For staff
Building MU Extension's public value
In University of Missouri Extension, we often are called upon to provide evidence of our programs’ private value to program participants, including such factors as time saved, dollars earned or health benefits increased. But, MU Extension also creates public value when our programs benefit others in the community – those who do not participate in our programs directly.
Fiscal pressures on federal, state and county governments make the need to demonstrate our public value increasingly urgent. More than that, by understanding and substantiating the public benefits our programs provide, we can be confident that MU Extension, as a publicly funded organization, is doing what it is truly meant to do.
Outcome
Process
Developing public value messages
Presentation about Public Value in MU Extension Programs and Sample Messages
Dr. Cynthia Crawford, family financial education specialist and Saline
County program director, describes how the “Tackling the Tough Skills”
program benefits those “not in the room” as well as participants.
Contact
Sandy
Stegall, StegallS@umsystem.edu
Coordinator, Constituent Relations