Volume 55, Number 2 (2017)
Feature Articles
Participatory Evaluation and Learning: A Case Example Involving Ripple Effects Mapping of a Tourism Assessment Program
Rani Bhattacharyya, Elizabeth Templin, Cynthia Messer, and Scott Chazdon
Defining and Developing Curricula in the Context of Cooperative Extension
Martin H. Smith, Steven M. Worker, Cheryl L. Meehan, Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, Andrea Ambrose, Kelley Brian, and Emily Schoenfelder
Evaluation of an Extension-Delivered Resource for Accelerating Progress in Childhood Obesity Prevention: The BEPA-Toolkit
Katherine B. Gunter, Patrick Abi Nader, Amanda Armington, John C. Hicks, and Deborah John
Measuring Economic Impact Through Adoption: A Study of the Multi-County New Landowners Educational Series
Philip Shackelford, Theresa Pesl Murphrey, Monty Dozier, Jeff Ripley, and Landry Lockett
Demonstrating Impact Through Replicable Analysis: Implications of an Evaluation of Arkansas's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Josh Phelps, Allison Brite-Lane, Tina Crook, Reza Hakkak, and Serena Fuller
Research in Brief
Determinants of Downtown Image and Retail Patronage: A Case of Fargo, North Dakota
Jaeha Lee and Kwangsoo Park
Multiple-Methods Needs Assessment of California 4-H Science Education Programming
Steven M. Worker, Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, Andrea Ambrose, Kelley Brian, Emily Schoenfelder, and Martin H. Smith
Show Me the Money: Impact of County Funding on Retention Rates for Extension Educators
Katherine Feldhues and Timothy Tanner
Extension Wellness Ambassadors: Individual Effects of Participation in a Health-Focused Master Volunteer Program
Lisa T. Washburn, LaVona Traywick, Lauren Copeland, and Jessica Vincent
Using Egocentric Networks to Illustrate Information Seeking and Sharing by Alfalfa Farmers in Wyoming
Shiri Noy and Randa Jabbour
Changes in the Use of Precision Farming Information Sources Among Cotton Farmers and Implications for Extension
Brittani Edge, Margarita Velandia, Dayton M. Lambert, Roland K. Roberts, James A. Larson, Burton C. English, Christopher Boyer, Roderick Rejesus, and Ashok Mishra
Ideas at Work
Fork2Farmer: Enabling Success of Small Farms Through Partnerships with Well-Known Chefs and the Tourism Sector
Duarte Morais, Susan Jakes, Becky Bowen, and Joanna Massey Lelekacs
Expanding Global Mindedness Through a 4-H International Village
Susan D. Seal, Donna J. Peterson, Chieko Iwata, Carolina Kobia, and Raja Reddy
Choose and Tell Cards: A 4-H Cloverbud Resource for Promoting Public Speaking and Life Skills
Jill Stechschulte and Scott D. Scheer
A Practical Method for Collecting Social Media Campaign Metrics
Laurie W. Gharis and Mary F. Hightower
Strengthening Families Through a Re-envisioned Approach to Fatherhood Education
James S. Bates, Deanna L. Wilkinson, Jason Paul McCartan, Daniel T. Remley, Mark D. Light, David C. Crawford, and Jami Dellifield
Tools of the Trade
Tools for Using Citizen Science in Environmental, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Extension Programs
Kathryn A. Snyder
Twitter Chats: Connect, Foster, and Engage Internal Extension Networks
Jamie Seger, Paul Hill, Eric Stafne, and Emy Swadley
Empirical Questionnaire Methods for Fund-Raising Campaign Preparedness in Extension
Catherine Comley Adams, Douglass A. Butler, and Kaleb Esplin
Improving the Impact of Extension Through the Use of Anticipation Guides
Rebecca C. Smith and Stephanie M. Lemley
Fitbit and Fitabase Technology: Tracking and Evaluating Youth Physical Activity
Lisa Franzen-Castle, Tara Dunker, Weiwen Chai, and Michelle Krehbiel
Healthful Homes for Urban Youths and Families
Joan Bothell and Mary-Margaret Gaudio
Shark Bite Meetings for Creative Program Planning
Tamara Pellien and Steven Yergeau
