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Extension Practice

What is Extension?

A history in Australia

Performance Indicators and Benchmarking in Extension

Pareto's Law

To assist extension planning

Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Founded by Everett Rogers

Peter Honey and Alan Mumford

Learning Styles

Bennett's Hierarchy

Extension Program Evaluation Model

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

Home, Resources, Theory

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.

Extension …
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Extension Practice

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

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

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

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

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 16 January 2019
By Gavin Beever

Quality Management Principles and Extension

A key focus of Quality Management principles is to meet customer needs and aim at exceeding their expectations. They can be used as a guide …
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Evaluation, Extension planning, Quality Management Principles

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 24 December 2018
By Gavin Beever

Goal Setting

Nearly all forms of extension involve either aiming to achieve, or the setting of goals. The methods discussed in this post, will help ensure your …
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Extension planning, Goal setting, Strategic planning

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 12 December 2018
By James Turner, Gavin Beever

Co-Innovation

Interested in ways innovation and the pace of practice change can be fostered? Then this Webinar, presented by Dr James Turner from AgResearch in New Zealand, is …
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Co-innovation, Innovation, Practice Change, Webinar

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 31 October 2018

A Useful Source of Guides and Resources for Extension Professionals

An excellent range of extension guides and resources have been developed and housed as a section on Extension within the Knowledge hub of Beef and …
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Evaluation, Extension planning, Professional development, Training

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

published - 31 August 2018
By Gavin Beever

Negotiation – Achieving Consensus, Collaboration and Outcomes

Negotiating for agreed outcomes is a skill that can be learnt. Technical expertise or hard skills, are often what the clients of extension professionals are …
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Collaborative action, Consensus, Extension planning, Negotiation

Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory

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