Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture

In-service

September 20 and 21:
Why Don’t They Get It: Telling the Extension Garden Story

Registration and agenda

Why Don’t They Get It: Telling the Extension Garden Story
Are you feeling the pressure to tell Extension stakeholders the story of
the benefits of your work in gardening with children, youth and/or adults? Do you wonder why it isn’t clear to people why Extension work matters, when garden-based learning makes such a difference? This workshop provides a four step framework
and useful tools to successfully tell your Extension story. Learn how to map your Extension gardening effort, determine what story to tell and ways to gather data for that story, how to interpret and organize story data, and work with a proven formula for developing a story that gets the attention of stakeholders. Come prepared with a garden program or program story to work on during this workshop. Also be prepared to engage in group discussion, program critique, and to be a friendly advisor to your peers as they develop their stories. Although this workshop will apply to your other programs, we are focusing on garden-based learning and community horticulture, as well as the interaction between our youth and adult programs.

Tools shared as they relate to your gardening programs:
Program logic model
Matrix of approaches to Extension work
Overview of five program evaluation methods
Quick tip sheets on program evaluation
Impact reporting background, formula, and examples

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