Shouldn't Extension experts, members of an organization that has always prided itself on providing impartial research-based information, share a place at the table with the nation’s leading public intellectuals? We contend that establishing a core group of public intellectuals at both the state and national levels of discourse should be a core strategy in helping us separate our message from others in this enormously competitive information environment. As a moral obligation Extension educators at all levels have a responsibility, not only as scholars but as public servants, to help put highly complicated, even controversial issues, into sharper perspective on behalf of their clients with the goal of improving their lives. “…no scholar, historian or anyone else is — merely by being a scholar — ethically excused from their own circumstances. We are also participants in our own time and place and cannot retreat from it…” Extension educators are now struggling to navigate their way across an increasingly steep, jagged divide between techno-skeptics, who harbor a deep mistrust of technology and its long-term implications, and techies, who, despite some misgivings, generally believe that each technological advance ultimately works to secure a better life for all of us. With this refinement has come a clearer understanding of the environmental costs associated with scientific and techno Who is better equipped to serve the bridging the gap that exists in understanding environmental costs, benefits, and technological process.
There will be an increasing need for public intellectuals from many different disciplines within Extension to explain how this new farming model will be expressed and how it ultimately will affect them. Herein lies an enormous opportunity for Extension — an opportunity for profound organizational transformation. This presentation was conducted at Galaxy 2013. See page 5 for a more detailed explanation https://custom.cvent.com/18A6750208F1461A8000EA09BA931C3A/files/c9cdbf25833147d4ae232bab6a08ff47.pdf
Jim Langcuster and Anne Adrian were the presenters
These slides are a summary overview of, in some cases, a few very complex theories. Apologies for the over-simplification.
This resource is designed to be a helpful starting point for further study and revision. It should always be used alongside specific contexts and examples.
It is also intended to persuade skeptics that Media Studies deserve to be taken seriously.
These slides are a summary overview of, in some cases, a few very complex theories. Apologies for the over-simplification.
This resource is designed to be a helpful starting point for further study and revision. It should always be used alongside specific contexts and examples.
It is also intended to persuade skeptics that Media Studies deserve to be taken seriously.
These slides are a summary overview of, in some cases, a few very complex theories. Apologies for the over-simplification.
This resource is designed to be a helpful starting point for further study and revision. It should always be used alongside specific contexts and examples.
It is also intended to persuade skeptics that Media Studies deserve to be taken seriously.
These slides are a summary overview of, in some cases, a few very complex theories. Apologies for the over-simplification.
This resource is designed to be a helpful starting point for further study and revision. It should always be used alongside specific contexts and examples.
It is also intended to persuade skeptics that Media Studies deserve to be taken seriously.
Social media practices and implications for journalistsJohn Bergin
A presentation I gave to students attending a Walkley Foundation event about professional and appropriate conduct via social media, and the long term implications of sharing and collaborating with your "audience".
Election 2012: A Battle of the Social MediaJason Tham
About a decade ago, the hottest thing in political campaign was the Internet (Garecht, 2011). Political consultants and candidates touted the promise of the Web to change the mode of their campaign strategies. From fundraising to propagandizing, web-based campaigning overwhelmed the medium with political messages. Yet, with the sudden hype of Web 2.0 over the past few years, social media became the new hot medium for political campaigning. As the election season approaches, we are seeing an increasing amount of political messages streaming into social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Due to this trend, political parties are spending millions of dollars hiring social media experts to manage and monitor their appearances and respective messages on SNS. Nonetheless, how effective are SNS acting as a new medium for the transmission of these propaganda messages? Do SNS audience receive firsthand information from their political leaders, or through a group of active gatekeepers who screen information and only pass on items that would help others share their views on these sites (Baran & Davis, 2009)? According to an analysis of voters’ decision-making process during a 1940 presidential election campaign, Paul Lazersfeld and his team of researchers revealed evidence suggesting that the flow of mass communication is less direct than we supposed. Known as opinion leaders, this group of active gatekeepers maintains an important role in consuming and filtering propaganda messages on SNS. Drawing from the two-step flow theory of communication process, this study aims to identify opinion leaders within the realm of SNS, their influence toward the electoral progress, and determines if SNS are an effective medium for the generation, replication, and dissemination of political messages.
I was asked to give this presentation at the 2014 Alabama Community Leadership Network conference with these instructions: general guidelines of helping organizations get the word out and to tell their story. The audience is a mix of a couple of bigger cities’ pretty sophisticated leadership programs, a greater number of directors and board members from the typical community or county leadership program (some youth, some adult), a good number of staffers from non profits organizations, and perhaps 30 percent of the audience will be high school student leaders. So you will need to take a wide brush to the subject I think.
Not Your Grandparents’ or Great-grandparents' ExensionAnne Adrian
Presentation for a guest lecture in a a graduate level Extension Methods class.
A blog post explanation the points in more detal can be found http://blog.anneadrian.com/2014/04/guest-lecture-on-extension-engagement.html
A comparison of two studies --an ECOP sponsored study identifying 21st Century Cooperative Extension professionals and the Institute of the Future 2020 Skills of the Knowledge Workers
This presentation was conducted as a webinar with the Oregon State Cooperative Extension field, regional, and county leaders.
The presentation was conducted with the goal of discussion what our workforce should look like in the future.
Continuous Beta and a Healthy Dose of ParanoiaAnne Adrian
Keynote for the Iowa State Extension Virtual Conference. The script can be found http://blog.anneadrian.com/2013/06/continuous-beta-and-healthy-dose-of.html
We used these questions http://www.slideshare.net/aafromaa/questions-for-informal-learning to have the discussion around informal learning
December 13, 2012
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
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This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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The Role of Public Intellectuals in Cooperative Extension
1. The Role of Public Intellectuals in
Cooperative Extension
Jim Langcuster
Communications and Marketing Specialist,
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
@extensionguy
Anne Mims Adrian
Social Media Strategist
Military Families Learning Network-eXtension
@aafromaa
Galaxy IV
September 2013
#extG4
2. Neil deGrasse Tyson
One of the nation’s premier
public intellectuals
Known for communicating
astrophysics concepts in a
witty, compelling form and in a way people
readily understand
3. What is a Public Intellectual?
Someone who deals with ideas and
knowledge within the context of public
discourse, usually within mass media.
4. What is a Public Intellectual?
Op-ed pieces, magazine
columns, Sunday morning
network news interview
programs, interviewed on
public radio/TV.
Social media, an
important addition, may
be the front door to the
mass media presence.
5. Post Morrill Act Challenges
Overwhelming and ever growing
amount of information
Democratization dialogue
Cacophony of voices
User generated content, filters, & distribution
Media mediating human relationships (Mike Welsch)
Individuals are empowered to research and
formulate their own opinions
6. Post Morrill Act Challenges
Fewer people know of Cooperative
Extension
A continued need to make ag production more
efficient
Public challenges to technological advances in
ag is growing
A growing need to make sense of trends and
conflicts and misapplied research
7. Mark Bittman food and cooking writer author of Cooking at Home with a Four-
Star Chef, former The New York Times Columnist.
Charles Blow journalist and visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
David Brooks political and cultural commentator and author of The Social
Animal
Erik Brynjolfsson MIT Economics Professor and author of Race Against the
Machine and Wired for Innovation.
Gail Collins journalist, op-ed columnist, blogger, and author of When
Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960
to the Present
Maureen Dowd columnist for The New York Times and best-selling author of
Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk
Examples of Public Intellectuals
8. Thomas L. Friedman journalist, for The New York Times columnist, Pulitzer
Prize winner and author of The World Is Flat:
Paul Krugman Economics Professor at Princeton University, columnist, and
author of End This Depression Now!
Andrew McAfee MIT professor, author of Enterprise 2.0 and Race Against the
Machine
Andrew Sullivan columnist for The Sunday Times of London and a blogger
Neil deGrasse Tyson astrophysicist and science communicator Director
Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium
George F . Will newspaper columnist, journalist, and author. He is a Pulitzer
Prize-winner
Examples of Public Intellectuals
12. Traditional Academics as Public Intellectuals?
In The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in
the Age of Academe, 1987, Jacoby reported
that no serious American thinker under the
age of 45 was writing for anyone other than
academics, or able to.
"Intellectuals who write with vigor and clarity
may be as scarce as low rents in New York."
13. Why Extension as Public Intellectuals?
Have understanding of current
scientific models and science
Can bridge the divide
between opposing opinions
Articulate the elements of scientific models
Explain importance of science in context
14. Traits of Public Intellectuals
Scholarly, though not necessarily academic
Highly literate
Articulate with finesse
Passionate
Opinionated
15. Public Intellectuals
Develop and support
spokespersons
Listen and understand debates
Aggregate, curate and make sense
Build reputation for providing value
Be active in online social spaces
Practice disruptive messaging
16. A Cadre of Public Intellectuals
Social media
Op-ed writers
Effective and compelling speakers
Develop disruptive messaging
Supported (Extension administration and
Communication Units) as spokespersons
17. Moral Obligation as Public Servants
“…no scholar, historian or
anyone else is — merely by being
a scholar — ethically excused
from their own circumstances. We
are also participants in our own
time and place and cannot retreat
from it…”
Tony Judt
19. The Role of Public Intellectuals in Cooperative
Extension by Jim Langcuster and Anne Mims
Adrian, is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
When using photos from this presentation, please note and
adhere to their CC license.
Editor's Notes
Broadly speaking, a public intellectual is someone who deals with ideas and knowledge within the context of public discourse, usually within a mass media context, though, following the advent of the Internet and Web 2.0, this role has evolved somewhat. Multi channels “ Public intellectual” is admittedly a rather grandiose term. Even so, we contend that an understanding of public intellectuals and the role they must serve in the future within our ranks is critical to our organizational survival. “ Public intellectual” is admittedly a rather grandiose term. Even so, we contend that an understanding of public intellectuals and the role they must serve in the future within our ranks is critical to our organizational survival. Public intellectuals often serve an indispensable role bridging the gap between the general public and the nation ’s leading thinkers, whether these happen to be formal academics or independent scholars. Public intellectuals typically are characterized as passionate, opinionated, highly literate and scholarly, though not necessarily academic. A good example of a scholarly, nonacademic public intellectual is David Brooks, who has used his columns and a recent book, “The Social Animal, ” to acquaint ordinary mericans with the immense insights researchers are gaining into the ways the human psyche works and is expressed in our everyday human interaction.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/its_our_city/2659196522/ As a Moral Obligation Extension educators at all levels have a moral obligation not only as scholars but as public servants to help put highly complicated, even controversial issues, into sharper perspective on behalf of their clients with the goal of improving their lives. “… no scholar, historian or anyone else is — merely by being a scholar — ethically excused from their own circumstances. We are also participants in our own time and place and cannot retreat from it…” Extension educators are now struggling to navigate their way across an increasingly steep, jagged divide between techno-skeptics, who harbor a deep mistrust of technology and its long-term implications, and techies, who, despite some misgivings, generally believe that each technological advance ultimately works to secure a better life for all of us. But why should we be surprised by this? Science, after all, is as much a process of refinement as it is of discovery. With this refinement has come a clearer understanding of the environmental costs associated with scientific and technological progress. Scientific farming methods have proven to be no exception. Back to Kevin Kelly ’s premise: A new farming model inevitably will be constructed that incorporates elements of scientific and sustainable farming practices. Building this model, though, will require people who possess the requisite training and insights to bridge the gap between the mutually hostile camps of techno-skeptics and techies. This inevitably will call for more technological conciliators. Who is better equipped to serve this role than Extension educators and particularly public intellectuals? This new role of technological conciliator will not only be confined to the farm sector. There will be an increasing need for public intellectuals from many different disciplines within Extension to explain how this new farming model will be expressed and how it ultimately will affect them. Herein lies an enormous opportunity for Extension — an opportunity for profound organizational transformation.