Collaborative social platforms for agriculture extension”

Collaborative social platforms for

agricultural extensionJim Langcuster, Auburn University

@extensionguy [email protected]

Anne Adrian, eXtension at Auburn University

@aafromaa [email protected]

#KEDay2013

University of Guelph

April 5, 2013

What is a Platform?

Human-Constructed Platforms

Extension Platforms

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Platforms Today

Our Success

Programs to Platforms

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Become defined by how we

contribute to ecosystems—

platforms—through sharing,

serendipitous insights, diversity of

information, & innovative thinking.

Generative is the essence of platforms

In the flowWilling to fail

Value in waste

Borrowing from others

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Jim Langcuster @[email protected]

Anne Mims Adrian @[email protected]

Much of this presentation was inspired by

Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson

The Connected Company by Dave Gray and Thomas Vander Wal

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