Welcome to the 2011 KSRE Annual Conference

October 18-20, 2011

Live video of the conference will be offered on-line during the presentation time. You will need a good Internet connection to view Live Streaming video. If you missed the conference, links to videos will be posted of recorded presentations.

 Watch Seminar Live (Available only at scheduled seminar time. A Flash video "popup" window will appear.)

Full conference schedule and information available at the 2011 KSRE Annual Conference page. 

Theme for 2011: Building Communities

Wednesday, Oct. 19

8am - Opening Session/Remarks, K-State Union Forum Hall
Welcome – Probably Stu Warren, committee chair
Kirk Schulz, K-State president, Watch recorded video.

Interim Dean Gary Pierzynski Video, Watch recorded video.

9am - Community Matters : What Is YOUR Role? Ed O’Malley, President and CEO, Kansas Leadership Center
Watch recorded video.

10:30am - Community Matters-Make it Happen
Hosted by Ron Wilson, Director of the Huck Boyd Institute
Invited guests:
Shelly Buhler-Shawnee County Commissioner and Rossville PRIDE member
Steve Baccus-President Kansas Farm Bureau
Linda Craghead-Kansas Wildlife and Parks and 2009-2011 KARL Class
Ben W. Allen-Extension Agent, Rolling Prairie Extension District
Nadine Sigle-Extension Agent, Post Rock District
Watch recorded video.

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1:30pm - From the Outside Looking In: Four External Perspectives of Social Media Possibilities for an Engaged Land-Grant University

*Note: this session link is offered through KSRE Adobe Connect. Watch recorded presentation.

Featuring:
Jim Langcuster, Multimedia Editor, Alabama Cooperative Extension System;
Jeff Caldwell, News and Features Editor, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa;
Eli Sagor, extension educator, forestry, University of Minnesota Extension; and
Dan Toland (via technology) Director of Digital Strategy, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

3:30pm - Q&A with panelists. Watch recorded presentation.