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Learning Community Session 4

Identifying Beginning Farmer and Rancher Needs in Times of Change: Exploring an

Appreciative Perspective for Responsive Programming

July 16, 2020

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GR GREW Project ct

Gaining Results

through

Evaluation Work

Purpose: Support evaluation of beginning farmer training efforts Desired Outcomes:

Staff find evaluation accessible, efficient and useful; Organizations will do more evaluation and improve efforts

Activities: Tools, webinars, learning community

Project ct Partners Project ct Advisors

Jan Perez, Lead, Evaluator Damian Parr Vanessa Ackermann Kim Niewolny, Co-lead Tom Archibald, Evaluator Katie Trozzo Jennifer Hashley, Co-lead Mavrolas & Associates Chris Brown Gary Matteson Jim Hafner Amy Bacigalupo Beth Holtzman Pam Mavrolas, Evaluator

Learning Community Sessions

Continue the Discussion Learn from Experience Best Practices Practitioners & Evaluators

Learning Community Sessions

Continue the Discussion Learn from Experience Best Practices Practitioners & Evaluators

Today’s Focus

Exploring an Appreciative Perspective for Responsive Programming

Presenters

Jennifer Hashley Beth Holtzman

Director – New Entry Sustainable Coordinator – UVM Farming Project – Tufts University Extension New Farmer Project

Today’s Session

• Explore approaches to gather information to design

a new program, resource, or intervention Needs Assessment

• Use discussion tool to reflect and explore approach

Activities

• Inspired, confident, make plans

Desired Outcomes

Agenda

Context – needs assessment overview

Review discussion questions (15 minutes)

Explore needs assessment practices and possibilities – small groups of 4 people – (35 minutes)

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Share highlights - large group – (25 minutes)

Do Don’t w we k know w what f far armers n need?

• Many of us are farmers…right?
• How do we get our information?
• New relationships / communities (BLM)
• What assumptions do we make / bias do we have?
• To “pivot”, need to connect and learn
• Are we Relevant? Redundant? Resourceful?

Ridiculous?

• Part of broader program evaluation framework

Wha What is s a Needs ds Asse ssessm ssment?

“a systematic set of procedures undertaken for the purpose of setting needs-based priorities and making decisions about organizational improvement and allocation of resources.” Witkin & Altshuld (1995)

Wh Why y conduc nduct a Needs ds Asse ssessm ssment?

• Share your thoughts…..add your ideas to the chat!

Wh Why y conduc nduct a Needs ds Asse ssessm ssment?

• Inform program development
• Ensure services are still on target (changing conditions)
• Justify new directions/programs
• Allocate resources
• Stronger grant proposals
• Improve planning efforts
• Connect with stakeholders
• Give stakeholders a voice in service delivery
• How do we + participants define success?
• Responsive programming

Le Levels of

• f Ne

Needs A Assessme ment

• Program or organization
• Community
• Training – specific gaps in knowledge
• Formal
• Planning, data collection, analysis, reporting
• Informal
• Limited time and financial resources
• Part of iterative program design
• Conversations with farmers

Fr Fram ameworks – ma many n name mes!

• Gap analysis
• Environmental Scan
• SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)
• SOAR analysis (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, results)
• Appreciative Inquiry Model
• Asset Mapping
• Business case (service, product)
• Market analysis

St Steps i in a a Ne Needs A Assessme ment

• ID Key Questions (the big ? – not survey ?s)
• Develop data gathering plan
• Gather Data (see 6 D’s)
• Organize, synthesize, summarize data
• Reflect back to stakeholders
• Incorporate into planning

6 D 6 D’s of

• f G

Gatheri ring D DATA ( (Ky Kylie Hutchinson)

• 1. Deficit [Dream] – what is the actual need requiring intervention?

Document the gap between current and desired outcome

• 2. Develop – what are existing strengths program could build on?
• 3. Describe – who are the proposed participants?
• 4. Desires – what do participants want in terms of content, format?
• 5. Duplication – are there similar/overlapping programs? Identify the

unique niche of your program.

• 6. Demand – Would participants attend?

Document willingness/ interest.

https://communitysolutions.ca/web/

Da Data C a Colle llect ctio ion M Methods

• Surveys
• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Observations
• Case studies
• Research literature

What other data collection methods have you used?

Da Data C a Colle llect ctio ion P Plan lan

Info Type (6 D’s) Key Questions Data Source Data Collection Method Timing Responsibility Budget Deficit [Dream] Develop Describe Desires Duplication Demand

Source: https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/educational-material/appreciative-traditional-models/

Inc Incorpo porating ting Equity quity in in Needs eeds Asses essmen ent

• More people/voices/perspectives, especially at the state of developing the

questions for the needs assessment, is critical

• Consider race, equity, culture context; cultural competency training for staff?
• Diversity in terms of:
• Roles
• Geography
• Demographics
• Culture
• Affiliations
• Kinds of data collecting: primary/secondary; quantitative/qualitative
• Priority populations
• Interviews with community leaders
• Focus groups with key members of community
• Open community meetings to discuss project; proposed impacts

http://publicpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/PPA-Culturally-Responsive-Lens.pdf

• We All Count data equity framework: https://weallcount.com/the-data-process/
• Community Tool Box: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-

community-needs-and-resources

• CDC Community Needs Assessment:

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/fetp/training_modules/15/commun ity-needs_pw_final_9252013.pdf

• Community Solutions: https://communitysolutions.ca/web/
• Appreciative Inquiry Commons:

https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/learn/appreciative-inquiry-introduction/

• Center for Appreciative Inquiry:

https://www.centerforappreciativeinquiry.net/resources/appreciative/

• https://www.equitableeval.org/resources Publication: Considerations for Conducting

Evaluation Using a Culturally Responsive and Racial Equity Lens, Public Policy Associates, Lansing, MI.

Reflection Tool for :

: Identifying Beginning Farmer

and Rancher Needs in Times of Change

• 1. How are you identifying the needs of those you serve? How are you gathering information?
• 2. Given the current context, what are your organization’s assets, strengths and opportunities to support

your stakeholders? What asset or strengths do your beginning farmers (or stakeholders) bring to this moment?

• 3. What is the most significant challenge your stakeholders are experiencing that your organization could

do more to address in the current crisis?

• 4. Whose voices are represented well? Whose voices are missing? How can you improve representation

and engagement?

• 5. How could you support your stakeholders/organization to create a compelling vision of the future using

the best of the past and that also inspires and challenges the status quo?

Small Group Discussion (35 min)

Process

• 4 people per group – randomly generated
• Some groups will self-facilitate
• Agenda and questions will be put in chat
• Assign a note taker to report back during large group

• 1. Introduce yourself to each other – 1 minute per person - (5 min)

a. Name, location, organization, who you serve

• 2. Each person share on the 1st and 2nd questions - (10 min)
• 3. Each person share on the 3rd question - (10 min)
• 4. Each person share on the 4th and 5th questions - (10 min)

Small Group Discussion (35 min)

Agenda

• 1. We hope you’ll join us!

a. Don’t need to have experience with needs assessment b. It’s okay if you have to leave half way through the discussion

• 2. To set up breakout groups, we need to know who’ll stay

a. Now is a good time to hop off the session if you need to leave or the focus isn’t fitting for your needs b. This will give Vanessa a chance to organize groups of 4

Small Group Discussion (35 min)

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Move to breakout groups

• 1. How did the Reflection Questions help think

about needs assessment differently?

• 2. Any ideas for adapting this process to your work?
• 3. Any “Aha!” moments about the process of

planning for or conducting a needs assessment?

• 4. How might you integrate concepts of needs

assessment at your organization?

Large Group Discussion (25 min)

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