training. This series is available to Extension Foundation Members Only. Find out if your institution is an Extension Foundation member at extension.org/members.
Extension Skills session topics have been informed by the Extension Foundation Needs Assessment completed in the Summer of 2023. The three themes this year- Telling Our Story, Community Engagement and Finding/Securing Funding were among the top needs expressed across Extension professionals from 1862, 1890 and 1994 institutions. Find past Extension Skill workshops on our Video Resource Library, also linked in the schedule.
2024 Schedule
January 11 | Telling Our Story: Creating a Digital Strategy- Data vs. Gut |
February 8 | Telling Our Story: Enhancing our Extension Story through Social Media strategy Targeting Diverse Audiences |
March 14 | Telling Our Story: Visualizations in Effective Storytelling |
April 11 | Telling Our Story: Communicating with Local Officials |
May 9 | Community Engagement for Economic Wellbeing |
June 13 | Community Engagement: Engaging Immigrant and Refugee Audiences |
July 11 | Community Engagement: Intro to Motivational Interviewing |
August 8 | Community Engagement: Strategies to Improve Engagement |
September 12 | Diversifying your Funding Sources |
October 10 | Planning for Giving Tuesday! |
November 14 | Creative Funding Opportunities |
December 12 | Finding and Securing Funding |
Description to come.