2. Partnering with Volunteers and Sharing Leadership to Achieve Impact Melinda Miller Stacey Ellison Laura Perry Johnson University of Georgia

3. Extension Leadership System (ELS) Program Development Team (PDT)

4. From An Organizational Perspective…

5. Background 2005 Extension Delivery recognized a need Visionary Leadership Since April 06, monthly Team Meetings

6. Existing County Advisory System CEC Led 2 meetings per year Not program area specific Primarily affirmation, PR and social Perfunctory

7. Goals 1) Overhaul the Current County Extension Advisory System 2) Strengthen Program Areas and Build Capacity 3) Create a Statewide Advocacy Base

8. Process Strong Administrative Support Wise Leader Program Development Team 5 Year Implementation Plan

9. Concept Focus on Agent and their Program Area Begin with Needs & Goals Build a Team to Support These Supply Tools & Resources Work Backwards – TRUE Program Development!

10. REPE System Review Educate Plan Engage

11. From A County Perspective…

12. Melinda Miller Lowndes County 4-H Agent

13. Program Area Goals Purchase of new transportation for 4-H program travel to events in and beyond county lines. Need vehicle to transport 10- 15 safely and preferably without CDL requirement. Gain entree into middle schools for 4-H club educational programming. Acquire additional corporate support for in school program delivery.

14. Lowndes County 4-H ~ Existing Situation: Functioning Volunteer Leader Association

15. This Process enhanced and strengthened existing programs as well as created new opportunities, partners and collaborators.

16. Successes Enhanced School System interaction Kids Dig it! Financial & Manpower support

17. Successes

18. Stacey Ellison Houston County 4-H Agent

19. Program Area Goals Increase the number of Houston County Elementary Schools hosting 4-H clubs from 10 in 2006-2007 to 15 by 2008-2009. Increase the number of Houston County Middle Schools hosting 4-H clubs from 2 in 2006-2007 to 5 by 2008-2009. Identify and begin partnership with at least one other youth-serving entity in Houston County (Recreation Center, YMCA, etc.) to offer 4-H club program on-site. Devise at least one major countywide funding opportunity (fundraiser, donor relations, etc.) that will enable increased funding of Houston County 4-H activities. Grass Roots Goal----as identified by committee.

20. Houston County 4-H ~ Original Situation: Episodic Volunteers with Strong Networks

21. PDT Provided: Unifying body towards shared goals Opportunity for ownership/buy-in Networking

22. PDT Successes: Volunteer Recruitment/ Increased # of Clubs Achievement Banquet 4-H Fest

24. Why Was this Different? Strong Administrative Support Program Development Buy-In

25. Why Was this Different? Kept in Forefront Part of Performance Evaluation

26. Why Was this Different? Good plan that presented in increments Easy for County to Implement – User Friendly Success Was Seen Fast

27. Why Was this Different? It Would NOT Go Away!

28. What are the Challenges? It was something different Required time and commitment on the front end

29. What are the Challenges? Some thought it would go away Some felt like it was top down with too much structure

30. What are the Challenges? To really work, it required a strong program and thus poor programs were challenged Required lots of “people or soft” skills

31. Points of Interest Worked great with new agents and where no existing Advisory System 4-H seems to be best positioned to capitalize fast ANR has many commodity/special interest groups

32. What is Next? County Council led by CEC’s Integration into total Base Programming Not losing momentum

33. For More Information: http://www.caes.uga.edu/intranet/coextopr /progdevelop/index.html#leadership http://www.caes.uga.edu/intranet/coextopr /progdevelop/index.html#leadership