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Expanding and Compounding Your Efforts

Expanding and Compounding Your Efforts. 2008 National Women in Agriculture Educators Conference April 1 & 2, 2008 Oklahoma City, OK. How You Get From Here:. To Here:. Presentation Plan. Foundation — need for program Curriculum First Step Expansion Results Future. Meet The Need.

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Expanding and Compounding Your Efforts

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  1. Expanding and Compounding Your Efforts 2008 National Women in Agriculture Educators Conference April 1 & 2, 2008 Oklahoma City, OK

  2. How You Get From Here: To Here:

  3. Presentation Plan • Foundation — need for program • Curriculum • First Step • Expansion • Results • Future

  4. Meet The Need.. ..Now and Later Source: USDA Census of Agriculture

  5. Foundation Criteria Of A Successful Program • Fills a deep-seated desire to become a better person. • Understands common needs and conditions. • Logically simplistic. • Provides a network. • Fills a desire for learning. • Legitimizes the role of farm women. • Builds skills. • Interesting and rewarding. • Articulates a clear purpose and understanding.

  6. Foundation Managing Information SystemsAnnie’s Project Program Proposal for

  7. Foundation Farm operations are increasingly complex but not unmanageable. • Information Needs: • Financial • Production • Market • Legal • Human Resources

  8. Curriculum • Human Resources Risk • Communication/Listening Skills • Goal Setting • Family Environment • vs Business Environment • Time Management Tools: Color Matrix

  9. Curriculum • Legal Risk • Where’s the Lease • Where’s the Contract • Where are the Insurance Papers • Where are last year’s (fill-in-blank) • Do I Need to Have . . . ? Tools: Organizational Skills Picking Professionals Internet Skills

  10. Curriculum • Market Risk • When to Hold When to be Sold • YOU ARE IN CHARGE— • of generating your own income Tools: Marketing Plan FAST CD (Farm Analysis Solutions Tool) Training on computers Ag Decision Maker

  11. Curriculum Production Risk Field by Field Information Who, What, Where, When, How Much Tools: Database Training Spreadsheet Training

  12. Curriculum Financial Risk Are You Reaching Your Goals? Preparing For The Lender Preparing For Your Spouse Cost vs Income Capital Investing vs Leasing Managing Money Tools: Quicken or PCMars Training FAST CD, Ag Decision Maker and Business Plan

  13. Target Audience: Farm women looking for guidance and support. Size of Audience: No more than 10 women (varies greatly, 25 maximum) Series of regularly scheduled meetings Use computers Instructors as local as possible $50.00 participant fee

  14. First Class Graduated February 2003

  15. Expansion • The first step (Iowa and Missouri) • The project team formed (Quincy) • Iowa Extension FS farm management support • ISUE Administration support • Iowa State Extension 2007-2011 POW • Increased Administrative Support

  16. Expansion • The second step (other NC region states) • Presentations of program success • Participant word of mouth • Farm press success stories • CSREES Extension annual report • Awards

  17. Expansion Funding Provided by: Risk Management Agency NC Risk Management Education Center Women’s Challenge Grant $2,000 Risk Management Agency, Community Outreach Services $40,000 Small Sessions Grants $50,000 NC Risk Management Education Center (3 years) $224,000* For Annie’s Project and related programs

  18. Expansion Program has been funded by all four Risk Education Centers in 2006-2007 NC $135,885 NE $ 25,000 W $ 38,000 S $ 20,000 Total $ 218,885* *Southern Region estimated

  19. Expansion E-mail Requests hello Ruth, I was looking for some education sites on farm/ agriculture and came across the ANNIES PROJECT  web site  I am from MAINE  and i was wondering if there wasnt a way to do this course in maine  , I believe quite a few ppl would use this program here,, we arent a huge farming state unless ur talking trees... but we do potatoes and corn and cattle  ..  we have many small farms here.. I myself live in town and have always wanted to live on a farm.. I was raised in the country.  but never had any farm animals.. just a dog.. .I have always wanted to become a barn mgr myself.. just havent persued it yet...I  am thinking on taking classes in agriculture tho.. I love animals and the country  .. and being in town isnt cutting it...I have horse fever practially every season.. and not enough $$ to own a horse and board it and pay for a home on my own.. so i work and work on my home and thats it...so if u have any ideas or suggestions on how to go about taking courses I would b very grateful, thank u for ur time and efforts sincerely Patty LeVasseur from Maine

  20. Expansion Participant and Facilitator Support • Participant web site: www.iastate.edu/annie • Facilitator web site: www.iastate.edu/feci/annie • Program Planning Tools • Local involvement in class planning • Local fund raising • Publicity • Local Presenters Demand (desire) Funding (ability to pay) Support (ability to deliver)

  21. Classes 2003-2008 Total Classes = 252

  22. Participants 2003-2008 Total Participants = 4835 2007-08* estimate

  23. Results • Educators and professionals • Skill sets • Common cause • Communication • Goals and outcomes • Group dynamics • Preparation

  24. Annie’s Project-Evaluation2003-2006 Classes All Participants = 3193 2007-08 not included

  25. Results • More confidence in decision making. • More involved in business and community. • Better understanding of farm business. • Better able to handle diverse personalities in farming.

  26. Future Programs from lessons learned • Andy’s Project • Women Marketing Grain • Collaboration with other women’s programs • Women’s Conferences • Retirement and Estate Planning for Farm Women • Farm Financial Record Keeping for Farm Women • Investing For Your Future

  27. Future • Participant benefits and results • Adaptation locally - logically simplistic • Cross discipline cooperation • Support of administration • Marketing • Funding • Five year POW’s • Positive farm press coverage

  28. Future • National and Regional Corporate Sponsors • Cross Discipline Cooperation • USDA CSREES – competitive and non-competitive grants • ANR and FCS national program leader projects • Foundation and Financial Institution Support • Competitive grants • eXtension • Program and Administrative Assistance • Better Impact Documentation • Refereed publication of results

  29. Take Home Message • Participants respond to targeted programs. • Provide a safe, nurturing environment. • Be SERIOUS about finding the RIGHTpartners, collaborators, and practitioners. • Make it the most rewarding, fun, and energizing program you do!!!!

  30. THANK YOU…….. Ruth Hambleton*rhamblet@uiuc.edu Bob Wells wellsjb@iastate.edu Tim Eggers teggers@iastate.edu Kelvin Leibold kleibold@iastate.edu Mary Sobba sobba@missouri.edu Karisha Devlin devlink@missouri.edu *Founder Annie’s Project National Leadership Team

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