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October 8, 2025: I used to think that if I just gave people more information about Extension, they’d do the thing I was asking them to do. Now I know that we must first connect our messaging to the transformation they want to experience, either for themselves, their family, their community, or their world. Read the October 8 issue.

October 1, 2025: These are the days we are needed most. In the words of John Milton Gregory, “The hungry eyes of toiling millions are turned, with mingled hope and fear, upon us, to see what new and better solution we can possibly offer of the great problems on which their well-being and destiny depend.” Read the October 1 issue.

September 24, 2025: I never use my job title when I introduce myself. Job titles mean little to people outside our organization. Instead of reciting your job title, tell others how you add value to the organization. Read the September 24 issue.

September 17, 2025: The elimination of the SNAP-Ed program doesn’t make sense. What helps me through these senseless moments are the people who knew me best, my colleagues who spent hours each day with me, colleagues who became friends. Read the September 17 issue.

April 15, 2025: There is no such thing as work-life balance. The best we can hope for is work-life harmony. Like the earth, we rarely experience a perfect equinox of work-life balance, but harmony, now that’s something within our grasp. Read the April 15 issue.