SOUTHWEST REGION ALL STAFF MEETING
FEBRUARY 25-26, 2016
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL & SUITES MADISON WEST
1109 FOURIER DR, MADISON WI (608)826-0500
“WE’RE ON A JOURNEY – DON’T STOP BELIEVING”
AGENDA
THURSDAY, 02/25/16
9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:05 – 12:00 n
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
2:45 – 3:10 p.m.
3:10 – 3:50 p.m.
3:55 – 4:35 p.m.
4:35 p.m.
Registration
Welcome & Introductions
 Matt Hanson, Southwest Regional Director
Future of Cooperative Extension
 Richard Klemme, Dean & Director
Lunch
“Supporting Yourself and Others in Times of Change”
 Shelly King-Curry, presenter
What Does UW-Extension Look Like in a Digital Age
 Greg Johll, Technology Services
Break – Room conversion for break outs
Toolkits session 1
 Evaluation-Evaluation Essentials Workgroup
Jennifer Klink, presenter
 Communicating with Partners About Change
Pamela Seelman, Casey Breunig, presenters
 Technology (Rock County Tech Innovation Grant)
Greg Johll, Kevin Graeme, Technology Services,
presenters
Toolkits session 2
 Stress Management – Peer Support Network
Sharon Klawitter, presenter
 Reporting – How not to wait until year end
PD & E, presenter
 “Strengthening Outreach to Latino Populations in the
Southwest Region”
Yolanda Pena, Eloisa Gomez, presenters
Adjourn for the day/dinner on your own
FRIDAY, 02/26/16
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast for overnight guests only
Cross County Area Work (Examples of current programs)
 We will move into 4 different break out rooms)
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Session1
 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Lori Berget, Deb Ivey, presenters
 Policy, Systems & Environmental Efforts in WNEP:
Update on the Healthy Retail and Safe & Healthy Food
for the Hungry Projects
Gale Coleman, Donna Peterson, Jennifer Park Mroch,
presenters
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Session 2
 Community Leadership Alliance
Paul Ohlrogge, presenter
 Dairy Modernization
Vance Haugen, presenter
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Program Area Guided Discussion – Using input from
yesterday’s nEXT Gen Conversation
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. RETURN ROOM TO LARGE ROOM CONFIGURATION –
BREAK
10:30 – 12:00 N
Motivational Speaker
Embracing Change – Finding Sanity in Ambiguity &
Uncertainty
 Tina Hallis, presenter
12:00 Noon
Conference Adjourned – Safe Travels Home
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When submitting your eTER for expenses incurred (mileage, hotel, state per
diem meals) please use the funding string:
Fund = 143 Dept. = 452400 5 Project = 143T165
For those not staying overnight, this should be entered as two separate day trips.
When a meal is provided during a day trip, you may not claim any other meals on
your eTER for that day.