Transcript ORIENTATION TRAINING - Mississippi State University

ORIENTATION TRAINING
INPUT CRITICAL TO EXTENSION
SUCCESS OBJECTIVES
Judy M. Groff
Advisory System and Program Development Leader
NCCE
CRITICAL ROLE
Linking with customers
Two-way flow of information
LINKAGE DEFINED
Learning needs
Representing audience characteristics
Communicating Extension programs
Identifying leaders among target audiences.
LINKAGE STRATEGIES
Newspaper analysis
Conversations in community to understand local
perspective
Use community network to create situations to
solicit group input
IMPORTANCE OF LINKAGE ROL
Keep Extension focused on relevant problems
and issues.
Provide feedback to reinforce agents.
Important at each phase of the programming
process
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS
Program planning
Program design and implementation
Program Evaluation
NEWS ANALYSIS
Look for needs, trends
Evidence of emerging issues
Potential partners
Leaders in specific issues