Conducting the Needs Assessment series

#1 Conducting the Needs Assessment #1: Introduction

Matthew Benge, Amy Harder, and Laura Warner

#2 Conducting the Needs Assessment #2: Using Needs Assessments in Extension Programming

Matthew Benge and Laura Warner

#3 Conducting the Needs Assessment #3: Educator Motivations, Barriers, and Objections

Matt Benge

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. Published by ==Special Handling==

#4 Conducting the Needs Assessment #4: Audience Motivations, Barriers, and Objections

Laura Warner and Matt Benge

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: ==Special Handling==

#5 Conducting the Needs Assessment #5: Phase 1—Pre-assessment

Savanna Turner and Matt Benge

This new 5-page publication is the fifth in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series. The preassessment phase, also known as the exploration phase, of conducting a needs assessment includes defining the purpose, identifying existing information, and determining the appropriate methods to conducting the needs assessment. Extension professionals and service providers should complete the preassessment phase prior to conducting the actual needs assessment. Written by Savanna Turner and Matt Benge.

#6 Conducting the Needs Assessment #6: Phase 2—Assessment

Matt Benge and Savanna Turner

This is the sixth publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series. The assessment phase puts the management plan from the pre-assessment into action to determine the needs of your community. The assessment phase compares the “what is” of the issues to the vision of the “what should be” to understand the magnitude of the needs and their causes (Witkin & Altschuld, 1995).

#7 Conducting the Needs Assessment #7: Phase 3 — Post-Assessment

Matt Benge

This is the seventh publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series. The post-assessment phase, also known as the utilization phase, of conducting a needs assessment includes setting priorities to make informed decisions, creating and considering solutions, communicating results to appropriate audiences, and evaluating the needs assessment used. Extension professionals and service providers should complete the pre-assessment and assessment phases before making recommendations and considering solutions to resolve the identified needs. Written by Matt Benge, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, February 2025.

#8 Conducting the Needs Assessment #8: The Borich Model

Olivia Caillouet and Amy Harder

This eighth publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides Extension professionals and other service providers with directions for how to use the Borich model to collect data about the training needs of a target audience and how to use that data to improve programming. Written by Olivia Caillouet and Amy Harder; published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; 5 pp.

#9 Conducting the Needs Assessment #9: The Nominal Group Technique

Mary Bammer, Matt Benge, and Laura Warner

This ninth publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides an overview of using the nominal group technique (NGT) to conduct a needs assessment. This document defines the scenarios in which the NGT is suitable, describes the steps involved in conducting the NGT, and provides examples of the use of this technique in Extension. Written by Mary Bammer, Matt Benge, and Laura Warner, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; 5 pp.

#10 Conducting the Needs Assessment #10: The Delphi Technique

Laura Warner and Amy Harder

#11 Conducting the Needs Assessment #11: Causal Analysis Techniques

Amy Harder

This publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides Extension educators and other service providers with an introduction to two techniques that can easily be used when seeking information about relationships between causes and needs: fishboning and cause and consequence analysis.