Theory

Published - 26 February 2021
By Gavin Beever

A Process for Targeting Outcomes and Evaluating their Achievement

Documenting extension program outcomes, monitoring progress and evaluating performance is typically complicated and difficult to achieve in extension – TOP is a proven process that …
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Evaluation, Extension planning, Moni

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Published - 27 January 2021
By Gavin Beever

Practice Change

The emphasis for many extension programs is around enabling some form of practice change in particular rural community target markets (groups of people that the …
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Extension planning, Extension Practice, Practice Change

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Published - 27 October 2020
By Gavin Beever

The GROW Model

“Mentoring and business coaching has been proven to improve performance, increase learning and enjoyment, and find a sense of purpose in work” – Sir John …
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Business Coaching, Extension, Extension planning, GROW Model, Mentoring

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Published - 28 September 2020
By Gavin Beever

Strategic Extension Campaigns

The Strategic Extension Campaign (SEC) methodology is needs based, demand driven and uses a problem solving approach. It is a holistic approach that is very …
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Strategic Extension Campaigns; Extension planning; Extension management

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Published - 31 August 2020
By Natacha Hes, Aleisha Holmes, Kellyanne Harris, Sarah Brown, Gavin Beever

eLearning and Extension

eLearning or electronic learning is a well established technology that is getting rapid uptake as an option for achieving learning outcomes with targeted stakeholders. It …
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eLearning; Online tools; Innovation

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Published - 13 May 2020
By Gavin Beever

Using a Resilience Framework for Understanding Extension Challenges in a Systematic Way

As farming systems face more volatility with things such as prices, input costs and weather events; as well as more complex social changes/challenges/consumer preferences, environmental …
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Resilience; Managing change; Farming system adaptability

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Published - 3 March 2020
By Gavin Beever

The Extension Practice Site

The Extension Practice Site has been developed to help Extension Professionals, by giving them access to a collection of information and tools for their use.

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Extension Practice

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Published - 7 February 2020
By Gavin Beever

APEN Conference Presentations and Papers, Great Resources for Extension Professionals.

The Australasia Pacific Extension Network (APEN) Conference was held in Darwin Australia on September 12th and 13th, 2019. The conference theme was – Extension’s role in climate, …
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APEN, Conference, Professional development

Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

Published - 8 October 2019
By Gavin Beever

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement (MERI) Framework

MERI is a process designed to look at a project or programs: Effectiveness, Impact, Appropriateness, Efficiency and Legacy. Assessing program performance and any change over …
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Continuous improvement, Evaluation, Extension planning, MERI, Monitoring

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Published - 15 April 2019
By Gavin Beever

Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing – Tuckman’s Model of Group Development

Using this model, an extension professional can help a new team come together and work effectively sooner. Bringing a new group of people together, who …
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Bruce Tuckman, Group Establishment, Group Facilitation, Working with groups

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