Oklahoma Community Listening Session

Oklahoma Community Oklahoma Community Listening SessionListening Session

(BLANK) County Listening Session(BLANK) County Listening Session Month date, 2002Month date, 2002

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What is the Purpose of the What is the Purpose of the Listening Sessions?Listening Sessions?

• Identify, discuss, and define Identify, discuss, and define the community's current the community's current and future needs and and future needs and opportunities.opportunities.

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The Purpose of the The Purpose of the Listening Sessions. . . Listening Sessions. . .

• Began in September and Began in September and will continue through the will continue through the first half of December 2002.first half of December 2002.

• Held in every county in Held in every county in Oklahoma.Oklahoma.

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The Purpose of the The Purpose of the Listening Sessions. . .Listening Sessions. . .

• To gather a broad set of To gather a broad set of input regarding community input regarding community needs and opportunities needs and opportunities from a mix of community from a mix of community leaders and citizens.leaders and citizens.

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• Partnership effort with Partnership effort with participating agencies, participating agencies, groups, and organizations groups, and organizations all working together for the all working together for the future of BLANK County future of BLANK County and Oklahoma. and Oklahoma.

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• First step in developing the First step in developing the Extension long-range Plan Extension long-range Plan of Work for 2004-2009. of Work for 2004-2009.

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Why Extension?Why Extension?

Legislative leaders, Legislative leaders, Extension advisory Extension advisory councils, and local citizens councils, and local citizens have urged Extension to have urged Extension to take an aggressive take an aggressive approach in supporting approach in supporting leadership and economic leadership and economic development.development.

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HR 1044 and SR 57 encourages HR 1044 and SR 57 encourages Extension to:Extension to:

• Aggressively approach Aggressively approach supporting leadership and supporting leadership and economic development.economic development.

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• Focus resources on the needs Focus resources on the needs of individual communities.of individual communities.

• Attain a broad, cross section Attain a broad, cross section of citizen input regarding of citizen input regarding community needs and community needs and opportunities.opportunities.

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• Develop and train local leaders Develop and train local leaders and support leadership and support leadership initiatives at the community initiatives at the community level.level.

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• Establish and maintain effective Establish and maintain effective partnerships with other public partnerships with other public agencies and organizations.agencies and organizations.

• Utilize the resources of OSU and Utilize the resources of OSU and the Extension system to help each the Extension system to help each community realize its fullest community realize its fullest potential in the 21potential in the 21stst century. century.

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Overview of Land-Grant UniversitiesOverview of Land-Grant Universities • Created by the Morrill Act of 1862 in Created by the Morrill Act of 1862 in

order to make available to “ordinary order to make available to “ordinary citizens” of the United States the citizens” of the United States the benefits of higher education. benefits of higher education.

• Land-Grant Universities were charged Land-Grant Universities were charged

with focusing on the “Agricultural and with focusing on the “Agricultural and Manual Arts” that related to vocation of Manual Arts” that related to vocation of most “ordinary citizens” of the time. most “ordinary citizens” of the time.

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The Extension SystemThe Extension System

• The Smith-Lever Act (1914) created the The Smith-Lever Act (1914) created the Extension Service and charged it to:Extension Service and charged it to:

“ …“ …aid in diffusing among the people of aid in diffusing among the people of

the United States useful and practical the United States useful and practical information on the subjects relating to information on the subjects relating to agriculture and home economics and to agriculture and home economics and to encourage the application of the same.”encourage the application of the same.”

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The Extension GoalThe Extension Goal • The goal of Extension, “to improve The goal of Extension, “to improve

the lives of ordinary citizens” the lives of ordinary citizens” through education has not through education has not changed since 1914.changed since 1914.

• What has changed since 1914 is What has changed since 1914 is

the definition and the needs of the definition and the needs of “ordinary citizens.”“ordinary citizens.”

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The Extension MissionThe Extension Mission

• Provide unbiased, research-based Provide unbiased, research-based information and education through information and education through a statewide system of community-a statewide system of community-based, educational network of based, educational network of county offices in all 77 counties, county offices in all 77 counties, staffed by Extension educators. staffed by Extension educators.

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• Extension staff offers educational Extension staff offers educational programs to improve the lives of programs to improve the lives of Oklahomans, in the areas of:Oklahomans, in the areas of:– Agriculture and Natural Agriculture and Natural

ResourcesResources– Community and Rural Community and Rural

DevelopmentDevelopment– Family and Consumer SciencesFamily and Consumer Sciences– 4-H Youth Development4-H Youth Development

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This process has two phases: This process has two phases:

1) 1) Listening SessionsListening Sessions

2) 2) Focus ForumsFocus Forums

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1) 1) Listening SessionsListening Sessions– long-range strategic planning long-range strategic planning

meetings meetings – involve citizens, experts, and involve citizens, experts, and

staff from other public and staff from other public and private groups private groups

– identify, define, and discuss identify, define, and discuss their community’s current and their community’s current and future needs and opportunitiesfuture needs and opportunities

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2) 2) Focus ForumsFocus Forums – follow-up meetings to Listening follow-up meetings to Listening

SessionsSessions– comprised of citizens, experts comprised of citizens, experts

and staff from local and state and staff from local and state agencies agencies

– designed to plan and implement designed to plan and implement a response that is realistic for a response that is realistic for the next 3-5 years, the next 3-5 years,

– based on the expressed needs based on the expressed needs of the county and communityof the county and community

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What is the Question We What is the Question We Are Asking You To Are Asking You To

Consider?Consider?

Guiding QuestionGuiding Question

What are the critical issues in What are the critical issues in your community and in your community and in Oklahoma that need to be Oklahoma that need to be addressed to realize a positive addressed to realize a positive future for you, your family, and future for you, your family, and your community?your community?

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What is the Format for What is the Format for the Listening Session?the Listening Session?

• Small breakout groupsSmall breakout groups

• Answer the guiding questionAnswer the guiding question

• Identify and prioritize the list Identify and prioritize the list of items generated by the of items generated by the guiding questionguiding question

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What is the Format for What is the Format for the Listening Session?the Listening Session?

• Top issues from each small group Top issues from each small group will be reported in the large group will be reported in the large group session.session.

• Large group will vote again on a Large group will vote again on a list of priority issues. list of priority issues.

• The end result will be a list of The end result will be a list of citizen needs which are the Overall citizen needs which are the Overall Priorities for BLANK County.Priorities for BLANK County.

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What Will We Do With What Will We Do With the Results?the Results?

• Information will be put into a Information will be put into a County Report summarizing the County Report summarizing the results.results.

• Within three weeks, copies of the Within three weeks, copies of the final County Report of the final County Report of the Listening Session results will be Listening Session results will be distributed to participants, key distributed to participants, key stakeholders, and elected officials. stakeholders, and elected officials.

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• The County Listening Session The County Listening Session Report will be placed on the Report will be placed on the Listening Session web site for Listening Session web site for access by others at access by others at http://www.http://www.dasnrdasnr..okstateokstate..eduedu//ocesoces//oclsocls

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• In mid-January a State In mid-January a State Listening Session report will Listening Session report will be completed and will contain:be completed and will contain:

1.1. Executive summary of the Executive summary of the seventy-seven county seventy-seven county reportsreports

2.2. All 77 county reportsAll 77 county reports

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• State and County Reports will State and County Reports will publicly share the process and publicly share the process and information that was collected information that was collected from the Listening Sessions from the Listening Sessions

• Will list the counties needs, Will list the counties needs, concerns, and assetsconcerns, and assets

• Be used as a starting point for the Be used as a starting point for the Focus ForumFocus Forum

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What is the Next Step?What is the Next Step?

• We want to invite you to We want to invite you to participate in the upcoming participate in the upcoming follow-up Focus Forum that follow-up Focus Forum that will be held Month date, year will be held Month date, year

• (optional if you have your (optional if you have your Focus Forum date set)Focus Forum date set)

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What is the Next Step?What is the Next Step?

Focus Forums:Focus Forums:• follow-up meeting comprised of follow-up meeting comprised of

citizens, experts, and staff from citizens, experts, and staff from local and state agencies.local and state agencies.

• purpose is to plan and implement purpose is to plan and implement a response that is realistic for the a response that is realistic for the next 3-5 years.next 3-5 years.

• based on the expressed needs of based on the expressed needs of the county and community.the county and community.

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Thank you for your participationThank you for your participation!!

BLANK County BLANK County Oklahoma Cooperative Extension ServiceOklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

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For more information regarding the Oklahoma For more information regarding the Oklahoma Community Listening Sessions, visit Community Listening Sessions, visit

http://www.http://www.dasnrdasnr..okstateokstate..eduedu//ocesoces//oclsocls

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