The document updates the extension working group on professional development, data mapping, and emerging communication issues as of September 10, 2015. It outlines the process of empowering agents to address community issues, which includes developing a common set of questions, validation through interviews, and safe-fail experiments. Next steps involve refining ideas, prioritizing problems, and planning resources.

1. eXtension WorkingeXtension Working
Group UpdateGroup Update
September 10, 2015
Indianapolis, Indiana

2. eXtension Working GroupseXtension Working Groups
• Professional Development
• Modeling – walking the talk
• Data Mapping/Social Networking
• Emerging Issues – communication
and networking

3. ChargeCharge
"What are you trying to accomplish to
empower the 15k and super agents
to be a leading resource and
catalyst for the issues in their
communities?"

4. ProcessProcess
• Developed common set of questions
• Each group answered
• Validation – interviewing
• Safe-fail experiments
• Pitches - < 3 minutes
• Ideascale – commenting and voting

6. Next StepsNext Steps
• Big ideas in scenarios
• Refined/combined/improved
• Problem definition/research
• Additional scenarios
• Prioritization and focus
• Planning – budgets, staffing, etc.