Published - 31 March 2021 By Gavin Beever Action Learning Cycles Extension is often about encouraging people to take action to achieve desired outcomes. Understanding that action learning cycles most often are involved, can help extension … Read More Action learning, Action learning cycle, Extension planning Methods & Tools, Resources, 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 … Read More Evaluation, Extension planning, Moni Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
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 … Read More Extension planning, Extension Practice, Practice Change Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
Published - 24 December 2020 By Gavin Beever A 90 Day Plan A 90-day plan develops a clear course of action for a new project, extension role or job, to be implemented over 90 days. It is a … Read More Extension planning Home, Methods & Tools, Resources
Published - 27 November 2020 By Gavin Beever Developing a Digital Strategy A digital strategy provides a great opportunity for success and to achieve desired outcomes with digital extension methodology, particularly if all the components of a … Read More Digital strategy, Extension planning, Online tools Methods & Tools, Resources
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 … Read More Business Coaching, Extension, Extension planning, GROW Model, Mentoring Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
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 … Read More Strategic Extension Campaigns; Extension planning; Extension management Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
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 … Read More eLearning; Online tools; Innovation Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
Published - 20 July 2020 By Gavin Beever To Search Extension is increasingly reliant on the ability to find and disseminate information online. But are you or your target market good at it? Searching online … Read More Google, Online tools, Search Home, Methods & Tools, Resources
Published - 23 June 2020 By Gavin Beever Agricultural Extension impacts from COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives dramatically. It has had a wide and ever evolving range of consequences, including for the field of Extension. … Read More Extension planning, Innovation, Online tools Home, Methods & Tools, Resources
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 … Read More Resilience; Managing change; Farming system adaptability Home, Resources, Theory
Published - 7 April 2020 By Jemma Pearl (Agriculture Victoria) How to Conduct a Facebook Live One opportunity you may have if you want to engage with your Facebook audience is to use Facebook Live. Facebook Live gives you the opportunity to, … Read More Facebook Live, Online meetings, Online tools Home, Methods & Tools, Resources
