2018 SR-PLN, AEA & ASRED Joint Meeting
August 20-23, 2018, Orlando, FL
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CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Draft Agenda - Click Here to View
PLN Chair Briefing Webinar - Mp4
PLN Chair Briefing - PPT
Participants by Committee
Participants by Last Name
Participants by State
KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION
Dennis Dimick
Extension’s Inspiring Foundation and Challenge
Dennis Dimick has focused his journalism career on the collision between human aspiration and the planet. In 35 years at National Geographic he served for more than a decade as the magazine’s environment editor, guiding creation of major projects on climate change, energy, freshwater, population, and food security. From 2008-2012 he co-organized the Aspen Environment Forum with the Aspen Institute. He has many received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and Pictures of the Year International, and the 2013 National Press Photographers Association Sprague Award for service to photojournalism. A 20-year faculty member of the University of Missouri Photo Workshop, Dimick has received several lectureships: the 2010 Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture at Oregon State University, the 2017 Seaman A. Knapp Lecture honoring the founder of the Cooperative Extension concept, and the 2018 Ruhl Lecture at the University of Oregon. Dimick is co-founder of Eyes on Earth, a project to inspire a new generation of environmental photographers. Dimick grew up on a sheep and hay farm in Oregon, and he holds degrees in agriculture and agricultural journalism from Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Extension’s Inspiring Foundation and Challenge
Dennis Dimick will recount how Extension Service and land-grant university education provided a vital knowledge foundation that propelled him though an innovative 40-year career communicating agricultural, natural resource, and global sustainability issues. He will discuss the challenge of helping an urban public value the ample and fragile food supply we take for granted, and the work we face in growing enough nutritious food for a hungry world.
PLN PRECONFERENCE
National Impacts Database
Monday, August 20, 2018 at 1:30-4:30 pm CT
Cost: $40
Presenters:
Faith Peppers, Director of Public Affairs, Dean and Directors Office, University of Georgia
Frankie Gould, Director of Communications and Public Relations, Louisiana State University AgCenter
Dr. Scott Cummings, Associate Department Head and Program Leader, Texas A&M University
Effective stories about impact create connections that can lead to future funding, expanded opportunities and positive recognition for individual land grant institutions, and the entire Land-Grant University System. During this presentation, members of the National Impact Database Committee will share best practices for developing programs and tools for measuring program impact, turning impacts into a strong impact statement that tells a powerful story and marketing impact stories to gain attention and support. In addition, participants will also learn about new tools and changes to the national website. Also impact statements from the National Impact Database will be reviewed and critiqued to help reinforce knowledge. The goal is to help better prepare Extension professionals allowing their stories to reach a national audience.
IGNITE SESSIONS
Marina Denny, Mississippi State University - Extension's Value as Facilitators of Change When Education is Not a Priority Need
Kristi Farner, University of Georgia - Collaborate to Innovate: Serving the Public Together Using a United Internal Theme
Rusty Holt, Texas A&M University - Creating the Health Extension Model
Julie Robinson, University of Arkansas - Improving Our Work with Virtual Teams
HOTEL INFORMATION
The Florida Hotel and Conference Center
1500 Sand Lake Rd.
Orlando, FL 32809
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Draft Agenda - Click Here to View
PLN Chair Briefing Webinar - Mp4
PLN Chair Briefing - PPT
Participants by Committee
Participants by Last Name
Participants by State
KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION
Dennis Dimick
Extension’s Inspiring Foundation and Challenge
Dennis Dimick has focused his journalism career on the collision between human aspiration and the planet. In 35 years at National Geographic he served for more than a decade as the magazine’s environment editor, guiding creation of major projects on climate change, energy, freshwater, population, and food security. From 2008-2012 he co-organized the Aspen Environment Forum with the Aspen Institute. He has many received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and Pictures of the Year International, and the 2013 National Press Photographers Association Sprague Award for service to photojournalism. A 20-year faculty member of the University of Missouri Photo Workshop, Dimick has received several lectureships: the 2010 Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture at Oregon State University, the 2017 Seaman A. Knapp Lecture honoring the founder of the Cooperative Extension concept, and the 2018 Ruhl Lecture at the University of Oregon. Dimick is co-founder of Eyes on Earth, a project to inspire a new generation of environmental photographers. Dimick grew up on a sheep and hay farm in Oregon, and he holds degrees in agriculture and agricultural journalism from Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Extension’s Inspiring Foundation and Challenge
Dennis Dimick will recount how Extension Service and land-grant university education provided a vital knowledge foundation that propelled him though an innovative 40-year career communicating agricultural, natural resource, and global sustainability issues. He will discuss the challenge of helping an urban public value the ample and fragile food supply we take for granted, and the work we face in growing enough nutritious food for a hungry world.
PLN PRECONFERENCE
National Impacts Database
Monday, August 20, 2018 at 1:30-4:30 pm CTCost: $40
Presenters:
Faith Peppers, Director of Public Affairs, Dean and Directors Office, University of Georgia
Frankie Gould, Director of Communications and Public Relations, Louisiana State University AgCenter
Dr. Scott Cummings, Associate Department Head and Program Leader, Texas A&M University
Effective stories about impact create connections that can lead to future funding, expanded opportunities and positive recognition for individual land grant institutions, and the entire Land-Grant University System. During this presentation, members of the National Impact Database Committee will share best practices for developing programs and tools for measuring program impact, turning impacts into a strong impact statement that tells a powerful story and marketing impact stories to gain attention and support. In addition, participants will also learn about new tools and changes to the national website. Also impact statements from the National Impact Database will be reviewed and critiqued to help reinforce knowledge. The goal is to help better prepare Extension professionals allowing their stories to reach a national audience.
IGNITE SESSIONS
Marina Denny, Mississippi State University - Extension's Value as Facilitators of Change When Education is Not a Priority Need
Kristi Farner, University of Georgia - Collaborate to Innovate: Serving the Public Together Using a United Internal Theme
Rusty Holt, Texas A&M University - Creating the Health Extension Model
Julie Robinson, University of Arkansas - Improving Our Work with Virtual Teams
HOTEL INFORMATION
The Florida Hotel and Conference Center
1500 Sand Lake Rd.
Orlando, FL 32809
