Lance Brower
NDSU Extension
Fred Wolff
South Central Dakota Regional Council
 Unique Projects?
 Projects that should involve a team approach
 Tomatoes
 Lettuce
 Client/Cooperator desire
 Their project, not yours!
 The competitive edge
 People
“How can I help”
vs.
“I’m from extension, you’re
gonna listen to me!”
 Identify
 Build
 Use
 Maintain
 Evaluate
 Identify players
 Trusted
 Extension/non-extension
 Experience
 Education
 Passion
 Missions
 Different Lenses
 When do you build the network?
 Two types of networks (or just one)
 Network for the team
 Network for projects
 SWOT Analysis
 Determining who should be involved
 Who’s not at the table that should be?
 Invitation to others
 Accountability
 Timeline
 Scope of work
 Evaluation
 Look for opportunities
 Emotional Bank Account (Stephen Covey)
 Be aware
 Do what you say you will do.
 Deposit has value to the other person
 Little deposits add up
 Be there
 Withdrawal
 Randy Pausch (3 steps)
 Communicate with the client/cooperator
 Communicate with the team
 How to fire a volunteer
 Break the pig?
 Group think
 Too many in relation to size of project
 What’s in it for me (entrepreneur)
 Stay on track
 Diversity of:
 Ideas
 Experiences
 Knowledge
 Lenses
 Shared resources
 Enthusiasm
 Synergy
 Identify
 Build
 Use
 Maintain
 Evaluate
 Continuum
Project
Identify
Evaluate
Maintain
Build
Use
Aftermath
Aftermath
Identify
Build
Evaluate
Maintain
Aftermath
Use
Aftermath
Aftermath
 Lance Brower
 (701) 252-9030
 Lance.brower@ndsu.edu
 Fred Wolff
 (701) 952-8060
 fwolff@scdrc.org