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Transcript of “Change Happens: Make It An Opportunity” Margaret Viebrock – Washington State University.
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“Change Happens: Make It An
Opportunity”Margaret Viebrock – Washington State
University
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Our Mission
We strive to empower women in agriculture to
achieve goals and manage risk through education,
networking and technology.
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Problem Solving Approach to Managing Change
TOPICS1. Business decision
making models2. Using financial
records to improve the bottom line
3. Problem solving methods
4. Managing risk
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“Take Away” Message
Understand why it’s important to go through a process to determine if I can make a change in the way I do business.
What did we know?Women said: They sometimes made decisions based on intuition, not facts.
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“Take Away” Message
This tool will help analyze most any situation.
What did we know?Women said: I don’t always know if I’m making any money or not … sometimes I’m farming because I love what I do and I know how to do it well!
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“Take Away” Message
Farmers can use the SWOT analysis for other situations.
What did we know?Women said: I need to know if I’m prepared financially for poor weather, lower prices or a crop disaster and at the same time can I afford a new capital purchase.
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“Take Away” Message
The concepts in the scenario can be changed to fit a personal situation.
What did we know?Women said: It’s not always about what I grow; I need a tool to help with personnel, quality of life and family situations.
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WHY SWOT?
How Did We Teach SWOT?
Farm Credit developed the scenario Facilitators trained for each site 29 locations – webinar for presentation Small group work sessions with worksheets Discussed answers and outcomes
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What Happened?
What 311 women plan to do:
257 update business goals 243 use their farm vision to
guide decision making 226 use tools to analyze business
for profit/loss 194 establish working capital to
grow/sustain business 194 make changes to be better
prepared for potential risk 192 check credit report 180 use SWOT
Results to date: 80 farmers
8 - month follow-up
27% used SWOT36% analyzed business for
profit/loss29% now use balance sheet32% checked credit report31% checked out government
programs and insurance36% are better prepared to
handle opportunities or setbacks
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Women Working on the Farms During WW II
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This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2012-49200-20030.