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Reaching Families Through Social Media: Training Extension Professionals To Implement Technology In Their Work, Kim Allen, Nichole Huff, Jenell Kelly, Luci Bearon, Andrew Behnke
Reaching Families Through Social Media: Training Extension Professionals To Implement Technology In Their Work, Kim Allen, Nichole Huff, Jenell Kelly, Luci Bearon, Andrew Behnke
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Cooperative Extension professionals have a long tradition of helping improve the lives of the families they serve by sharing research-based information. More than ever, families are getting their information online, creating a need for Extension professionals to deliver content via technology. This article describes a training designed to teach Extension professionals ways to increase their reach to families through the use of technology in their work. Extension professionals attended an 8-hour, face-to-face training in which they completed a pre, post, and follow-up survey. Results from the training indicated that this training was effective in changing attitudes about the usefulness of …