Friday, August 20, 2010
50 Ways to Treat Your Pesticide publication available online
This article is available as a publication suitable for printing at: http://www.nacaa.com/countyagent/50WaystoTreatYourPesticide.pdf, a low resolution version is at: http://www.nacaa.com/countyagent/50WaystoTreatYourPesticide-lowres.pdf or from the "The County Agent Magazine" link on the navigation bar on the NACAA website.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Outstanding Young Farmer Program presentation
Dan Downing, National AI&PR Committee Chair led this webinar and gave some background for the Outstanding Young Farmer Program, which is supported and sponsored by the Jaycees, John Dear, Outstanding Farmers of America Fraternity and the NACAA.
The purposes of the OYF program are to improve conditions for American farmers, improve urban-rural relations, show appreciation for farmer contributions and achievements and more.
In the session, Dan also explains the nomination process, the national competition and more.
Please take 25 minutes and learn all about the Outstanding Young Farmer Program.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Special Presentation: Understanding Social Comfort to Improve Social Tool Adoption
eXtension has arranged a special presentation by a 'big name' speaker - Thomas Vander Wal.
If you are interested in using social media, this should be a good session to attend.
March 24, 2010
at 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time
http://connect.extension.
There are three elements around social comfort to keep in mind when selecting and using social computing tools to interact with others: Social comfort with people; Social comfort with tools; and Social comfort with subject matter. These components of social comfort are factors that cause unease with most people outside the early adopters and those with technical ease with these tools and services. Thomas Vander Wal will discuss each of these three components of social comfort to help move social tools more toward mainstream adoption.
Thomas Vander Wal is Principal & Senior Consultant of InfoCloud Solutions, Inc. (http://infocloudsolutions.
Thomas coined folksonomy in 2004 as part of his interest with how a novel approach to tagging aids a person refinding information and is also used to augment other information structuring methods so to help other people find information. Thomas also presents and provides training at many conferences, workshops, and in-house events. Thomas presents and leads discussions at many events across the U.S. and Europe on a broad range of topics including: folksonomy, Personal InfoCloud, social software, information architecture, design, web standards, ubiquitous computing (ubicom), tagging, and designing for use and reuse of information across devices.
This session will be broadcast and use your computers speakers for audio, not your phone. Audience interaction will include opportunities to use built-in chat capabilities. Plan to join the session 5 minutes before the starting time. The session will be held at 2:00 Eastern Time (1:00p.m. CT, 12:00p.m. MT, 11:00 a.m. PT, 10:00a AT; 8:00a HT) (for all Extension).
Five (5) minutes before the announced time of a session, go to http://connect.extension.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
MARKETING BASICS: POSITIONING YOUR AGRITOURISM OPERATION FOR SUCCESS
MARCH 16, 2010
12-1 PM AND AGAIN FROM 7-8 PM
This free webinar focuses on the principles of sound marketing that will be necessary for the successful positioning of your operation within targeted markets, and customer attraction. Specific topics will include an overview of the fundamentals of marketing (the “Four Ps”: product, price, placement and promotion), the development of a marketing plan, and available promotional resources for agritourism. Dr. Brian Schilling is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist and Associate Director of the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
INSTRUCTIONS
First time users please join the session 15 minutes early to become familiar with the webinar interface. This Webinar will use Elluminate. If you have not yet participated in an Elluminate webinar then please go to www.elluminate.com/support for assistance setting up your computer. Do this at least 24 hours in advance of a live webinar in case you have any problems that need to be resolved. If you have any hardware or software issues you can call Elluminate Support at 1-866-388-8674, option 2. You will be prompted to download some software which may take anywhere from 2-20 minutes depending upon your Internet connection speed. The steps you will complete are as follows: 1) Click on the appropriate link for the webinar. 2) Check that you have java installed. If you do not, the screen will tell you how to download the latest version of java. 3) Make sure your speakers and/or microphone are set up correctly. You will need to enter the "configuration room" in order to test your audio setup. 4) Listen to the "recorded introduction" to get an overview of how to use Elluminate as a participant. This takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. Go to: http://www.ncsu.edu/tourismextension/ links to other webinars in the series. For questions before the webinar e-mail the moderator, Stephen Komar skomar@njaes.rutgers.edu
12:00 – 1:00 http://tinyurl.com/12-1Marketing101
7:00 – 8:00 http://tinyurl.com/7-8Marketing101
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Agritourism - Is it right for me? - A free webinar
The agritourism industry has grown substantially in recent years. Conducting agritourism activities on your farm can be a viable way to diversify your farm and provide additional income for your operation. Although agritourism activities may be a potential way to increase farm viability and income, the risks and added responsibilities associated with these activities are not well-suited to every farm or farmer. This webinar will help you assess your farming operation and help you decide if an agritourism operation is right for you. The instructor will be Stephen Komar, Agricultural Agent, forRutgers Cooperative Extension of Sussex County, NJ.
12:00 – 1:00 - http://tinyurl.com/12-1RightForMe
or
7:00 – 8:00 - http://tinyurl.com/7-8RightForMe
Free of Charge
AGRITOURISMInstructions:
This webinar will use Elluminate. You can go to www.elluminate.com/support for assistance setting up your computer. If you have any hardware or software issues you can call Elluminate support at 1-866-388-8674, option 2. The steps you will complete are as follows: 1) Click on the appropriate link above. 2) Check that you have java installed. If you do not, the screen will tell you how to download the latest version of java. 3) Make sure your speakers and/or microphone are set up correctly. You will need to enter the "configuration room" in order to test your audio setup. 4) Listen to the "recorded introduction" to get an overview of how to use Elluminate as a participant. This takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. For questions on the seminar, e-mail the moderator, Jenny Carleo Carleo@njaes.rutgers.edu
For links to other webinars in the East Coast Agritourism Webinar Series go to:
http://www.ncsu.edu/tourismextension
Friday, January 22, 2010
The December, 2009 The County Agent is posted
This issue has information about the 2010 Professional Improvement and Awards Programs and the Committee Directory.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
2010 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference
Presents the 2010 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference April 26 – 28, 2010
Key Bridge Marriott
Arlington, Virginia
The 2010 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference (PILD) is designed to keep Extension professionals abreast of changing public issues that impact our communities and affect Extension programming. Open to Extension educators, Directors and Administrators, Specialists and State Volunteer Delegates, PILD provides the unique opportunity for participants to hear nationally recognized speakers, participate in relevant breakout sessions, network with peers from throughout the United States and connect with others who work in our National Capitol.
For more information on the PILD Conference and to register online, please visit: http://www.jcep.org/pild.htm
JCEP also sponsors a panel presentation during the PILD Conference. Selected presenters will receive a waiver of their 2010 PILD registration fee. Deadline for submitting proposals is 5:00 pm, February 15, 2010. For more information, please visit the JCEP Web site listed above.