Network Meetings

Communicators Meeting

Coordinator: Paul Focazio, Web Content Manager, New York Sea Grant

• National Sea Grant Library [PDF; 2.1 MB]
  Cynthia Murray, Director, National Sea Grant Library
• Alaska Sea Grant Publications and Marketing [PDF; 1.4 MB]
  Kurt Byers, Education Services Manager, Alaska Sea Grant, and Kathy Kurtenbach, Sales and Marketing Coordinator, Alaska Sea Grant

Joint Communicators/Web Developers Meeting

Coordinators: Paul Focazio, Web Content Manager, New York Sea Grant, and Ben Bray, Web Developer, MIT Sea Grant

• National Sea Grant Office Communications [PDF; 916 KB]
  Elizabeth Ban, Program Analyst, National Sea Grant
• Finding Creative Ways to Repackage Sea Grant Content Across Multiple Platforms [PDF; 3.3 MB]
  Paul Focazio, Web Content Manager, New York Sea Grant
• Evolving Audio Offerings from Wisconsin Sea Grant [PDF; 1.4 MB]
  Moira Harrington, Communications Manager, Wisconsin Sea Grant
• SeaTalk: A PSA Facelift [PDF; 808 KB]
  Ron Ohrel, Director of Marine Public Education, Delaware Sea Grant

Emerging and Ongoing Issues

Panel: The Phylogeny of an Initiative—from Emerging Theme to National Identity

• Working Waterfronts and Coastal Access [PDF; 344 KB]
  Natalie Springuel, Marine Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant
• Climate Change Adaptation [PDF; 916 KB]
  Terry Johnson, Marine Recreation and Tourism Specialist, Alaska Sea Grant
• Rip Current Outreach [PDF; 1.9 MB]
  Katie Mosher, Communications Director, North Carolina Sea Grant

Panel: Emerging Issues

• Coastal Tourism [PDF; 4.4 MB]
  Jim Falk, Associate Director and Marine Advisory Service Director, Delaware Sea Grant
• Direct Marketing of Seafood [PDF; 3.3 MB]
  Erik Chapman, Commercial Fisheries Specialist, New Hampshire Sea Grant
• Renewable Energy [PDF; 1.9 MB]
  Chris Bartlett, Marine Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant
• Ocean and Great Lakes Literacy [PDF; 372 KB]
  Mark Wiley, Assistant Director for Education, Extension Specialist/Marine Education, New Hampshire Sea Grant
• Marine Spatial Planning [PDF; 320 KB]
  Jennifer McCann, Director of Extension Programs, Rhode Island Sea Grant

Facilitated Thematic Breakouts

Coastal Tourism
Jim Falk (facilitator), Associate Director and Marine Advisory Service Director, Delaware Sea Grant

• Coastal and Heritage Tourism in Maine: The Role of Maine Sea Grant [PDF; 1 MB]
  Natalie Springuel, Marine Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant
• Marine Recreation and Tourism in Alaska [PDF; 1.9 MB]
  Terry Johnson, Marine Recreation and Tourism Specialist, Alaska Sea Grant

Integrating Social Science into Sea Grant

Keynote—The Value of Social Sciences for Achieving the Sea Grant Mission

Barbara Knuth, Vice Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, and Associate Director of the Human Dimensions Research Unit, Cornell University

Panel: Current Implementations of Social Science Research in Sea Grant

• Making Social Science an Integral Aspect of Core Sea Grant Activity [PDF; 2.5 MB]
  Shawn Rowe, Free-Choice Learning Leader, Oregon Sea Grant
• What’s Economics Got to Do with It? Incenting Social Change [PDF; 1.1 MB]
  Margaret Schneemann, Water Resource Economist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Network Analysis Research: Building Social Theory, Conducting Applied Research, and Informing Sea Grant Organizational Design [PDF; 1.1 MB]
  Troy Hartley, Director, Virginia Sea Grant

Great Lakes Social Science Network Introduction

Maximizing Sea Grant's Return on Investment and Overall Impact

Keynote—Science and Technology for America's Reinvestment: Measuring the Effect of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science, or STAR METRICS

Panel 1: Evaluation of Research, Extension, Outreach, and Education Programs

• Behavior Change Evaluation [PDF; 688 KB]
  Shawn Rowe, Marine Education Learning Specialist, Oregon State University
• Evaluation of Customer Satisfaction [PDF; 5.1 MB]
  LaDon Swann, Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
• Communicating the Value of Sea Grant [PDF; 848 KB]
  Kurt Byers, Education Services Manager, Alaska Sea Grant

Facilitated Breakout #1

• Breakout questions [PDF; 36 KB]

Panel 2: Economic Evaluation and Return on Investment

• Calculating Return on Investment [PDF; 1.2 MB]
  Karl Havens, Director, Florida Sea Grant, and Charles Adams, Marine Economist, Florida Sea Grant
• How Long Can We Justify Reporting Project Impacts? [PDF; 232 KB]
  Jim Hurley, Director, Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Economic Impact Assessment Methods in the Sea Grant Network [PDF; 364 KB]
  Kate Farrow, Natural Resource Economics Graduate, Maine Sea Grant

Facilitated Breakout #2

• Breakout questions [PDF; 36 KB]