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Using Mentoring as a Part of Professional Development
No full textAEC-401, a 5-page fact sheet by Alexa Lamm and Amy Harder, defines mentoring, give a brief history, and reviews the stages of the mentoring process. It also highlights the benefits mentors, protégés, and organizations can expect from the utilization of a mentoring process. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, December 2008.
AEC 401/WC082: Using Mentoring as a Part of Professional Development (ufl.edu
Finding Grant Opportunities to Support County Extension Programs
No full textThis 3-page fact sheet presents information about where to look for grant opportunities, what to look for when reviewing grant opportunities, and how to determine if the opportunity fits your idea. Written by Amy Harder, Alexa Lamm, and Sebastian Galindo, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, December 2012.
WC134/WC134: Finding Grant Opportunities to Support County Extension Programs (ufl.edu
Reconciling Immigration and Agricultural Labor Concerns for a Sustainable State Economy
No full textImmigration in Florida is a contested issue and having an understanding of this issue can help facilitate communication. This 6-page fact sheet provide brief but clear information about the trends in policies that can be used by Extension agents to increase educated conversations around immigration issues. Written by Chandra Bowden, Alexa Lamm, Hannah Carter, Tracy Irani, and Sebastian Galindo, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, December 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc13
A Cooperative Agreement and the Implementation of the Endangered Species Act: How Extension Can Facilitate Stakeholder Involvement and Compliance
No full textThis 4-page fact sheet provides a brief description of the Endangered Species Act and updated action pertaining to the endangered species issue. The goal of this publication is to provide brief but clear information about the legislation and current agreements around this issue that Extension agents can use to increase educated conversations. Written by Chandra Bowden, Alexa Lamm, Tracy Irani, and Sebastian Galindo, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, May 2013.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc14
Using Heat Maps to Determine the Usability of Extension Communication Materials
Full text linkThis heat map from a website usability test shows that more people click on the banana image than anywhere else on the computer screen, followed by the button at the top of the screenshot. This tool allows Extension faculty to determine the ease of respondent use of the communication material. This 6-page fact sheet explains how to use heat maps and how to develop heat map questions in Qualtrics. Written by Laura M. Gorham, Shuyang Qu, Ricky Telg, and Alexa Lamm, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, February 2015.
Using Heat Maps to Determine the Usability of Extension Communication Materials
No full textThis heat map from a website usability test shows that more people click on the banana image than anywhere else on the computer screen, followed by the button at the top of the screenshot. This tool allows Extension faculty to determine the ease of respondent use of the communication material. This 6-page fact sheet explains how to use heat maps and how to develop heat map questions in Qualtrics. Written by Laura M. Gorham, Shuyang Qu, Ricky Telg, and Alexa Lamm, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, February 2015.
Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors #3: Developing Extension and Outreach Messages That Encourage Landscape Water Conservation Practice Adoption
No full textMessage framing can be an effective tool for crafting messages for a target audience. This 5-page fact sheet explains how Extension can use gain and loss message framing to encourage Florida residents who irrigate their home landscape to adopt water-conservation practices. Part three of the series Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors and written by Courtney Owens, Laura Warner, Joy Rumble, Alexa Lamm, and Randall Cantrell, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, June 2015
Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors #3: Developing Extension and Outreach Messages That Encourage Landscape Water Conservation Practice Adoption
Full text linkMessage framing can be an effective tool for crafting messages for a target audience. This 5-page fact sheet explains how Extension can use gain and loss message framing to encourage Florida residents who irrigate their home landscape to adopt water-conservation practices. Part three of the series Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors and written by Courtney Owens, Laura Warner, Joy Rumble, Alexa Lamm, and Randall Cantrell, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, June 2015
Using the Decision-Ade™ Segmentation Strategy to Better Understand Extension Audiences
Full text linkDecision-Ade™ is a tool Extension can use to better understand how residents with a range of household budgets feel about their utility bills. Analyzing households in terms of both income and utility bill “botheredness” creates a more comprehensive picture of that household’s utility use and its willingness to modify utility consumption relative to other households. This 5-page fact sheet uses survey data of Florida residents to demonstrate the insights Decision Ade™ can provide and how those insights can inform Extension programming. Written by Randall Cantrell, Laura Warner, Joy Rumble, and Alexa Lamm, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, July 2015.
FCS3331/FY1461: Using the Decision-Ade™ Segmentation Strategy to Better Understand Extension Audiences (ufl.edu
Raising the Quality of Extension Reporting: An Evaluation Leadership Team Model
No full textThis new 5-page article reviews the Evaluation Leadership Team (ELT) model. This article provides more detail about the model, possible ways to implement this model in the Extension system, and potential impacts of implementing this model. If this model is implemented, it could help streamline and standardize evaluation in Extension through the creation of more standardized evaluations and templates by ELT members within priority groups. This could have huge ramifications for Extension across the country. With standardization, they will be able to better assess their impact and the programming provided, as well as to prove their worth to their stakeholders and the public. Written by Colleen Gariton, Alexa Lamm, Glenn Israel, and David Diehl and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication
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