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Author: Ronda Rex
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Education focuses on empowering community leaders. Building the capacity of volunteer leaders is critical for the sustainability of communities that support and strengthen families. Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is committed to engaging, educating, and empowering local citizens to investigate issues, make responsible decisions, and take ownership of solutions. Leadership is a challenging
Author: Joan Bowling
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
The Cooperative Extension Service has long been aware of the value Extension service networks for developing leadership skills of volunteer participants. Benefits of membership can be categorized into four categories: leadership, teaching, personal efficacy, and networking. Kenton County Extension Homemaker membership and organized groups have continued to trend downward especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. A collection of Extension Homemaker members in Kenton County determined that a c
Author: Elizabeth Evans
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
The Northern Kentucky Family and Consumer Science Agents offered a common read with its central insight focused on that the key to leadership lies not in what we do, but in who we are - it proves to have powerful implications not only for organizational leadership, but in listeners’ personal lives as well.Empowering Extension Homemaker leaders, nurturing family development, and providing professional development for all who participated was the key focus of our four part zoom lead common r
Author: Vicki Boggs
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Personal Growth and Leadership Development remains a very important part of our plan of work here at Leslie County Extension. According to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau for Small Area and Income Poverty Estimates, 25.8% of Leslie County residents overall lived in poverty. Most recent Census data also reveals a steady decline in population. The need continues to build the volume of volunteer leaders and partners within Leslie County for sustaining growth in our community. Provi
