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S T A T E T E A M L E A R N S “ S T R A T E G I C D O I N G ”

PAYNE COUNTY

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Winter Events in the

County

Top Ideas for Buying Local

at Christmas

Ugandan Intern Visits

Payne County

Payne County Leadership

Connections

Webinar Series to Address

Hydraulic Fracturing

Home-Based Businesses

plan January Luncheon

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but so can individual organiza-

tions. For example, a Strategic

Doing™ workshop is a perfect

activity for a non-profit’s board

retreat.

Ed Morrison, developer of the

program, credits Strategic

Doing™ as

being an im-

portant part of

the process that

kickstarted the

transformation

of Downtown

Oklahoma City

in the mid-

1990s.

The four RD

team members

who attended

the training will

be looking for

opportunities to

facilitate Strate-

gic Doing™ workshops as a

requirement of receiving their

certification in the program. If

you are interested in hosting

the Strategic Doing™ work-

shop in Payne County, contact

Suzette Barta for more infor-

mation 405-747-8320.

To learn more about Strategic

Doing, visit the Purdue Region-

al Development Center web-

site at www.pcrd.purdue.edu.

You can also follow Strategic

Doing activities on Facebook:

fb.com/Stratdoing.

Four members of Extension’s

Rural and Community Devel-

opment team recently attend-

ed a training in West Lafayette,

Indiana to learn the process of

Strategic Doing™. Suzette

Barta (Payne County Educa-

tor), Dave Shideler (State Spe-

cialist), Susan

Moffat (Cleveland

County CED) and

Lynn Malley

(Asst. State Spe-

cialist) are pic-

tured outside the

Celery Bog Na-

ture Center

where the three-

day training was

conducted.

Unlike strategic

planning, which

has as its primary

outcome a sophis-

ticated document that is often

created and then ignored,

Strategic Doing™ (a program

of Purdue’s Regional Develop-

ment Center) is a streamlined

process that brings civic lead-

ers together to form collabora-

tions and complete projects

quickly.

The process focuses on four

key questions.

1. What could we do togeth-

er?

2. What should we do to-

gether?

3. What will we do together

4. What will we do within the

next 30 days?

A Strategic Doing™ workshop

is designed to last three hours.

During that timeframe, partici-

pants will be guided through a

structured set of conversations

and activities. At the end of the

workshop, opportunities will

be identified and at least one

outcome with metrics will be

defined. One project will be

selected and a complete action

plan developed for activities to

occur within the next 30 days.

As an activity, Strategic Do-

ing™ is suitable for nearly any

organization—large or small.

Communities seeking to ad-

dress large scale issues can

engage in Strategic Doing™,

Suzette Barta, Dave Shideler, Susan Moffat, and Lynn Malley

• Dec 4: Christmas Parade of Lights,

Downtown Stillwater

• Dec 11: Old-Fashioned Country

Christmas & Parade in Perkins, 6pm

• Dec 13: Cushing Christmas Parade,

12pm

• Dec 12, 5pm: Stillwater’s Jingle Bell

Sweepstakes giveaway

• Jan 27: Home-Based Business An-

nual Planning Luncheon

• Feb 20-22 : Civil War Reenactment,

Yale

#6 Buy gift certificates to locally

owned restaurants.

#5 Purchase gift certificates for

slightly unorthodox services

such as an oil change, computer

repair, massage, auto-detailing,

and home/office organization.

#4 Purchase gifts from busi-

nesses that are icons in your

community (Hint: think about

the businesses that your city is

known for around the state or

even around the country.)

#3 Buy pieces of art created by

local artists. Check out the gallery

at the Multi-Arts Center.

#2 Buy books written by local

authors. Be sure to get your copy

signed.

And the #1 idea for buying local

this holiday season…

...Spend your lunch hour walking

around your downtown. You’ll find

plenty of ideas.

ation and also works with the Uganda

Chamber of Commerce. During her

visit to the U.S. Beatrice spent two

weeks as an intern at Farm Bureau in

Oklahoma City and one week as an

intern with the Payne County OSU Ex-

tension office. Extension Educator Su-

zette Barta served as her professional

host.

Beatrice has a passion for instilling the

concept of entrepreneurship in young

people. While she was in Stillwater,

The International Fellows program

facilitated by the Department of Ag

Leadership at Oklahoma State Uni-

versity recently hosted 11 profes-

sionals from Uganda, Kenya, and

South Africa. The “interns” as the

visitors were often called, had the

opportunity to spend three weeks

shadowing professionals in agencies

around the state.

Beatrice Alyanata from Uganda is

the manager of a large farming oper-

she spent an evening with several of

our young entrepreneurs. At the end

of her stay, she pointed to that even-

ing as her favorite part of the week.

Other activities during Beatrice’s

week in Stillwater included a trip to

the Grider Pumpkin Farm and a visit

to P&K Equipment (John Deere). She

also filmed a segment for a webcast

in Cushing and attended the Stillwa-

ter Chamber Economic Outlook Sum-

mit.

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The fourth quarter is a very busy

time for Payne County Leadership

Connections. The class kicks off

with two sessions in September

and meets once per month Octo-

ber through December.

In September, the class visited the

campus of Oklahoma State Univer-

sity where the highlight was being

able to walk on the field of Boone-

Pickens Stadium. September’s

session also included a tour of the

Botanic Gardens at OSU, directed

by Payne County Horticulture Edu-

cator, Keith Reed.

In October, the group traveled to

Cushing—the first of two trips

scheduled for the program. This

first session included lunch at

Steer Inn followed by a tour of

Plains Petroleum. The group is

pictured at Plains (upper right)

with several of the petroleum stor-

age tanks in the background.

In November,

Class 5 visited

the Territorial

Plaza in Perkins

where Payne

County Bank

sponsored their

lunch. Class

members had

the opportunity

to meet various

community lead-

ers from Perkins

including the

Mayor, Bob John-

son, the City Man-

ager, Bob Ernst,

and the Superinten-

dent of P-T Schools,

James Ramsey.

Completing the trip

to Perkins was a

visit to the studio of

artist Mike Larsen.

Larsen is best

known for his

ballerina murals

at the State Capi-

tol. He is Chicka-

saw and has

been featured in

a Chickasaw

“profile” com-

mercial. Larsen

thrilled the group

by signing a print

of his Pistol Pete

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drawing for each person!

PCLC will complete its 2014

programming with a visit to

Glencoe. A part of the afternoon

in Glencoe will be devoted to

wrapping gifts for a family the

group has adopted for Christ-

mas. The gifts will be delivered

to Wings of Hope.

Class 5 has many activities

planned for 2015. Stay tuned!

Class 5 is pictured during their recent tour of Plains Petroleum in Cushing.

Class 5 visited the Perkins studio of artist Mike Larsen who is known for his ballerina murals at the State Capitol.

Members of Class 4 wrapped gifts for their Christmas family last year.

315 W. 6th Avenue, Suite 103

Stillwater, OK 74074

Phone: 405-747-8320

Fax: 405-747-8323

E-mail: [email protected]

OSU TO PRESENT WEBINAR

SERIES ON HYDRAULIC

FRACTURING

The OSU Hydraulic Fracturing

Evaluation and Communication

Team will host a series of one

hour webinars early in 2015 all

through Adobe Connect.

Feb 6: Oil & Gas Activity: Part 1

Earthquakes & Other Geological

Issues


Waste/Agronomic Issues


Legal Issues


Community Impacts

Mar 6: Oil & Gas Activity: Part 5,

Net Fiscal Impacts on Counties

Check out the team’s website for

more details:

http://info.library.okstate.edu/

sciencecafeosu

P A Y N E C O U N T Y E X T E N S I O N

[email protected].

Some of the most popular

sessions in 2014 included

Instagram for your Business

presented by our summer

intern, Breanna Brassfield,

and Befriending Your Market

presented by Brad Rickelman

from Meridian Technology

Center.

If you own a small or home-

based business and have

some education needs or

would just like to network

with other business owners,

you are cordially invited to

attend the luncheon as well

as any of our monthly pro-

grams (second Tuesday of

the month at noon.) The

group does not meet in De-

The Payne County Home-

Based Business Association

will hold its annual planning

luncheon on Tuesday Janu-

ary 27, 2015 at noon at the

Payne County Administration

Building.

It’s become a bit of a tradi-

tion for the home-based busi-

ness owners to gather in

January to discuss ideas

about what kinds of educa-

tional programs they would

like to see presented

throughout the upcoming

year.

Lunch is provided at no cost

for this session. All that is

required is your RSVP to the

Payne County Extension of-

fice at 405-747-8320 or

cember to allow members to

focus on Christmas for their

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business and with their fami-

lies.

Pat Collins, owner of Crystal Peddler, shows off some of

her creations at an HBB program earlier this year.

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