Success StoryProactive Webinar during first month of COVID-19



Proactive Webinar during first month of COVID-19

Author: Joshua Knight

Planning Unit: Horticulture

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture

Outcome: Initial Outcome

During the first month of social distancing orders, Joshua Knight hosted a seminar Adding Your Farm Business to Google Maps with the Center for Crop Diversification as part of an ongoing weekly series of webinars to help growers interested in developing web-based direct sales, online ordering, or a general online presence. 

During the promotion phase, there were over 70 individuals signed up to watch the webinar live, with 26 attending.  Survey responses by attendees have all rated the webinar’s quality as “Excellent”. Since the recording has been made available online on April 21st, it has been viewed 27 times as of July 1st, 2020.






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