Working with Groups – Building a Better Team
Sometimes it is useful to be able to assess your group and input some ideas that can help build them into a more effective and creative team. This article gives you ...
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Working in Groups – Dealing with Challenges
For an Extension professional to help the groups they work with be successful, they often have to help them deal with challenges along the way. Just as people are a ...
Diffusion of Innovations Theory: Case Studies and Discussion
The Diffusion of Innovations theory was the leading theory in agricultural extension post World War II until the 1970s and there is still considerable interest in it t...
Diffusion of Innovations Theory – Adoption and Diffusion
The Diffusion of Innovations theory was the leading theory in agricultural extension post World War II until the 1970s. It is still used today in agricultural extens...
Communities of Practice
A Community of Practice is an excellent collaboration and networking process. They are made up of a network of subject matter experts; typically scientists, academic...
Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) Evaluation Model
Published – 28 August 2022 By Gavin Beever This model is useful for those looking to improve program or project effectiveness. It does this by helping to ide...
Open Innovation
Published – 28 July 2022 By Gavin Beever Open Innovation is a popular model to use for accelerating the development and adoption of innovation through optimal ...
Urban Extension Professional Development Guide
Published – 20 June 2022 By Gavin Beever This guide gives a thorough understanding on Urban Extension and where it is similar to Rural Extension and how it dif...
A Model for Farmer Centred Practice
“What we do is important, but how we do it makes the difference.” – Queensland Extension Model of Practice (2020) “The Extension Model of Pract...
Agricultural Knowledge Information Systems
Published – 22 April 2022 By Gavin Beever This system harnesses the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ and integrates farmers with extension professionals, rese...
Agile Project Management
Published – 30 March 2022 By Gavin Beever Where an extension project or program has outcomes that involve innovation, cultural change, continuous improvement o...
Neuroscience and Rural Leadership
Published – 28 February 2022 By Cynthia Mahoney, Gavin Beever What are the behaviours you admire in your rural leaders and that you want to see more of? What b...
Wellness in Tough Times Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to inspire Extension Professionals, non-government organisation members, health care providers and advocates in rural communities, to initiate...
A Great Learning Opportunity – The APEN Hybrid Conference, Feb 9-11
The APEN Conference theme for 2022 is: “Facilitating Change and the Opportunity for Disruption”. This biennial conference can be attended in person in ...
Assessing Extension Professionals
Like all professions, the field of extension has some key competencies that are required to ensure proficiency. Extension officers must be effective at being an interm...
Impact Evaluation
Impact is often a key evaluation need. It aims to understand the longer term outcomes that are generated through interventions, projects or programmes, that often ha...
Farmer Learning
Capacity to adapt to successfully manage change is linked to our ability to learn. Assisting and engaging with farming businesses in their adaption, management and i...
Case Studies in Extension
Case Studies can be an excellent means to demonstrate and field test practices under circumstances that farmers are familiar with. They are also excellent for provid...