Planning Committee

People who provide administrative and program leadership for urban programming will explore:

• Best practices, successful models, operations and systems for staffing, funding, and programming
  
• Opportunities for federal, state and local partnerships.
  
• Opportunities for networking and sharing
  

Urban Conference Goals

The Future Urban Extension Agenda: Reaching New and Diverse Audiences

Through the exploration of Extension scholarship, research and best practices in urban programs, participants will:

• Acquire strategies to identify and address educational needs of diverse audiences.
  
• Explore teaching methodologies, strategies for program evaluation, and communication of program impacts.
  
• Develop techniques to create and maintain effective partnerships in programming for urban audiences.
  
• Enhance their administrative leadership of urban programs through program development, staffing, funding, and marketing.
  
• Network with colleagues to share ideas, programs, curricula and expertise.