Learning About Program Development

Publications and Fact Sheets

Fundamentals of Program Development

• The Program Development Process (PDF)
• Development of Linkages with the Public (PDF)
• Situation Analysis (PDF)
• Priority Setting (PDF)
• Program Design (PDF)
• Program Implementation (Word)
• Evaluation and Accountability (PDF)
• Programming Techniques Abstract (PDF)

Gathering Resident Perspectives

• Using Focus Groups in Program Development and Evaluation (PDF)
  • Focus Groups: Teaching Guide (PDF)
• Working with Kentucky Advisory Councils on County Plans of Work Teaching Guide (PDF)
• Using Community Forums for Gathering Resident Inputs (PDF)
• Tips for Community Forum Moderators (PDF)
• Conducting Key Informant Interviews (PDF)
  • Interviewing Key Informants (PDF)
• A Survey as a Method of Identifying Citizen Needs (PDF)
• Sample Resident Questionnaire (Word)
• Open Response Questions for Group Discussions, Forums, Interviews, and Focus Groups (PDF)

Priority Setting

• Brainstorming (PDF)
• Nominal Group Technique (PDF)
• Multi-Voting (PDF)
• 100 Votes (PDF)
• Kentucky By the Numbers: Finding Data on the Internet
• What Counts? Measuring Jobs, Income and Unemployment (PDF)

Powerpoint Presentations

• Program Development Through the Plan of Work
• Program Development: Program Development Process Trivia Game
• Advisory Leader's Roles with the Extension Plan of Work
• Program Development Process - Overview for Developing New POW
• Program Design Presentation

Other Logic Model Resources:

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Modeling Guide
• University of Wisconsin Online Logic Modeling Course

Links to Data Sources

• Kentucky State Data Center http://ksdc.louisville.edu
• SNARL: Kentucky By the Numbers http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl
• Extension HEEL Project Data http://www.ca.uky.edu/heel
• Kentucky Kids Count http://www.kyyouth.org/kcd_book.htm
• Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service http://www.nass.usda.gov/ky