A March 2014 talk for the eXtension strategic planning team.

1. THINK
POSSIBLEChristine Geith, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
eXtension Planning Meeting
Washington, DC, March 4, 2014

2. 2005
5.5 Million Users (1-year old)
#1 Reference Site (4-years old)
#1 Search (9-years old)

3. 2015
1.23 Billion+ Monthly Users
31+ Million Articles
495+ Million Monthly Users
76K+ Volunteers
Android #2 Mobile Operating System
7-Years Old
1 Trillion
Downloads

4. 2020
Social “Telecom” Utility
User-Generated Content
Advocacy
Web as Computer
10 Million Apps

5. 8
PEOPLE
BILLION

6. 6
SMART PHONES
BILLION
80% 3rd Generation Bandwidth
http://bgr.com/2013/03/21/smartphone-market-share-chart-2005-2012-389100/

7. 212
CONNECTED THINGS
BILLION

8. NETWORKS
OF
NETWORKS
MOBILE & CONNECTED:
PEOPLE
PLACES
THINGS
DATA
KNOWLEDGE

9. 2020
LOCAL

10. BAN.JO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player
_embedded&v=kx2ZQb0U0sE
GOOGLE NOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqliPzHY
yc&feature=player_detailpage

11. 2020
OPEN

13. “…citizen participation, collaboration,
and transparency in government.”
President Obama
The Open Government Partnership: Second Open Government National Action Plan for
the United States of America (December 2013)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/us_national_action_plan_6p.pdf

14. GLOBAL OPEN DATA FOR AGRICULTURE
AND NUTRITION
http://godan.info/
HEALTH DATAPALOOZA
http://healthdatapalooza.org/
CHALLENGES, PRIZES, COMPETITIONS
https://challenge.gov/
CROWDSOURCING, CITIZEN SCIENCE
http://nationalmap.gov/TheNationalMapCorps/

15. 2020
ACTION

16. PERSONAL ACTION
http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/nikeplus-
fuelband
COLLECTIVE ACTION
https://www.kickstarter.com/
http://www.change.org/

17. 2020
LOCAL
OPEN
ACTION

18. WANTED:
INNOVATORS
SOCIAL

19. Forbes Thought Of The Day
“ The end of all knowledge
should be in virtuous action. ”
— Philip Sydney

20. E-nnovation
CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL
KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS
MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU