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Extension Master Gardener Blog
Karen JeannetteCommunity of Practice Support
eXtension Initiative@kjeannette
http://www.slideshare.net/kjjeannette
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Get Familiar with
Fuzzy Goals
http://www.flickr.com/photos/escariao/4717165399/
Fuzzy Goals
Brand recognition
Referrals & Networking
Internal:Core values, goals, team development
Learn, share, interaction
Blog
Email updates
Websites
RSS, Widgets & Links
Flickr
Slide-share
Top Referrals (Overall)
EMG Social Media Training Information
Access site:1. http://campus.extension.org2. ‘Organizational Training’3. ‘National EMG Social Media Training and Resource
Site’
Questions? Contact Karen Jeannette. [email protected]
Master Gardeners blogging!
Blog PostsJune 9 – Sept 8
• Useful Tools for Learning in the Garden: QR Codes and Readers• Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners: An Indispensable Tool• Containers can add color to help beat the summer blahs!• Master Gardeners Involved in Nourishing North Carolina through Community Gar
den Partnerships• Study on Urban Soil Lead in Chicago Community Gardens• Declining Vegetable Variety Diversity• Diversifying Gardens with Heirloom Vegetables; Cooperative Extension Provides
Research, Facts, How-to Information• Fire Ant Resources for Extension Master Gardeners
http://blogs.extension.org/mastergardener
Summer 2011
Statistics from April 1, 2010 – June 21, 2011
Source: Google Analytics
Returning Visitors6225
Tracking Success with Google Analytics (blog) and Bit.ly (Twitter) links
Low-cost online courses/modulese.g. Intro to Diagnostics 3170 v* /1268 rve.g. Late Blight 550 v /219 rv
Diagnostics links/decision aidsorganic gardening, sustainable gardening
Stories for Niche GroupsFactoids for niche groups
Where to find an Ext. Master Gardener?
*v = visitor, rv=returning visitor
Comments (~125)
Conversations aren’t always
where they start (on the blog that
is)…
Words from blog posts
http://www.wordle.net/create
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generichttp://www.flickr.com/photos/fauxto_dkp/2915425151/
Volunteering
Educational resources
TrainingWebinars
ProjectsEvents
What’s Next?
…Continue strategy development with social media team
…Recruitment of blog post contributorsFocus Invitation: Extension Specialists/Agents
What’s unique about program/research?What are we learning that we should all learn?
….Increase links and referrals with local programs….Social Media Team—Extension Master
Gardener Reporters
Key and SupportingParticipants Thus Far
• Rick Durham, CHNC, University of Kentucky• Monica David, CHNC, University of Illinois• Lynette Spicer, eXtension, Iowa State Extension Master Gardener• Terri James, EMG Coordinator, University of Nebraska Lincoln• Jennifer Bousselot, EMG Coordinator, Iowa State Extension• Ivelin Denev, eXtension Content Staff• Daniel Nall, eXtension Engineering• eXtension Staff• Connie Schultz, Extension Master Gardener, North Carolina• Karen Doyle, Extension Master Gardener & MG Coordinator, Virginia• Eileen Kane, Extension Master Gardener, Arizona• Maggie Lawrence, Extension Master Gardener & Communications
Specialist, Auburn University
EMG Social Media- Join Us & Interact -
Blog: http://blogs.extension.org/mastergardener/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/extensionmastergardener
Twitter:@eXEMG
(http://twitter.com/#!/eXEMG)