1. Note to presenter: Have this slide up as people enter the room.

2. EDEN 101
Welcome to the Extension Disaster Education Network – EDEN. In this EDEN 101 program, we’ll share a brief history, the mission, some functions and resources available through EDEN.

3. EDEN History Lessons learned from 1993 Midwest floods
USDA grant to Iowa, Illinois & Missouri
North Central Region committee
EDEN name
After the 1993 Mississippi and Missouri River flooding, the Extension Services of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri joined together to try to capture lessons learned about Extension’s role in preparedness, response and recovery. A USDA grant supported a North Central Region committee to expand how states could work together, especially on educational resources related to potential future disasters.
At the second meeting in Kansas City, the representatives thought the group needed a name, and the Extension Disaster Education Network – EDEN – was born.
Jim Rackwitz

4. EDEN History 1997 Started becoming national
CSREES general support & training grant
2005 All 50 states and 3 territories members
2005 eXtension Pioneer Community of Practice
In 1997, North Central Region representatives attended the National Housing Conference in New Orleans. Extension specialists from other states wanted to get involved, and EDEN started becoming a national network.
In 1998, Louisiana State received funds from the USDA Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service (now National Institute of Food and Agriculture) to support EDEN.
In 2002, Purdue received CSREES funds to hire part-time staff to organize EDEN work.
Also in 2002, Michigan State received CSREES funds for training through EDEN. The resources were dispersed to 17 states for training of Extension educators and cooperators.
By 2005, Extension programs in all 50 states and three territories had signed the cooperative agreement to be involved in EDEN.
Also in 2005, EDEN was selected to be one of the first eight eXtension Communities of Practice. eXtension is a national Extension initiative to help staff work collaboratively rather than just within their county or state, and that’s just what EDEN had been doing since its founding.

5. EDEN History
EDEN becomes an international organization with Bicol University of the Philippines
In 2012, EDEN became international by signing a three-year pilot membership agreement with Bicol University Extension of the Philippines. Now EDEN is instead exploring international affiliations.
EDEN

6. The EDEN Mission
Reduce the impact of disasters through research-based education
EDEN’s overall mission is to reduce the impact of disasters through research-based education. A major way this is accomplished is through shared resources. These resources include websites, publications, videos, curricula, templates and much more.
EDEN

7. The EDEN Mission
Linking with federal, state & local agencies & organizations
Anticipating future disaster education needs
Providing timely, credible information
Networking EDEN delegates & other Extension professionals
EDEN’s mission is carried out by:
Linking with federal, state & local agencies & organizations
Anticipating future disaster education needs
Providing timely, credible information
Networking EDEN delegates & other Extension professionals
NDSU

8. EDEN Internal Goals
Strengthen Extension’s capacity and commitment to address disaster issues
Strengthen EDEN’s capacity to provide research-based disaster education
EDEN serves both the internal audience of Extension educators and the external audience of the public.
In working with Extension educators, EDEN aims to strengthen Extension’s capacity and commitment to address disaster issues and to strengthen EDEN’s capacity to provide research-based disaster education.
EDEN

9. EDEN External Goals
Enhance the abilities of individuals, families, communities, organizations, agencies and businesses to prepare for all phases of disasters
Serve as a national source for research- based disaster education
In working with the public, EDEN helps individuals, families, organizations, agencies and businesses prepare for, prevent, mitigate and recover from disasters and serves as a national source for research-based disaster education.
FEMA

10. Disaster Phases Preparedness Response Recovery Mitigation
Since EDEN focuses on educational resources, much of its work is done in the preparedness, recovery and mitigation phases of disasters rather than response. Typically Extension educators are not first responders in their educational roles. Prevention sometimes also is considered a disaster phase, usually related to terrorism.
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Mitigation

11. EDEN Members 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant Institutions Sea Grants Liaisons
USDA NIFA
NOAA Sea Grant
ECOP
Extension programs are EDEN members rather than individual Extension educators. An Extension director or administrator of a university or similar administrator of a related agency signs a cooperative agreement with EDEN. One person from that program is the main point of contact to EDEN, and the program may have additional delegates.
EDEN has several different kinds of members land-grants are colleges in each state supported by the 1862 federal Morrill Act land-grants are historically black colleges supported by the 1890 Morrill Act.
Some universities with coasts or major bodies of water have sea-grant programs, which are supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and those programs may be EDEN members.
EDEN has liaisons from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and NOAA’s Sea Grant program.
In addition, an Extension director or administrator serves as a liaison to EDEN from the national Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP).
NDSU

12. What is EDEN?
A network
More than 250 dedicated “volunteers” representing more then 75 different areas of expertise
EDEN truly is a network. It’s not a top-down program from USDA or an association. Again, EDEN’s main goal is to share educational expertise and resources.
EDEN delegates represent all four major Extension program areas: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and 4-H Youth Development. And Sea Grant delegates bring additional expertise. The delegates may be experts in community planning, zoonotic animal disease, food safety, coastal flooding, communications and many other topics. However, they work together to build interdisciplinary resources and programs.
The delegates are EDEN, so rather than saying, “EDEN should do this,” delegates work together to develop relationships and resources to meet needs.
EDEN

13. EDEN Leadership Officers NIFA, Sea Grant and ECOP liaisons
Standing committee chairs
1890 and Sea Grant reps
NIFA, Sea Grant and ECOP liaisons
Part-time staff
EDEN’s executive committee includes the officers, standing committee chairs, and 1890 and Sea Grant representatives.
The officers are the chair, chair-elect, secretary and past chair, who serve two-year terms. The chair-elect and secretary are elected by points of contact every other year. The chair-elect automatically moves up to chair then past chair.
Chairs of standing committees also serve on the executive committee. They are selected by their committees and may serve up to three one-year terms.
If not already represented on the executive committee, the 1890s programs and Sea Grants have representatives.
Liaisons from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, NOAA Sea Grant and the national Extension Committee on Organization and Policy are appointed by their groups.
The liaisons and part-time staff at Purdue and Louisiana State who are funded through NIFA’s Food and Ag Defensive Initiative are ex officio to the executive committee.

14. Standing Committees Information clearinghouse Marketing
Professional development
Exercises
Annual meeting
EDEN’s standing committees include information clearinghouse, marketing, professional development, exercises and annual meeting.
The Information Clearinghouse Committee provides guidance on EDEN website design, navigation and content, and solicits authors and material for Web content, newsletters and other forms of electronic communication with the membership.
The Marketing Committee increases the awareness and understanding of resources available through EDEN, and promotes EDEN activities and opportunities. This includes the development and distribution of external and internal marketing materials, such as posters, handouts, displays, educational campaigns and social media work; education about the guidelines for EDEN logo use; and promotion of online courses and topic pages.
The Professional Development Committee keeps the network current on educational programs, relevant legislation, and activities or developments related to all phases of emergency management, especially as they apply to knowledge needed to be an effective EDEN delegate. This committee also works on the annual meeting program.
The Exercises committee develops exercises that use an in-box, videoconferencing and in-person tabletops at annual meetings to give EDEN delegates training in disaster scenarios.
The Annual Meeting Committee plans tours, keynote speakers, breakouts and other activities for the annual meeting, which is rotated among the regions.
Montana State University

15. EDEN Organization
National EDEN Issues Leadership (NEILs): flood & drought
Program Area Work Groups (PAWGs):
Family & Consumer Sciences/4-H
Community Development
Agriculture & Natural Resources
NDSU
EDEN also has groups that work on specific or program area topics. National EDEN Issues Leadership groups, called NEILs, focus on flood and drought. Program Area Work Groups (PAWGs) work on topics related to Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H, Community Development, and Agriculture and Natural Resources.

16. EDEN Delegates Each institution has one point of contact (POC)
Institutions may have additional delegates
Each EDEN member program has one point of contact and may have additional delegates. The point of contact is named by your Extension or Sea Grant program’s director or administrator and is responsible for providing leadership and for forwarding additional delegates, representing the program in EDEN elections and being the program’s main contact with EDEN.
Delegates are included in communications, which might include throwing out a question or asking for an idea from the other delegates, providing feedback when another delegate poses a problem or question, sharing information and resources, and in general being in the EDEN communications loop. Delegates also are encouraged to take part in the annual meeting, and join a standing committee or Program Area Work Group (PAWG).
(I’d sure love to have an action shot here instead of posed and more focus on regular delegates instead of just leaders.)
EDEN

17. EDEN Annual Meeting Keynote speakers and breakouts
Tours and in-depth training
Rotates among regions
EDEN delegates and others are encouraged to attend the annual meeting for professional development and networking. The meeting includes keynote speakers on topics that affect disaster education. Attendees may submit proposals to share information about their disaster education work in breakout sessions. The meeting also has optional pre- and post-conference tours or in-depth training.
The EDEN annual meeting rotates among the regions to give delegates an opportunity to learn about various kinds of disasters and the education about them.
EDEN

18. All Disasters Are Local
All disasters are local. With Extension educators serving every county in the U.S., Extension also is local. For example, states with rivers may focus on flood preparedness and recovery. Coastal states may work on hurricane or tsunami education. Midwestern states may focus on tornado education.
NDSU

19. Local Extension Educators
Must prepare their families
Must prepare their offices
Can help prepare their communities
But for Extension educators to be able to educate others when there’s an impending disaster or during or after the event, they must first prepare their families and their offices. Extension administrators are encouraged by EDEN to have guidelines for staff that give them the flexibility to focus on local disaster preparedness and recovery and to educate people in their communities on topics that are valued not just by individuals, but also by the community as a whole.
FEMA

20. Though all disasters are local and EDEN supports local Extension educators, EDEN delegates share resources and work cooperatively to develop joint projects. The EDEN website at is targeted primarily for Extension educators.
EDEN.LSU.EDU

21. EDEN.LSU.EDU Agricultural disasters Families & communities
Hazards & threats
Human health
The EDEN website includes topic pages with background information on agricultural disasters such as on-farm agrosecurity and avian influenza; family and community topics such as talking with children about disasters and financial assistance; hazards and threats such as droughts and oil spills; and human health such as West Nile virus and mold. The search box at the upper right of each page also can lead to lots of information.

22. Response Notes is a system that allows delegates in areas affected by disasters to report what has happened, how Extension is responding and what needs might be supported by other states or federal partners.

23. Resource Catalog
EDEN's resource catalog contains structured information about disaster-related educational resources produced and shared by its Extension members, partner agencies, and EDEN itself. While EDEN’s primary audience is Extension professionals, the catalog and website are searchable and open to the public.​ Here’s an example of a search for mold resources.

24.
The password-protected Intranet includes organizational documents, marketing materials and collaborative workspace. When new delegates are added to the database, they’re provided with a username and password to access these resources.

25. Strengthening Community Agrosecurity Preparedness
Help local jurisdictions build capacity to handle agricultural issues
Improve networking
Develop teams in local plans
A major EDEN project is Strengthening Community Agrosecurity Preparedness. S-CAP workshops provide a foundation for local jurisdictions to address agricultural emergencies and disasters. The workshops empower local Extension staff and other community partners to:
build capacity to handle ag issues during an emergency or disaster
improve networking among stakeholders who can plan for and respond to emergencies
develop Community Agrosecurity Planning (CAP) teams to establish or enhance agrosecurity components within existing local emergency operations plans.

26. Virtual Tabletop Exercise
The EDEN exercise committee worked with staff at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute to develop a virtual tabletop exercise. Extension educators across the country pulled together local teams to work through the scenario of an animal emergency at a county fair. The exercise committee also has led inbox exercises.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

27. Online Course Materials
EDEN offers several educational programs that Extension educators and others can download, review and teach to their local audiences. Each includes a leader guide, PowerPoint slides, participant handouts and other resources. Some courses also are online for people to take independently.
The Family Preparedness course teaches participants how to get a kit, make a plan and be informed. Educators can download the resources and teach it in person, or people can watch the narrated PowerPoints online on their own.
Created by the EDEN Family and Consumer Sciences Program Area Work Group

28. Online Course Materials
The Ready Business course walks business owners and managers through steps to develop their disaster plans, including such things as inventorying equipment, naming a spokesperson, reviewing insurance and planning a back-up work location. In additional to the downloadable teaching resources, this program includes a 7-minute video that features testimonials from business owners and managers of why it’s so important to have a disaster plan.
A collaborative effort of EDEN and Dept. of Homeland Security
Created by Purdue University and North Dakota State University

29. Online Course Materials
The Pandemic Preparedness for Business course provides downloadable resources for educators to teach business owners and managers how they can prepare their operations for pandemics and the effects a pandemic may have on their business.
Created by Purdue University

30. Online Course Materials
The Pandemic Preparedness for Faith-based Organizations provides downloadable resources for teaching in person. However, this program is being expanded into Epidemic Preparedness for Community-based Organizations for wider use.
Created by North Dakota State University

31. Online Course Materials
OnGuard: Protecting America’s Food System provides downloadable resources so Extension professionals can teach consumers about:
how specific food products are created and how they move through the food system
how our government protects against threats to the U.S. food system
food-related actions your family can take to prepare for any type of disaster or emergency
what consumers and agricultural producers can do to protect against intentional threats to our food system
Created by University of Minnesota

32. Online Course Created by the University of Kentucky
Two EDEN courses can be taken online independently.
The Animal Agrosecurity and Emergency Management Course helps people:
apply emergency management principles to animal emergencies
recognize threats, identify vulnerabilities, and establish an action plan for animal disasters
partner with interagency representatives in an interdisciplinary effort to address animal emergency issues
It’s an online course that people can enroll in and complete on their own time.
Created by the University of Kentucky

33. Online Course Created by University of Missouri
The Plant Biosecurity Management Course helps Extension educators and others understand the urgency of plant protection and learn about plant biosecurity management. It also is an online course that people can complete on their own.
Created by University of Missouri

34. EDEN Community of Practice
Agricultural Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Drought Resources
Floods
Wildfire
Oil Spill
In 2005, EDEN was selected to be one of the first eight eXtension Communities of Practice. eXtension is a national Extension initiative to help staff work collaboratively rather than just within their county or state, and that’s just what EDEN had been doing since its founding. Agricultural disasters, flooding, wildfire and drought are the disaster issues resource areas EDEN supports in eXtension.

35. Social Media Facebook facebook.com/EDEN Twitter twitter.com/EDENtweets
Pinterest pinterest.com/edenpins
YouTube youtube.com/EDENvideos
EDENotes Blog blogs.extension.org/edenotes
Google Plus
EDEN also shares messages through social media. You’re encouraged to follow EDEN on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and the EDENotes blog.

36. EDEN Relationships Dept. of Homeland Security
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Non-governmental organizations
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
National Center for Biomedical Research and Training
In addition to the work with other Extension educators across the country, EDEN leaders continue to build relationships with partners. In the Department of Homeland Security, that specifically includes the FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Division.
At USDA, in addition to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), EDEN works with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and others.
EDEN also collaborates with groups such as the national Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster and the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training based at Louisiana State University.

37. EDEN Support NIFA Food and Ag Defense Initiative Fund
Immeasurable value from member institutions
2015 survey
Delegates responding said they spend 10% to 50% of their time on disaster education, which would represent several million dollars worth of effort
Support for EDEN activities is from the NIFA Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative, but most of the work is done by volunteers – dedicated Extension professionals who contribute to important efforts.
When EDEN delegates were surveyed in 2015, those who responded said they spend 10 percent to 50 percent of their time on disaster education work. That might mean anywhere from $2 million to $8 million worth of time.

38. EDEN is Us EDEN staff – < 2 FTEs at Purdue and LSU
Coordination, communications, web support
All others “volunteers”
EDEN is only as strong as delegates contribute to make it
Because most of the work is done by volunteers, delegates can’t say “EDEN should do this” or “EDEN should do that” because there is no full-time staff to do it. Two part-time staff at Purdue provide program leadership, and two part-time staff at LSU provide Web support. That’s why EDEN truly is made up of the delegates themselves.

39. What You Can Do Share resources in the EDEN database & by email
Promote EDEN resources
Attend the annual meeting
Join an EDEN committee or working group
Support staff development
So as an EDEN delegate, what can you do to support and improve the network? Here are just a few examples.
Share resources in the EDEN database and by
Promote EDEN resources
Attend the annual meeting
Join an EDEN committee or working group
Support staff development at your institution

40. What You Can Do
Encourage educators to work with county Emergency Management, learn ICS & NIMS, possibly have EOC seat
Develop institutional communication & continuity plans
Develop state and county disaster education teams/program plans
Also:
Encourage educators to work with county Emergency Management, learn the Incident Command System and National Incident Management System, and possibly have a seat at the local or state Emergency Operations Center when it’s activated
Develop institutional communication and continuity plans
Develop state and county disaster education teams/program plans
These and other EDEN efforts raise your contribution to multi-state programming.

41. All disasters are local,
so is Extension.
Again, all disasters are local, and so is Extension.
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42. It’s a matter of when, not if.
Disasters will happen so through EDEN, Extension educators can be more prepared to provide education in their communities.

43. If still you have questions about EDEN, please go to the website and look up your program’s point of contact or an executive committee member.

44. Thank you for learning about the Extension Disaster Education Network and helping to reduce the impact of disasters through research-based education.