E C D Update April

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eXtension Launches New Web Resource for Entrepreneurs and Their Communities

eXtension has recently launched a new web-based resource for Entrepreneurs and Their Communities.  Focusing on a wide range of information, tools and research related to entrepreneurial development and what communities can do to support and strengthen this increasingly important sector of many community’s overall economy, the site provides an opportunity to connect with experts across the country, investigate information briefs, data and “cool tools”, case studies, learning lesson, state and local policies, research references and more.  You can access this new resource at http://www.extension.org/entrepreneurship

eXtension is an interactive learning environment delivering the best, most researched knowledge from the smartest land-grant university minds across America. eXtension connects knowledge consumers with knowledge providers - experts who know their subject matter inside out. eXtension offers:

  • Credible expertise
  • Reliable answers based upon sound research
  • Connections to the best minds in American universities
  • Creative solutions to today's complex challenges
  • Customized answers to your specific needs
  • Trustworthy, field-tested data
  • Dynamic, relevant and timely answers

eXtension is unlike any other search engine or information-based website. It's a space where university content providers can gather and produce new educational and information resources on wide-ranging topics. Because it's available to students, researchers, clinicians, professors, as well as the general public, at any time from any Internet connection, eXtension helps solve real-life problems in real time.  You can find out more at: http://www.extension.org/

Submitted by

Walt Whitmer

Extension Associate, Economic & Community Development, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Associate Director, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development

6C Armsby Building

University Park, PA 16802

(814) 865-0468

(814) 865-3746 (fax)

wew2@psu.edu

 


 

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