WACEC District Meetings

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Situation Analysis

• WACEC District Meetings

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What is our purpose today?

• Solicit input from WACEC members about how
  Cooperative Extension can be more effective at
  carrying out its mission in the future.
• Our mission Cooperative Extension extends the
  knowledge and resources of the University of
  Wisconsin to people where they live and work.

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What will we do today?

• Describe strategic planning
• Provide an overview of our process and timeline
• Gather your input around some specific questions

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Strategic Planning

• Organized way of developing goals, strategies and
  actions that will guide decision making in the
  future
• Looks at
• Where have we been?
• Where are we now?
• Where do we want to be?
• How will we get there?

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Specialists in Todays UW-Extension
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What is a situation analysis?
A Situation Analysis involves research and
analysis of both internal and external
environmental factors, consideration of
organizational successes and failures, and the
impact of the organization's past and present
abilities to reach its goals.  
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Specialists in Todays UW-Extension
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Question One
How can Extension become a more indispensable
part of county government?
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Question Two
How can we go about improving our communications
and marketing of ourselves with our county
partners and our constituents so the work of
Cooperative Extension is known and our image is
viewed accurately?
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Wed like your feedback!
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Thank you!