SDSU Community Development Team In October of 2011 SDSU Extension launched a new organization and within this new structure the Community Development Team for SDSU Extension was born. This new system was implemented due to financial reasons along with the need to provide innovative and progressive outreach services. Oh sure there have been some growing pains, however, during the past five years, the Community Development Team, has done a great job of providing new and progressive programs. Below are a few of the programs the Community Development Team offers: Marketing Hometown America j This program empowers communities to create a vision to grow. Designed as a tool to create dialogue that moves toward action, it can be the spark to help a rural community look at itself in a new way. Small Business Beginnings j SDSU Extension has developed a series of tools designed to provide technical assistance to early stage entrepreneurs, start-up businesses and existing small firms. These tools assist business owners in determining the feasibility of a proposed business venture and creating a solid business plan to support it.
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Board Development: Elected and Appointed Services j The Community Development Team uses what is called situational leadership program design to analyze the situation that the board is in and determine what training might be appropriate. The program can be tailored to meet your specific board development needs. The content varies depending on the analysis of the individual board. Growing Leaders SD j This is a one day leadership development workshop that focuses on building your individual leadership and learning how to apply those skills in group settings. Developing leaders to strengthen our South Dakota communities. The team also offers programing in strategic planning, facilitation, ripple mapping, Stronger Economies Together (SET), Sustainable Local Foods and a grant writing conference, (you will read more regarding the conference later in this article). There are five team members that cover the state of South Dakota. There are Community Development Field Specialists located in Lemmon, Mitchell, Martin and Rapid City and one Program Director located on campus
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