Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D04629
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Tables of Contents and Summary, James F. Evans Collection; Cited Reference, Columbia, MO: Lucas Brothers, 1956. (Report fir the Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri)
12 pages, Canning and home demonstration clubs played an important role in improving agriculture and home life shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Organized in local communities, these clubs for young girls and their mothers provided the opportunity for females to engage in experiential learning through the growth and canning of vegetables. Club work and activities allowed the involved individuals to learn important home life concepts including incorporating more nutritious meals, record keeping, maintaining the family garden, and other duties surrounding the home. In addition, clubs promoted cooperation among various groups, fostered friendships, and provided entrepreneurial opportunities for farm women. Movements such as these increased the demand for agricultural and extension education and many of the strategies developed through these clubs can be implemented in both formal and non-formal education today.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9 Document Number: D09139
Journal Title Details:
September/October 1974
Notes:
Paper presented at the Sixteenth Institute Conference on Corporate Planning and the Annual Seminar of the Chicago Chapter of the Planning Executive Institute.
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Sixteenth Institute Conference on Corporate Planning and the Annual Seminar of the Chicago Chapter of the Planning Executive Institute.
Carnegie, Dale and Associates (author) and Cole, Brent (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
USA: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10001
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245 pages., Adapted from an earlier bestseller by Dale Carnegie. Includes a brief agriculture-related example on pages 161-162, with a citation cited on page 241.
Bakesha, Susan (author), Nakafeero, Angela (author), and Okello, Dorothy (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Uganda
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36374
Notes:
Pages 143-153 in Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb (eds.), African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. Zed Books Ltd., London, UK. 222 pages.
Dubey, V.K. (author), Dwivedi, N.N. (author), and Department of Agricultural Extension, K.A. Post-Graduate College of Agriculture, Allahabad, India; Department of Agricultural Extension, K.A. Post-Graduate College of Agriculture, Allahabad, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05341
Evans, cited reference, The present paper briefly reviews the various methods used thus far for selecting key-communicators to show that none of these was found suitable in a similar study conducted in a multicaste village, with 94 farm families, near Delhi. The study recorded communication acts by each farmer in relation with three practices - ghana bajara, 2, 4-D and Pusa ruby tomato, at three different stages of adoption. The mean number of communication acts were taken to be the cutting scores. Scoring above the mean number in a particular innovation were regarded as key communicators, and those who did not perform a single act of key communication were designated non-communicators. (original)
Kendall, Patricia (author), Swanson, Marilyn A. (author), and Swanson: Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Kendall: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07869
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James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., Two hundred and twelve Idaho citizens participated in the "Train the Trainer" Safety and Food excellence (S.A.F.E.) educational program during 1993. Idaho's effort was part of an eight state strategy to reduce the risk of illness from foods served to individuals with weakened immune systems. Funding was obtained through the FY92 ES-USDA Food Safety and Quality Initiative. S.A.F.E., a four hour leader training program, is an action-oriented program which teaches professionals, paraprofessionals an volunteers to present education programs aimed at changing specific food handling practices. Individuals who work with the elderly or other high-risk population groups were targeted. The seven Idaho programs were team taught by the Extension Food Safety Specialist, a county Extension Home Economist and an Environmental Health Specialist from the local health district. Participants received three food safety posters, learned appropriate food safety practices and teaching strategies and set personal behavior goals. Mean knowledge scores increased from 89% to 96%. Ninety seven percent of the participants set personal food safety behavior goals. At a three month self-reported evaluation, a majority met their goals "most of the time" and almost all met their goal "some of the time". Over 950 food safety posters have been distributed. Estimates suggests each poster has been seen by an average of 25 individuals. The trained program leaders have utilized food safety educational strategies from the S.A.F.E. workshop and reached between 4 and 282 others.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36985
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5 pages., Describes process and outcomes of a four-day workshop in Orissa, India, involving representatives of several organizations that have been actively involved in the farmer-led approach.
India: East -West Communication Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14253
Notes:
Pages 175-192 in Godwin C. Chu, Syed A. Rahim and D. Lawrence Kincaid (eds.), Communication for group transformation in development. Communication Monographs, Number 2. 424 pages.
Review of a paper, "The Tuki System," presented by Werner Dick on "Strategies for Agricultural Extension in the Third World," International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands, January 1984.
Bills, Robert E. (author / Interim Dean, College of Education, University of Alabama, University, AL) and Interim Dean, College of Education, University of Alabama, University, AL
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1963
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 36 Document Number: B03867
10 pages, via online journal, Extension’s ability to purposively develop the capacity of its agents to effectively work with and
lead people is limited by a lack of data that identifies for which competencies agents need training.Interpersonal leadership competencies are widely recognized as important for Extension
professionals and the literature indicates they are linked with job satisfaction, motivation, and
performance. The Borich method was used to identify priority training needs for Extension agents
in Florida within the interpersonal leadership domain. A Principal Component Analysis revealed
the interpersonal leadership competencies could be operationalized into two latent constructs,
conflict management and group leadership. Competencies for which training is most needed were
mostly part of the conflict management construct. The results can be used to intentionally design
professional development programs, improve the state’s competency model, and inform future
research related to conflict in Extension.
Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1971-06-22
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 59 Document Number: D10723
Notes:
9 pages., Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, In his new position, author describes his perspectives about "who we work for," with what basic purpose, using what guidelines, and by what means.
Online from the periodical. 2 pages., Reports marketing communications and leadership perspectives of Jeff Cady, the Produce Market Guide "Produce Retailer of the Year."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27964
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1 page., Brief biography of John Claar, former director of the Cooperative Extension Service, Unversity of Illinois, and Director of the International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS). He was recognized here by induction into the Hall of Fame, University of Oklahoma.
Online via Ebscohost. 1 page., Author discusses aspects of the importance of membership and active involvement in organizations like North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors' Association for farm editors and writers to present real stories and struggles of farmers in the U.S. and Canada.
Author describes the role of John Clay, head of a livestock commission firm in Chicago, in stimulating the inauguration in the fall of 1905 of an agricultural writing class at Iowa State College, "perhaps the first formal course in technical journalism in the United States."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12020
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Obituary online from the Ames Tribune via legacy.com. 4 pages., Described the career and life of this 31-year communications faculty member at Iowa State University.
