Resources for Extension Colleagues

CVR Resource Materials

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Communicating Value through Relationships: Who, what and why?
Principles for Communicating Value through Relationships
Communicating Value through Relationships Assessment Tool
Changes and Challenges Facing Local Government in Wisconsin (LGC White Paper)
County Department Head Survey of Legislative Communications Report
Tips for Working with Elected and Appointed Officials

Case Studies

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Key Case Study Themes
Columbia County
Fond du Lac County
Milwaukee County
Ozaukee County
Sheboygan County
Walworth County

Responsive Educational Programs

• Educational Programs
• Multicultural Awareness Program
• Program Development and Evaluation
• Responsibility Based Culture
• Transformational Education

Strong Relationships with Key Decision Makers

• Board of Visitors
• Local Government Center
• UW Colleges & UW Extension Government Relations
• WACEC
• Wisconsin State Legislature

Effective Communications

• CE Divisional Purpose, Vision, and Values
• Communicating Value
• Community Partner Advisory Groups
• Evaluation
• Planning and Results System
• Resources for Writing an Individual POW and Success Story
• Systems Thinking
• UW Extension News

Fiscal Awareness, Political Sensitivity

• Annual Report – Iron County
• Annual Report – Washington County
• Annual Report – Winnebago County
• Local Government Center - Finance & Budgeting
• Related (County) Budget Links
  

Other Communicating Value Through Relationships Resources

• UW Colleges & UW-Extension Government Relations
• Building Extension’s Public Value – University of Minnesota Extension
• Building Extension’s Public Value – University of Missouri Extension
• Building Extension’s Public Value through Community Capital Investments – presentations and documents - North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
• Cooperative Extension Strategic Planning Initiative
• Working with Elected Officials – Top 12 Tips – UW Colleges and UW Extension