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Community and Rural Development

The Community Development program from OSU Extension offers educational and technical assistance to aid community leaders in promoting development and providing quality community services.

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Community & Rural Improvement Topics:

County & Local Government

Economic Development

Leadership & Volunteer Development

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Fact Sheet
Cooperative Management Series: Director Roles and Responsibilities

The major roles and responsibilities of the director as well as some areas of possible liability that should be avoided.

Community & Rural Improvement
Fact Sheet
Cooperative Management Series: Customer Segmentation in Agricultural Cooperatives

How to organize an overall customer base into groups with similar values and/or habits.

Community & Rural ImprovementEconomic Development
Fact Sheet
Parliamentary Procedure Quick Reference Guide to Motions

A reference table that provides a quick guide to common parliamentary motions.

Community & Rural Improvement
Fact Sheet
Cooperative Management Series: Parliamentary Procedure in the Board Room

A crash course in parliamentary procedure according to Robert’s Rules of Order.

Community & Rural Improvement
Fact Sheet
Cooperative Management Series: Evaluating the Board

How to evaluate a board effectively, the procedure for the evaluation, guidelines for compiling the data and how to build a strong board.

Community & Rural Improvement
Fact Sheet
Rural Broadband Success Story: Panhandle Telephone – Progressive Thinking in a Rural Area

A Q&A with the CEO of a phone cooperative about Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.’s impact on rural communities.

Community & Rural ImprovementEconomic Development
Fact Sheet
What is an Entrepreneurial Community?

The uniqueness of entrepreneurship and the steps recommended to develop entrepreneurship skills and abilities.

4H Youth DevelopmentBusiness Strategy & MarketingCommunity & Rural ImprovementEconomic DevelopmentLeadershipNew Businesses & Acquisitions
Fact Sheet
Rural Broadband Success Story: Sallisaw – A Fiber Optic Network for the Ages

A Q&A with management from a small Oklahoma town about the introduction of Broadband Internet to a town.

Community & Rural ImprovementEconomic Development
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