Information about the nomination and application for eXtension's i-Three

1. Nominating for eXtension’s
i-Three-Corps
October 29, 2015

2. What is i-ThreeWhat is i-Three
• eXtension’s new strategy focused on:
– Issues
– Innovation
– Impact
• Focus on Extension professionals as catalysts
for putting research-based knowledge into
action
• We can increase Extension professionals’
ability to deliver a visible and measureable
impact, locally and system wide

3. We will:We will:
• Increase CES professionals’
effectiveness in addressing issues of
importance
• Foster innovation in developing
solutions and methods of work
• Advance the measurable impact of
their work for the public good

4. How we will startHow we will start
• i-Three Issue Corps
– Creating new methods for addressing critical
issues
• i-Three Innovation Lab
– Exploring innovations for application in
Extension
• i-Three Rapid Solutions
• Prototyping and professional development to
deliver fast, effective impact

5. Pilot StrategyPilot Strategy
• Engage all Extension professionals (educators,
agents, faculty, specialists)
• Strengthen their effectiveness, modeling use of
new resources, tools and methods to reinvent
the future
• Focus on issues, in partnership with existing
Extension efforts, to facilitate new ways of
problem solving
• 200 in 2016; 2,000 in 2017

6. The First 200The First 200
• i-Three Issue Corps selected from member
institutions
• Can be individuals or team members
• Issue focus on Climate & Food Systems in
2016
• Individuals and teams making a visible and
measurable impact
• We will super-power their ongoing work with
expertise, tools, and other resources

7. Who are we looking for?Who are we looking for?
• Takes initiative
• Is perceived as
influential
• Curious
• Good storyteller and
communicator
• Intellectual curiosity
• Creative
• Flexible and adaptive
to change
• Ability to think
outside of the
traditional Extension
box
• Enjoys collaborating
• Uses the latest
information and
communication
technologies such as
a smartphone for
their work

8. How will it work?How will it work?
• Work “in the flow”
• Need 12-24 hours between January & March
2016
• Must attend eXtension i-Three Event, March
22-25, 2016 in San Antonio
• Must have Climate or Food Systems in plan of
work for 2016
• Strategy/plan will dictate time commitment

9. What’s in it for YOU?What’s in it for YOU?
• Recognition as one of the top people in
Cooperative Extension working in the areas
of climate or food systems.
• Opportunity to develop a project with
measurable impact focused on YOUR needs
• Exclusive access to learning events
• Access to expertise and resources to help you
do your work

10. What’s in it for YOU?What’s in it for YOU?
• Help assessing the impact of your work and
program success.
• Implementation of a pilot tool or process with
the potential to increase your impact
• Attendance at the March Extension i-Three
Event, a “bootcamp/design-a-thon” experience
designed exclusively for Corps members
focused on innovation, problem solving,
ideation, and networking. Travel paid.

11. Who can be nominated?Who can be nominated?
• Individual or team from eXtension Foundation
member organization
• Individual or team with climate or food systems
in their individual plans of work with
measurable impacts defined
• Individual or team with climate or food systems
in their individual plans for a specific
intervention to get measurable impact
• Individual or team committed to attend
Extension i-Three Event (March 22-25, 2016)

12. Who can be nominated?Who can be nominated?
• Agents, educators, faculty, staff
• Persons without Extension appointments
can be part of a team*
• Persons outside of CES, i.e. NIFA/USDA
can be part of a team*
• Members of the public can be a part of a
team*
*Only Extension professionals can lead a
team

13. Nomination Deadline 11/6Nomination Deadline 11/6
• https://extensionfoundation.fluidreview.com
• Sign up for an account (not your eXtension
ID)
• Answer simple questions and one short
essay

14. Join the Corps!Join the Corps!
• Nominate now through November 6
• Notifications November 13
• Full applications due December 1
• Corps members announced December
18
• Rapid Solution pilots & Innovation Lab
work developed January-March, 2016

15. Application Phase Begins 12/1Application Phase Begins 12/1
• Three measureable outcomes planning
to achieve in 2016
• How will you measure your impact
(data collected, process you’ll use)
• Three things you hope to gain by
participating in the Corps that will help
you succeed to meet outcomes

16. Application Phase Begins 12/1Application Phase Begins 12/1
• YouTube video (linked from your own channel)
outlining strategies and interventions you (or
team) have underway and plan to try in 2016
What have you been doing? How do you know
you are successful? What data are you
collecting?
• One or more links to something that shares the
results of what you’ve done between 2014 and
today (website, interview, blog posting,
presentation, video, webinar, paper, etc.)

17. Application Phase Begins 12/1Application Phase Begins 12/1
• 1-page maximum letter from direct supervisor
• 1-page maximum letter from client/cooperator
• 1-page maximum letter from
Director/Administrator.
• YES/NO I will attend the March 22-25, 2016
i-Three Event in San Antonio, TX.

18. REMINDER:REMINDER:
Nomination Deadline
November 6

19. Questions?Questions?

20. More information:More information:
• Terry Meisenbach
• tmeisenbach@extension.org
• 760-641-9354