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Southern CRD Webinar Series Continues:
Show Me the Money- Funding and Financing Community and Economic Development
April 4, 2017 @ 10:00am CT/11:00am ET
Many communities and regions have great vision and plans, but are unable to bring them to completion due to lack of funding or financing. This webinar will present a comprehensive approach to funding and financing community and economic development in the 21st century, including 8 secrets to success, 12 major funding strategies, and exemplary case studies.
Community Assessment and Education to Promote Behavioral Health Planning and Evaluation (CAPE) Webinar
April 11, 2017 @ 11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Deaths of Despair in Pennsylvania and Beyond: A Demographer’s Take on Drug, Alcohol and Suicide Mortality in Small City and Rural America. This webinar will describe trends in drug, alcohol, and suicide mortality in the U.S., explore some of the potential explanations for why rates have increased over the past 2 decades and why these deaths are more prevalent in certain geographic areas, and discuss what it will take to counter these trends. The webinar will also explore the role that community-level illness and despair played in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. No registration needed.
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Cooperative Extension & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Partnership
March 9, 2017 & April 6, 2017
A 2-part webinar series is scheduled for all of Extension to learn more about a new partnership between Cooperative Extension and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The purpose of the 10-year partnership is to build a Culture of Health in communities across America in 2017 and beyond. In March, Cooperative Extension Service institutions can apply. Five will be selected as pilots this summer to launch the program. All institutions will have the chance to engage in other ways, including professional development opportunities.
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New CDC Series on Rural Health Topics
Throughout 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will highlight rural healthcare issues in a special series of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Covered so far are the leading causes of death in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and health-related behaviors classified by county. Upcoming topics may include chronic diseases, healthy behaviors, reproductive health, injuries and exposures, and agriculture safety and health. The CDC has also just launched a website to go along with this series, click here
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New Community Leadership Articles from Kenneth Pigg
Effective community leaders know their community inside and out. They are confident, bringing residents together and passing on that same sense of empowerment. These leaders encourage diversity, different types of people working toward the same end goal, as the solution to solving community problems. These articles from Kenneth Pigg will help you navigate and become a better community leader.
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Southern SARE Releases 2018 Research & Education Grants Call for Proposals
Deadline: June 2, 2017
Southern SARE’s new education grant, falling under the Research & Education Grant Program, is a broader education and outreach effort. The grant is open to anyone in agriculture interested in conducting education and outreach activities for the benefit of the greater sustainable ag community. Research pre-proposals focus on sustainable agriculture based on a systems approach to research, which aims to understand how the components of a system interact with each other and function as a whole. The central purpose of research proposals is research-based projects with an educational/outreach component involved. Education pre-proposals allow applicants to focus on educational activities, in which their cooperating partners and intended audiences would be involved. Education proposals provide a synopsis of the proposed educational approach to mitigate or solve a problem and encourage farmer adoption of recommended practices or strategies.
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Local Foods Impact Conference: Washington, D.C.
April 3-4, 2017In partnership with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, the George Washington University Sustainability Collaborative has planned an action-packed two days. From plenaries with impressive keynoters, to roll-up-your sleeves workshops, we will come together to identify the kinds of metrics and data that will help the new Administration, Congress, and local food leaders better understand and evaluate the impacts of USDA local food investments. Over cocktails and Local Food System Tours we will exchange stories about what’s going on in communities across the country. Before our time together ends, we will make new friends, and envision a pathway forward that continues to build on our success.
2017 National Extension Conference on Volunteerism: Asheville, NC
April 10-13, 2017TThe National Extension Conference on Volunteerism (NECV) is an opportunity for sharing and learning with colleagues from around the country who are interested in the latest trends and research in volunteerism. Featuring innovative ideas for reaching new volunteers and best practices for developing and retaining volunteers, NECV is focused on improving volunteer management efforts for Extension professionals. Conference participants will gather tools and skills through interactive sessions and networking with colleagues while developing plans to utilize these new resources in their own programs.
National Health Outreach Conference: Annapolis, Maryland
May 2-4, 2017The conference theme ‘Navigating the World of Health: A Sea of Opportunity’ will set the stage as we explore new ideas, best practices, promising research, and innovative educational outreach. This conference seeks to provide a multi-disciplinary and ecological view of health and wellness research, practice and outreach education. The conference will offer a combination of workshops, seminars, research updates, theoretical perspectives, and thought-provoking dialogue to fully engage participants in the dynamic and complex world of health. Using the Social Ecological Model as our framework, the conference tracks will offer opportunity for participants to gain new perspectives on how the multifaceted nature of our society, and how each sector influences health.
Engaging in Collective Purpose 2017 Urban Extension Conference: MPLS/St. Paul, MN
May 7-11, 2017
The conference program will take place Monday, May 8-11th and preceded by the National Urban Leaders meeting on Sunday May 7th. The conference will provide opportunities for Extension professionals from all program areas to share their research and innovative educational strategies that address the needs of urban, suburban, and peri-urban populations as well as urban-rural interdependencies. The program planning committee plans for participants to learn about cutting edge research and to see innovative outreach efforts that successfully transfer research-based information to various urban clientele. Proposals may be for presentations, workshops, posters, and panels (defined below) for the 2017 Conference. Abstracts that highlight research and/or outreach activities that involve partnerships between practitioners and Extension professionals are especially encouraged. We are also looking for innovative ideas that are just that, ideas; which can be presented in an Ignite format. Deadline for proposals is September 30th, 2016
NERCRD Rural Business Innovation and Economic Development Workshop: Charleston, WV
May 15-17, 2017
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) is pleased to announce a new conference in its acclaimed What Works workshop series. The conference theme this year is Rural Business Innovation and Economic Development, and the event will be held in conjunction with Create West Virginia’s Universal Design conference, at the Civic Center in Charleston, WV on May 15-17, 2017. 1 The conference seeks to answer the question, How do we (re)create buildings, communities, learning places, programs and products to better meet needs of 21st Century people? To this end we seek presentations that may include papers, posters or educational (Extension) programs addressing some aspect of new or innovative product development in a broad sense. Topics may include new products, services (such as agri-tourism) or business processes, including those based in the arts, or creative ways of valorizing while preserving natural assets, including wilderness trails, whitewater rafting and the development of other nature-based recreational opportunities. Submission deadline is December 13, 2016
NACDEP and CDS Joint Conference: Big Sky, MT
June 11-14, 2017The National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals and the Community Development Society are hosting a joint conference under the theme, “Big Skies/Bold Partnerships Moving Mountains Together”.
Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors): St. Louis, MO
June 14-16, 2017
Call for Proposals, Deadline February 6, 2017
This multidisciplinary conference has traditionally focused on native and foreign-born Latino newcomers, but is interested in the challenges inherent in multicultural changing communities, including the experiences of all newcomers, faith groups, and marginalized groups. The integration of these very diverse groups is being studied by academics and pursued by stakeholders, as the newcomers seek to become part and parcel of the social, economic, and cultural fabric of their new communities. The conference theme this year is “Todos Juntos: Collaboration and Unity in Uncertain Times.” Todos Juntos means “all together”, and seeks to build collaboration across sectors and unite communities across differences in the common goal of supporting everyone’s wellbeing in our changing, multicultural communities.
National Extension Tourism Conference: Princeton, NJ
August 8-10, 2017Experience tourism in the 21st Century in New Jersey, engaging with current research, program models and business development in tourism.
Southern CRD Webinar Series:
Show Me the Money - Funding and Financing Community and Economic Development
April 4th, 2017 10:00am CT/11:00am ET
Other:
Cooperative Extension & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
March 9th, 2017 & April 6th, 2017 1:00pm CT/2:00pm ET
Southern CRD Webinar Series:
March: How Latino-Owned Businesses Thrive: Comprehensive Findings from Limited-Access Microdata
January: Community-Centered Design: How to Empower Residents to Shape the Development of Their Communities
December: Considerations in Managing Oil and Gas Development and Forest Resources
November: Igniting the Sparl for Community Development: Developing Community Readiness
October: Local & Regional Foods: Connecting Regional Efforts
August: Responsive Countryside: The Digital Age and Rural Communities
July:Using Aging-in-Place to Connect At-risk Youth and Seniors
June:Tourism in Extension: How we Assist Landowners, Communities and the Public at Large
April: Bricks to Clicks | Using Facebook to Market Your Business, Community or Local Government
March: You've got the Position, Now Make Sure You Have the Talent
February: Community Food Systems and Healthy Food Access Initiatives
Southern CRD Webinar Series:
January: Disaster Planning for the Prairie View A&M University Region
December: Developing and Implementing an Effective E-Commerce Program
November: Getting Community Stakeholders to Identify Water Quality Issues and Priorities Using Liberating Structures Webinar:
Webinar RecordingOctober: South Region CRD Webinar Series – Youth Engagement Leadership Program
National CRD Indicators Team Webinar Series:
Documenting Community Outcomes with Surveys: A how-to on designing questions & collecting data
Social Network Analysis for the Uninitiated: What is it and what is it good for?
The Importance of Collecting Impact Numbers to Promote Community Development Work
Shoestring Evaluation: New Hampshire’s Experience Measuring CRED Impacts with Limited Resources and Expertise
Webinar RecordingEvaluating for Public Value through Impact Narratives Webinar
Other Great Webinars:
Reaching Urban Veterans through Urban Horticulture
The Impact of Latino-Owned Business on Local Economic Performance
Improving the Health and Safety of NC Farmworker: Connecting Community
Florida’s Urban Extension Strategic Plan
Job announcements and other items of interest may be sent to Katherine Spiering for possible inclusion in future issues.
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