Transcript EDEN 101 - 2010 version

EDEN’s Role in
Disaster Education
Abigail Borron EDEN Delegate
• Purdue University
Summer Prisock EDEN Webmaster
• Louisiana State University
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EDEN History
 1993 Midwest floods – lessons learned
 CSREES grant to Iowa, Illinois & Missouri
 North Central Region committee
 1997 – started becoming national
 2002 CSREES training grant
 2005 – all 50 states and three territories
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EDEN Mission
Share educational resources to reduce the
impact of disasters
 Interdisciplinary and multi-state programs
 Linkages with federal, state and local agencies &
organizations
 Anticipation of future disaster education needs
 Timely communication & information delivery to
meet audience needs
 Credible, reliable information
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Disaster Phases
 Preparedness
 Prevention
 Response
 Recovery
 Mitigation
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EDEN Institutional Members
 All 50 states + 3 territories
 1862 & 1890 Land Grants
 Sea Grants
 NIFA
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What is EDEN?
 You are EDEN
 Primarily a network
 Some programming
 200+ Dedicated “volunteers”
representing more 75 different areas
of expertise
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EDEN Executive Committee
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Chair – Dave Filson, Penn State
Chair-elect – Virginia Morgan, Auburn Univ.
Secretary – Rick Atterberry, Univ. of IL
Past Chair – Becky Koch, North Dakota State Univ.
Marketing – Mary Lou Peter, Kansas State
Prof. Development – Cheryl Skjolaas, Univ. of WI
Info. Clearinghouse – Andrea Husband, Univ. of KY
Annual Meeting – Connee Wheeler, Univ. of KY
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EDEN Executive Committee
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1890’s – Dawn Mellion-Patin, Southern Univ.
Sea Grant – Bob Bacon, Clemson
NOAA-Sea Grant – Mike Liffman
ECOP Liaison – Larry Arrington
NIFA Liaison – Bill Hoffman
Ex Officio
HS Project Director – Steve Cain, Purdue
Communication Assistant – Abby Lillpop, Purdue
Web Manager – Pat Skinner, LSU
Webmaster – Summer Prisock, LSU
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All Disasters are Local
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All Disasters are Local
Local Extension educators:
 Must be prepare their families
 Must prepare their offices
 Can help prepare their communities
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Online Learning Opportunities
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eXtension
 Pioneer Communities of Practice
– Agrosecurity
– Flooding
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Avian Influenza Team
 South Dakota State & Maryland
 Preparedness & response
 Coordinate with other entities
 Develop information, including in
Spanish
 Train Extension educators
 Related eXtension resources
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Regional Conferences
 Animal Agrosecurity – CO, MO, ND,
NM, PA, SC (2007 & 2008)
 Food Protection – KY, MN, PA (2009)
– Develop partnerships & plans
– Understand Extension’s role
– Enhance communication
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S-CAP
 Strengthening Community Agrosecurity
Planning
– Build capacity
– Improve networking
– Establish/Enhance agrosecurity components
in local EOPs
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Relationships
 Dept. of Homeland Security
 USDA agencies
 Other federal agencies
 Non-governmental organizations
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Providing the Information to You
 EDEN Web Site
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www.EDEN.lsu.edu
 New design & layout
– Offers better organization of content
 Up-to-date web functionality
– We now produce feeds so you can subscribe
to updates to the site
– We now can pull in feeds from eXtension to
enable tighter integration, and hopefully will
soon be able to send some of our content to
the eXtension system similarly.
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 New Content Management System
– Enables more direct author participation
for posting information to the web site on
more than just the topics pages (formerly
called issue pages)
– Enhanced authoring capabilities on our
new topics pages
– Allows for better information management,
so that we can better ensure that our
content never gets stale on
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 Database of member resources
 State information, including institutional
delegates
 EDEN-developed materials – National
Preparedness Month, online courses
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 Enhanced Intranet – only organizational
information
– Still offers downloadable materials that
were already available on our old intranet
(Operating guidelines, strategic plan draft,
meeting minutes, and marketing materials)
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 New collaboration opportunities
– New team sites workspaces offer a special
area for committees and program area
workgroups to collaborate on ideas and
share information
• Centralized location for committees to easily
share files (docs, ppts, images, etc)
• Start threaded discussions
• Post simple surveys (for example to vote on
something)
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– Enhanced calendar functionality that can
easily integrate with your outlook calendar
– Discussion Boards to start threaded
conversations on emerging issues and have it
in a searchable location for reference later
– Photo Gallery to share meeting and event
photos with delegates
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 Coming soon to the new Intranet
– Enhanced delegate search providing access
to over 75 areas of expertise
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What You Can Do
 Share resources in the EDEN
database & by e-mail
 Promote EDEN resources
 Attend the annual meeting
 Support staff development
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What You Can Do
 Encourage educators to work with
county Emergency Management, learn
NIMS, possibly have EOC seat
 Develop institutional communication &
continuity plans
 Develop state and county disaster
education teams/program plans
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All Disasters are Local –
So is Extension
It’s not a matter of IF, but a matter
of WHEN –
Be Prepared
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