Meyer, Boyce, and Meyer authored a brief commentary in the Journal of Extension that describes a theory and critical need for program innovation practice.

Meyer, N.J., Boyce, S.P., & Meyer, R.L. (2015). A call to embrace program innovation. Journal of Extension [On-Line], 53(3). Article 3COM1. Available at http://www.joe.org/joe/2015june/comm1.php.

Meyer, Meyer, and Katrass authored a brief commentary in the Journal of Extension that describes a theory and critical need for program innovation practice.

Meyer, R.L., Meyer, N.J., & Katrass, M. (2018). Taking the leap: Exploring a theory of program innovation. Journal of Extension. Special Issue on Innovation in Extension. [On-Line], 56(5). Article v56-5a4. Available at https://www.joe.org/joe/2018september/a4.php.

Nathan Meyer summarized results of the "Taking the Leap" and other research studies to develop a self-assessment that can be used by individual faculty or teams to identify factors that are reinforcing or resisting program innovation.

Nathan Meyer and Rebecca Meyer adapted the Program Innovation Assessment for use with youth involved in innovation programs and other efforts.

Meyer, Boyce, and Meyer created an activity that helps groups of faculty generate a fantastical idea for a new program resource, and then practice rapid design, construction, and evaluation approaches to develop the resource. This activity can be adapted and used in a relatively short period of time to help staff experience and understand the different dimensions of program innovation practice and how they create productive tensions that drive development.

Meyer, Meyer, and Katrass have created an activity that helps groups of faculty focus on a fictitious design challenge, and then practice empathetic research approaches - interviews, observation, personal experiences - to guide innovation practice. This activity can be adapted and used in a relatively short period of time to help staff experience and understand different methods of empathetic research and how these augment each other to guide innovation. Meyer, Meyer, and Katrass often use this activity to encourage faculty to gather information that is then used to fuel practicing program innovation as a learning process (see handout above).

Meyer, Boyce and, Meyer have created a brief handout that defines and briefly describes key elements of program innovation for Extension. Use it for a quick reference or to share with others.

Nathan Meyer has created a handout that describes program innovation as a process of reflective practice, or iterative cycles of trying to strengthen programming and learning from critical examination of the results.

To aid faculty in developing work and promotion plans, Nathan Meyer also created a handout that links program innovation practices and University of Minnesota Extension performance criteria. This handout can be used to help faculty understand and map how their innovation practice may build toward promotion over time.