THINKeEXTENSION

The December edition of  Journal of Extension newsletter has two great eExtension articles. These articles are valuable insights into clever Extensionist’s getting leverage from simple eExtension Strategies.
How to Make a Multidisciplinary IPM Guide for Growers Using Adobe PageMaker® Templates
Auto-Responders: An E-Mail List Productivity Tool
I predict that 2009 is going to be the year of eExtension, [...]

Steve Song is a big thinker, he recently spoke at a Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) workshop the Knowledge, Education, and Learning Workshop. The CGIAR ICT KM gang have been doing a great job of sharing their activity through thier Blip.tv channel.

If Twitter was an animal it would be a honey bee.
i.e. shows up everywhere, busily pollinating as it goes.
Twitter is an extraordinary free Social Media service that allows use to share short messages (limited to 140 characters) from your computer or by SMS from your mobile phone. The platform allows you to follow or subscribe [...]

Alright I know that THINKeEXTENSION is read by an International audience, however for the Aussies reading. Forrester have just released a report on the Australian Social Media landscape.
Australian Adult Social Technographics® Revealed by Steven Noble – Forrester Research
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On Friday, I was privileged to the guest speaker at a local Agforce branch meeting. We discussed Youth to Agriculture, peculiar regulation regarding the movement of B-doubles (cattle trucks), and  funding opportunities available in our part of the world. We talked about the difficulty Primary Producers often face in trying to understand the language of [...]

eXtension is an eExtension initiative with a bold vision and now it has a USDA Secretary’s Honor Award to prove it. The Nevada News reports that Dean Karen Hinton and 24 team members accepted the award at a ceremony in Washington.
Hinton said the goal of eXtension is to be a trusted source of [...]

A couple of days ago I recorded a video review of the Become a Blogger Premium Coaching offered by Yaro Starak and Gideon Shalwick.

In the video I spoke about the great value I have received from Yaro Starak over the last 3 years. I have done a coaching course with Yaro and found his material [...]

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In the future when Agricultural, Natural Resource Management, or Environmental extension will be one discipline. Equally balancing hard and soft science, cultural, social, economic and ecological dimensions.
Small, smart, svelte organisations and innovative individuals will provide Extension services to Governments, Universities, and others wanting to reach their audience.
Extension initiatives will appear in a [...]

A good eExtension Strategy has 3 pillars

Listening – using social media applications to listen to the content and conversations taking place in your industry/niche/specialty and listening to your audience.
Sharing – using a integrated mix of social media tools to share rich media with your audience and have them share with you and one another.
Connecting – [...]

Recently I have been searching for research regarding eExtension. While there is stacks of research about social media use or internet use. I have found almost none that relates to eExtension and how it is influencing onground change in Agriculture or Environment.

Since I believe a) that our survival and prosperity depends upon healthy food [...]