Estimating the Economic Impact of Programs: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
October 3, 2017 @ 1:30pm CT/2:30pm ET
A brief overview of approaches used to estimate program impact. How IMPLAN has been used in Extension will be shared as well as best practices and lessons learned.
Presenters will be Nancy Bowen and Greg Davis.Nancy Bowen is a Community Economics Field Specialist focusing on community economic development programming and issues affecting communities throughout Ohio. Specialization areas include impact analysis, community and regional planning, BRE, entrepreneurship, and renewable energy development. Greg Davis serves as Assistant Director, Ohio State University Extension - Community Development. In this capacity he leads field-based Extension specialists and educators engaged in the development of community, organizational and individual capacity to improve civic, environmental and economic conditions throughout Ohio.
Incorporating Health Insurance and Health Care Into Farm and Ranch Viability and Risk Management
October 10, 2017 @ 12:30pm CT/1:30pm ET
A Webinar for Extension, Tax, Loan, Health, and Other Professionals Plan to attend and leave with tools you can use. Through national focus groups, interviews and surveys, funded by USDA: Farmers and Ranchers, Extension, Tax and Health Professionals Spoke. All agreed.
Professional Agricultural Workers Conference: Tuskegee, AL
December 3-5, 2017
Theme:" Cultivating a Culture of Success through Innovation in Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resources" We invite the submissions of papers, posters, panel discussions and workshop proposals for the 74th PAWC on the conference themes.
2018 National Land Grant Diversity Conference: Hebron, KY
February 15-16, 2018
The Conference will be held on February 15th & 16th, 2018 in Hebron, Kentucky with the theme “Intentional Connections: Education and Application in a World of Differences”. This conference is hosted by five land grant universities from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It is designed for administrators, faculty, and staff from Cooperative Extension, research, and academic programs; private and public university representatives; K-12 educators; community outreach leaders, etc. Proposals for presentations are being invited for the 2018 conference on best practices, curriculum models, research, professional development training, and success stories for implementing diversity initiatives in a variety of settings as it relates to this year’s conference theme areas: Immigration, Social Justice, Inclusion, and Engagement.
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