Pat Skinner, EDEN web manager, is blog post author.
The networking support team at LSU is pleased to have Debbie Hurlbert putting her energy into these two important growth areas, working primarily with the Information Clearinghouse Committee and the youth-focused members of EDEN’s Family and Consumer Science/4-H Youth PAWG. If you’ve been to either of the last two EDEN Annual Meetings you’ll remember Debbie as the person behind the 4-H youth themselves presenting their mitigation program in Alabama (a first youth presence at an EDEN Annual meeting), and helping to convene a small youth programs group in Las Cruces, to see if the recent surge in youth programs is sustainable, and warrants a separate PAWG. As a result of that meeting EDEN now has a Youth and Disasters Pinterest board. The board can be found at https://www.pinterest.com/edenpins/youth-and-disasters/.
What YOU can do to help EDEN work better for you
Here are two things you can do!
The first thing you can do.
If you have youth-audience programs and educational/exercise/training materials, make sure Debbie knows about them. She has already scoured the past annual meeting agendas and found quite a bit, but we know there’s more going on than we hear about at these meetings. She reached out to Lynette Black, Ryan Akers and Susan Kerr, who have submitted a proposal for PILD. She’s even started posting in EDEN’s Youth and Disasters Pinterest channel. You can make simple entries here, and Debbie will get back to you for the details!
And now for the second.
If you have educational resources (all audiences) you’d like to recommend to other delegates, help Debbie get them into the Resource Catalog. Start by seeing if they’re already IN the catalog. From the Resource Catalog home page, http://public.eden.lsuagcenter.com/ResourceCatalog , search for your state name. Find your Institution on the left “Filter List.” For example, the search for Louisiana returns 29 items, of which 28 are for the LSU Institution and one is for Louisiana Sea Grant. Click on your institution name for a list of your institution’s resources. Send Debbie your catalog suggestions here.
What Kinds of Resources is EDEN Looking For?
Access to shared state resources was very high on the list of benefits of EDEN in the recent delegate survey, and the catalog is a primary means of doing that. As you have time, explore the tags, and see how the filters use tags to refine search results. The more you know, the more we’ll grow!
If you’re wondering what resources can be cataloged, here are the resource types:
- Audio Production
- Book-Handbook – Manual
- Course – Curriculum
- Demo – Showcase Facility
- Disaster Plan
- Disaster Report
- Display – Exhibit – Poster
- Fact Sheet – Small Brochure
- Image Collection
- Memorandum – Agreement
- News Release
- Newsletter-Bulletin
- Presentation Materials
- Program – Initiative
- Promotional Items
- PSA
- Published Paper – Article
- Resource – Data Collection
- Tool – Application (Interactive)
- Training – Exercise Materials
- Video Footage
- Video Production
- Webinar
- Website – Blog
- White Paper
- Worksheets – Guidebook
