Performance Goal: Positioning Extension as the Education & Research Resource for Ohio Citizens

As part of this land grant university, Ohio State University Extension is responsible for bringing the knowledge of the university to the people of Ohio. One method of disseminating information is directly from Extension professionals to individual citizens. Another method requires Extension to partner with supporting organizations to reach their audience with targeted educational programming and research. Regardless of the method, citizens must understand who Extension is, what we offer, and how best to access our resources.

Extension has been called by many who first learn of our capacity and resources as the university's "best kept secret." Being a secret does not benefit the citizens of Ohio nor OSU Extension. Access to new knowledge is vital to the economic health and educational well-being of us all. A critical result of positioning OSU Extension as a primary source of the latest knowledge will increase the creation of opportunity for all residents. Another benefit of increased connections with clientele will be Extension gaining additional financial resources necessary to grow and enhance the knowledge bank it maintains and delivers across this state, nation, and the world.

See this link for the strategies we will be using to implement this goal and the key metrics we will use to measure our success.