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Engaging Communities Through Issues Forums: A How-To Guide for Onsite and Online Community Engagement

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This publication is part of a two-part series. The publication explores the use of forums as a community engagement tool in Extension work. It is a comprehensive how-to guide designed to help Cooperative Extension professionals develop issues forums in both onsite and online settings.

Land-Grant Institution
The Ohio State University Extension, University of Delaware, University of Maryland
Authors (Name, Email, Institution)

Bonnie Braun,bbraun@umd.edu,University of Maryland

Maria Pippidis,pippidis@udel.edu,University of Delaware

Jesse M. Ketterman,jketterm@umd.edu,University of Maryland

Shoshanah Inwood,inwood.2@osu.edu,The Ohio State University

Nicole Wright,wright.1128@osu.edu,The Ohio State University

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Cooperative Extension
Publication Type
Process Publication
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This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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