NTAE Year 2 Final Report

NTAE Year 2 Final Report

Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-OP-006747 Award Number: 2019-41595-30123 Awarded to Oklahoma State University Total Award: $1,488,000.00

Reporting Period: September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021 (Year 2, Quarter 4) Date Submitted: October 20, 2021

Prepared by: Extension Foundation, Tira Adelman, NTAE Project Manager (Dr. Beverly Coberly, Extension Foundation PI) ℅ Bryan Cave LLP One Kansas City Place 1200 Main Street, Suite 3800

Submitted to:

Dr. Thomas Coon Dr. Damona Doye Oklahoma State University OSU Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

139 Agricultural Hall Stillwater, OK 74708

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Project Narrative Summary

The NTAE project, under the leadership of Oklahoma State University continued to build upon the strengths and capacities of the Extension Foundation, including its experience providing technology tools for Cooperative Extension professionals and catalyzing professional development innovation in Year 2. The NTAE project is designed to achieve the objectives of the New Technologies for Ag Extension initiative and to align with USDA Strategic Goals which are: Goal 1: Ensure USDA Programs are delivered efficiently, effectively, with integrity and a focus on customer service. Goal 2: Maximize the ability of American agricultural producers to prosper by feeding and clothing the world.

Goal 3: Promote American agricultural products and exports. Goal 4: Facilitate rural prosperity and economic development.

Goal 5: Strengthen the stewardship of private lands through technology and research. Goal 6: Foster productive and sustainable use of our National Forest System Lands. Goal 7: Provide all Americans access to a safe, nutritious, and secure food supply. This Year 2 Final Report will summarize by objective, the key strategies utilized to achieve the goals and objectives of the grant. This final report is a brief overview of accomplishments by the objectives. Attached within this report are the Quarterly Reports which capture the activities of the Fellows, Catalysts and Wrap Around Services for full understanding of how the results were achieved.

Key Strategies: Technology Learning and Networking Platform USDA Related NIFA Projects Sharing Learnings with CES Communications and Marketing Partnerships for Expansion and Sustainability

The key strategies for achieving project objectives and strategic goals include the following:

❖ Advancing Technology for CES: Partnering with Eduworks and North Carolina State University (NCSU) to enhance existing functionalities to increase the amount of content

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available and improve access to content. The most significant enhancement involves building Artificial Intelligence into Extension’s Ask Extension tool. The current version, Ask an Expert, is a searchable repository of 50,000 questions posed by the public and answers supplied by 2,600 Extension educators is now replaced by Ask Extension. ❖ National Program and Asset Registry: Another significant accomplishment is the new National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs and Assets launched to house searchable program information and resources such as presentations, information sheets and evaluation tools for CES. This new tool is intended for broader implementation this summer This tool was piloted with a CDC/NIFA program called Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE). This tool enables Cooperative Extension to create a dynamic geographic map about the incredible work happening system-wide on immunization education and show the strength and value that Cooperative Extension brings to our communities. ❖ Learning and Networking Platform for CES: Connect Extension is a co-learning environment that adapts existing Extension technology to expand professional development opportunities to all land grant universities, NTAE partners, and their constituents. The Hubspot platform was added in Year 2 Quarter 2 to further enhance communication and connectedness with CES. ❖ USDA Related NTAE Projects: Research and Extension Catalysts mobilize talent among networks within Extension and from private- and public sector partners. The Catalysts consult with their networks to identify topics related to the Strategic Goals, and locate resources that address each topic. Project teams submit a nomination form and the catalysts/review teams select these eight projects and Extension Fellows to curate the resources from the nominations submitted. Catalysts provided a lead mentor role with projects. Catalysts serve as program advisory support past senior program or administrative CES personnel. Catalysts have many years of experience with programming and networks across the country. Catalysts are: Dr. Scott Reed, Dr. Fred Schlutt, Dr. Rick Klemme, and Dr. Chuck Hibberd. ❖ Communication and Marketing: Targeted communication and marketing strategies to ensure resources are available to CES professionals to create a national network of CES involved in a focused effort and provide greater visibility for CES. The Extension Foundation now uses HubSpot as the platform for communications and email. The weekly digest averages a 45% open rate. All emails are averaging a 47% open rate. EXCITE emails average around 65% . For quarter four, Extension Foundation has engaged with 2200 people through our online events. This information can be filtered by region or institution as well. A complete list is available here: https://app.hubspot.com/contacts/8907224/lists/55. This represents 220 organizations including Land Grant Institutions, and other organizations engaged with our non-member/public offerings. A complete listing of all organizations that have engaged

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with the Extension Foundation are here: https://app.hubspot.com/contacts/8907224/objectLists/152

❖ Partnerships for Expansion and Sustainability: Leadership by individual stakeholders is necessary but not sufficient to drive transformational and systemic change. Collective action and collaboration is essential. It is needed among projects themselves, in specific sectors, around specific issues and locations. It is also needed on a cross-sector or multi-stakeholder basis between companies, governments and organizations like the Cooperative Extension System. Projects expand current partnerships and organizational networks for the CES system by connecting the fellows to various public, private and corporate partners.

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NTAE YEAR 2 OBJECTIVES

Objective 1: Foster opportunities for innovation by connecting CES personnel with new and innovative technologies that engage a wide array of learners.

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