Middle Management 2003
April 7-10, 2003
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
Roanoke, Virginia

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Agenda

Monday, April 7
p.m.
  
3:00
 Registration
 
  
5:00
 Reception
 
Welcome: Brian Calhoun, Virginia Tech
John Mowbray, University of Kentucky, Southern Middle Management Committee Chair
Dinner on Your Own
   
Tuesday, April 8
a.m.
  
7:00
 Continental Breakfast
   
8:00
 Opening Comments
 
John Mowbray
  Host Institutions Welcome
Judith Jones, Virginia Tech
Lorenza Lyons, Virginia State University
8:30
 e-Extension and Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project (CECP)
Introduction: Martha Ray Sartor, Mississippi State University
Speaker: Dick Wootton, NASULGC
9:30
 Break
 
  
10:00
 Systems Leadership Training
Introduction: Beverly Butterfield, Virginia Tech
Speaker: Paula Wilder, WIT Associates
p.m.
  
12:00
Buffet Lunch
 
  
1:30
 Urban Programming
Introduction: Claude Bess, Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Bonnie McGee, Texas A&M University
2:30
 Break
 
  
3:00
 Making Sense of the Census
Reaching Underserved Audiences
Introduction: Russell King, North Carolina State University
Speaker: Albert Essel, Virginia State University
David Travis, Virginia Tech
4:30
 Adjourn and Dinner on Your Own
   
Wednesday, April 9
a.m.
  
7:00
Continental Breakfast
 
  
8:00
 Issues in the Southern Region--Update
Introduction: Martha Ray Sartor, Mississippi State University
Speaker: Linda Williams-Willis, Prairie View A&M University
Dave Foster, Oklahoma State University
9:00
 CECP Taxonomy for Middle Management
Introduction: Latif Lighari, Tennessee State University
Speakers: Russell King, North Carolina State University
Wanda Sykes, North Carolina State University
10:30
 Break
   
11:00
 University Engagement--What Does It Mean to Us?
Introduction: Jess Judy, Virginia Tech
Speakers: Steve Jones, North Carolina State University
John Dooley, Virginia Tech
Lorenza Lyons, Virginia State University
p.m.
  
12:00
Buffet Lunch
 
  
1:30

Educational Tours

   
Dinner on Your Own
   
Thursday, April 10
a.m.
  
7:00
Continental Breakfast
 
  
8:00
 Volunteer Management Systems
Introduction: Barbara Board, Virginia Tech
Speakers: Cathy Sutphin, Virginia Tech
Judy Groff, North Carolina State University
q Handout #1 -- Terminate or Tolerate?: Dealing with a Problem Volunteer
q Handout #2 -- Checklist of Questions: To Keep or Replace?
10:00
 Break
   
10:15
 Factors Affecting Turnover of County Agents
Introduction: Helen Brooks, Alcorn State University
Speaker: John Mowbray, University of Kentucky
11:15
 Succession Planning: Preparing Leaders for the Future
Introduction: Rebecca Dollman, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Speaker: Joe Zublena, North Carolina State University
p.m.
  
12:15
Reminder of Evaluations and Adjourn
 
John Mowbray, University of Kentucky

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