2015 National Extension Tourism Conference
Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center
Galveston, Texas, October 27-29, 2015
Opening Reception, Tuesday October 27, 5:30pm-8:00pm
Posters will be on display throughout the conference
Poster Presentations
- Assisting Small Businesses through Creative Group Travel Itineraries
- Diane Van Wyngarden – Iowa State University
- Minimizing Food Safety Risk at the Farmer’s Markets through Online Education for Producer Vendors and Market Managers
- Catherine Strohbehn, Angela Shaw and Linda Naeve – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
- Heritage Tourism and the Bear River Heritage Area – A Study of Heritage Visitors and Heritage Businesses and Artisans
- Steven Burr – Utah State University Extension
- The Economic Impact Bear River Heritage Area Tourism in Utah and Idaho: Implications for Economic and Community Development
- Steven Burr – Utah State University Extension; and Paul M. Jakus – Utah State University
- The Minnesota-Morocco Collaboration: Extending Programming Internationally
- Cynthia C. Messer – University of Minnesota Tourism Center; Sair Aziz – Ibn Zohr University, Agadir Morocco
- Agritourism Risk Management Educational Tools for Agricultural Service Providers, Extension Professionals and Farmers
- Steven Komar, Brian Schilling, William J. Bamka and Michelle Infante-Casella – Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension
The following poster presentations may also be delivered as an oral presentation during the conference
- Creative Connections Contribute to Community Vitality
- Holly George – University of California Cooperative Extension
- Strategic Plan for Long Term Tourism Sustainability
- Cynthia Bond, Ohio State University Extension
- What’s Happening? A Needs Assessment to Guide Initial Efforts of New Extensions Specialists in Oklahoma
- David Davis, Steve Ruby – Oklahoma State University
- Nature Based Tourism Demonstration Center
- Miles Phillips and James Kidda – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Long Acres Ranch
- Wildlife Guide Training Program
- Miles Phillips – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
- Encouraging Economic Development Through the 2014 Gulf Coast Agritourism and Ecotourism Business Development Conference
- Rick O’Connor, Libbie Johnson, Carrie Stevenson, Blake Thaxton and Chris Verlinde – University of Florida Extension / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
- Ohio Tourism Industry Needs Assessment
- Nancy Bowen-Ellzey, Rebecca Nesbitt, Rose Fisher-Merkowitz and Julie Fox – Ohio State University Extension
- Providing Communities With Improved Marketing Intelligence
- Nicole Vaugeois – Vancouver Island University
- The Influence of Training on Ecotour Guides and Their Environmentally Responsible Behaviors and Transformational Leadership Abilities: A Qualitative and Quantitative Case Study
- Nancy Lackey – University of Nebraska-Lincoln