Volume 50, Number 6 (2012)
Feature Articles
Extension's Evolving Alignment of Programs Serving Families and Youth: Organizational Change and Its Implications
Marc T. Braverman, Nancy K. Franz, and Roger A. Rennekamp
Moving Forward with Founders: Strategies for Change in Volunteer Organizations
Paula Rgers Huff and Sue Pleskac
Global 4-H Network: Laying the Groundwork for Global Extension Opportunities
Jennifer Major and Rhonda Miller
Characteristics of Innovations: Lessons Learned From a Statewide Mandatory Implementation of the Animal Health Network
Lori L. Moore, Theresa Pesl Murphrey, Shannon H. Degenhart, Tom A. Vestal, and Shavahn Loux
Pilot Study: A Guide to Equine Welfare Assessment
Taylor A. Fabus, Karen Waite, John Shelle, Janice Siegford, and Julie Chapin
Steps Toward Creating and Validating an Evidence-Based Couples Curriculum
H Wallace Goddard, James P. Marshall, Jonathan R. Olson, and Steven A. Dennis
Serving Clientele with Disabilities: An Assessment of Texas FCS Agents' Needs for Implementing Inclusive Programs
Rick L. Peterson, Cheryl Grenwelge, Michael R. Benz, Dalun Zhang, J. Aaron Resch, Geraldo Mireles, and Lakshmi Mahadevan
Extension Efforts to Restore Bottomland Oaks Requires Knowledge of Both Trees and Soil
David Mercker, Ryan Blair, Don Tyler, Arnold Saxton, and Joshua Smith
Research in Brief
Extension's Online Presence: Are Land-Grant Universities Promoting the Tripartite Mission?
Shannon Arnold, Alexandra Hill, Nikki Bailey, and Courtney Meyers
Impact of a Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Extension Program on Producer Cull Cow Management Practices and Meat Quality Knowledge
AM Imler, CC Carr, MJ Hersom, DD Johnson, and T A. Thrift
Will eXtension Survive? Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Employees' Perceptions of Adopter Attributes of eXtension
Xianyan Xu and Kathleen D. Kelsey
Social Media in Diabetes Education: A Viable Option?
Julie Cooper, Jill N. Cox, and Marilyn A. Corbin
Electronic Commerce Adoption in the Hardwood Industry
Kathryn G. Arano and Ben Spong
Perceptions of the Training Needs of the Newest Members of the Extension Family
Jacklyn A. Bruce and Jessica Anderson
Profiling H-2A Program Participants in Tobacco Farming: Implications for Extension
Jane H. Starnes, Shiferaw T. Feleke, Harwood D. Schaffer, and Kelly J. Tiller
Agricultural Energy Information Needs of Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents and Their Clientele
Daniel Kluchinski
Technical Feasibility of Small-Scale Oilseed and On-Farm Biodiesel Production: A Vermont Case Study
Emily J. Stebbins-Wheelock, Robert Parsons, Qingbin Wang, Heather Darby, and Vernon P. Grubinger
Poultry Farmers' Willingness to Participate in Energy Audits
Kimberly L. Jensen, Roland K. Roberts, and Burton C. English
Ideas at Work
The Search for Extension: 7 Steps to Help People Find Research-Based Information on the Internet
Paul Hill, Heidi B. Rader, and Jeff Hino
"Apps"—An Innovative Way to Share Extension Knowledge
Joseph S. Dvorak, Tanya C. Franke-Dvorak, and Randy R. Price
Using Digital Classrooms to Conduct 4-H Club Meetings
Patricia West, Nicholas E. Fuhrman, A Christian Morgan, and Dennis W. Duncan
Eat, Grow, Lead 4-H: An Innovative Approach to Deliver Campus-Based Field Experiences to Pre-Entry Extension Educators
Penny Pennington Weeks and William G. Weeks
South Carolina's Model for Initiating Hispanic 4-H Clubs
Robert Lippert and Kellye Rembert
Improving Alaskan Aviation Safety with Turf Runways
Stephen C. Brown
Tools of the Trade
Tools for Creating Mobile Applications for Extension
Sabrina L. Drill
Overview of the GEMS Model of Volunteer Administration (Generate, Educate, Mobilize and Sustain)
Ken Culp III
A Smartphone Application for Landscape Plants: A Case Study and Guide to Developing a Decision-Making Application
Gail Hansen and Scott Purcell
Viticulture Education via Blogging
Eric T. Stafne
Going the Distance Part 1: Three Keys to Successfully Delivering an Extension Course at a Distance
Heidi B. Rader
E-Newsletters: A Simple Way to Integrate Technology with Extension Programming
Luke Erickson and Lyle Hansen
Using On-Line Bulletin Boards to Gather Preliminary Information
Kathleen Kelley, Ramu Govindasamy, and Jeffrey Hyde
Increasing Response Rates to Web-Based Surveys
Martha C. Monroe and Damian C. Adams
Mixed-Mode Surveys: A Strategy to Reduce Costs and Enhance Response Rates
Daniel Tobin, Joan Thomson, Rama Radhakrishna, and Luke LaBorde
Capital Budgeting for Hay Storage Decisions
KD Dillivan
