1. Engaging with the Research Community 2010 Conference Alexandra Stone Debra Heleba

2. Engaging with the Research Community We’ll Address: Including researchers as CoP leaders Working with NIFA programs Partnering with research/ outreach funding agencies Coordinating webinar series Providing research/outreach groups with workspace tools Group discussion! Photo Credit: Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance

3. About eXtension’s organic agriculture CoP (launched January 2009) Funded by USDA CSREES Integrated Organic Program (now NIFA OREI), eXtension, others 700+ members Extension educators, researchers, farmers, NGOs, certifiers, USDA Use Drupal for Online Workspace Wiki Blog, Forum and Tasks Image Galleries

4. About Organized into 4 Group Types: Systems Groups Dairy Vegetables Discipline Groups 18 disciplines including certification, economics, soils, pest management, marketing, etc. Research and Outreach Groups (ROGs) 38+ work groups focusing on particular research, outreach, and/or education project. Some funded by USDA OREI. Administrative Groups 14 admin groups provide functionality. Include Leadership Team, staff group, membership, outreach, fundraising, eXtension publishing team, etc. Photo Credits: Lisa McCrory, Thomas Hawk, and Mark Schonbeck

6. Including Researchers as CoP leaders xx xx xx xx Photo Credit: Jim Riddle, University of Minnesota

7. Working with NIFA programs Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) [AFRI??] Photo Credit: Lisa McCrory, Earthwise Farm and Forest

8. Partnerships with Other Funding Agencies Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) … Photo Credit: Danielle Treadwell, University of Florida

9. Webinar Series Research/outreach webinar series to develop R/O community networking and collaboration Public webinar series featuring researchers and researcher/practitioner partners as presenters Photo Credit: Karen and Frank Morton, Wild Garden Seed

10. Example of Research Webinar

11. Example of Public Webinar

12. Providing ROGs with Workspace Tools Documentation space File sharing Threaded Forum Tasks / To-do lists Image gallery Member list Email list Photo Credit: Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, University of Illinois Extension

14. XX XX Photo Credit: Debra Heleba, University of Vermont

15. XX xx Photo Credit: Karen and Frank Morton, Wild Garden Seed

16. Discussion and Q&A Thank you!