A model for involving local planning and support committees in the process of planning Wisconsin county extension education programs was developed as a way of improving the planning of extension programs statewide. The key components of the planning model developed were (1) the use of influential officials and community representatives and (2) the…

Wisconsin Cooperative Extension's use of strategic planning to develop programing resulted in the following conclusions: (1) strategic planning can create fears; (2) some will change and others will not; (3) county involvement reaps local rewards; (4) not everything gets done; and (5) the process must be institutionalized. (SK)