OSU Rural Development Videos

VT 14 - Risk Management for Rural Communities*
Promotes the Cooperative Extension Risk Management program being developed for use by Extension trainers working with local government.  Length:  8 Minutes

VT 134 - Industry Recruitment: A Case Study*
This video is a case study of various experiences typical of industrial development activities.  It is built around a simulation exercise taped live during an economic development seminar.  The tape features a fictional community and its leaders pursuing an economic development prospect.  It's designed to show communities the do's and don'ts of actively pursuing industrial projects.  Length:  53 Minutes

VT 173 - Harvesting Hometown Jobs
This video, sponsored by the National Association of Towns and Townships, gives communities ideas about how to start new businesses and improve existing ones and how to utilize local, natural and man-made local resources.  It also gives information about job training and tourist trade.  Length:  13 Minutes

VT 175 - Your Hometown
This tape gives three examples from Utah, Nebraska, and Georgia about what rural communities are doing for economic development.  It features examples of home grown business, transition training for displaced farmers and using local resources such as tourism.  Length:  58 Minutes

VT 229 - Customer Service: The Film
This tape takes a look at customer service through the eyes of a film producer who is making a business film on customer service.  The producer stresses the importance of the shift from an industrial economy to a service economy.  He also addresses the major service problems of job problem spillover, no consideration, lack of listening and depersonalized service.  Length:  24 Minutes

VT 232 - Main Street at Work: The Four Point Approach
This tape reviews a four-point plan that towns can use to revitalize their downtown economies.  The four points are:  organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring.  Two small towns that have successfully turned their failing downtown economies around are profiled.  They explain how they used the four points to meet the challenges of revitalization efforts.  Length:  21 Minutes

VT 234 - Main Street at Work: Investing in Your Image
This tape emphasizes the importance of selling an image when revitalizing a downtown economy.  The key to promoting a better image is capitalizing on the unique aspects of a downtown such as architecture on older buildings.  Many examples of facades are shown before and after renovation.  Length:  21 Minutes

VT 235 - Main Street at Work: Bringing in Business
This tape details a three-plan on how to bring business into a revitalized downtown.  The three parts are:  gathering and analyzing market information; targeting prospects and packaging information; and implementing a coordinated recruitment effort.  Length:  21 Minutes

VT 248 - Risk Management for Small Communities
This training tape shows local government official how to develop a risk management program so their communities can operate more efficiently and use public funds more effectively.  It features seven areas of concern and shows how to manage risks in public officials liability, road and street safety, contracts and intergovernmental agreements, law enforcement liability, parks and recreation safety, employee safety liability, and environmental impairment liability.  Length:  52 Minutes

VT 249 - The Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act:   A Framework for Action
This videotape explains the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, commonly referred to as SARA Title 3.  It features the roles of federal government, EPA, states, local planning committees, private companies and first responders when it comes to implementing the law and shows how to get started with compliance.  The tape is designed to make local officials aware of the dangers of hazardous materials and prompt them to begin participation in Local Emergency Planning Committees.  Length:  18 Minutes

VT 314 - Success Stories for Rural Development*
This tape shows how two small cities began aggressive economic development programs with the help of Oklahoma's Rural Enterprise Team.  The team is made up of 13 state and federal agencies and associations which offer free and low-cost help to rural areas.  Part 1 covers each agency.  Part 2 is a shorter version.  Length:  Part 1, 22 Minutes, Part 2, 8 Minutes

VT 318 - Southeastern Oklahoma Economic Development*
Shows how Extension programs are being used to promote economic development in the southeast district.  Also gives an overview of potential for economic development in the area.  Can be used as a promotion for southeastern Oklahoma.  Length:  12 Minutes

VT 326 - Bringing Tourism Dollars to Rural Oklahoma*
This is a how-to tape for rural communities interested in developing tourism.  It shows local leaders what steps should be taken as they first begin to pursue the tourism industry.  It also shows several examples of successful tourism efforts in Oklahoma.  Length:  19 Minutes

VT 327 - Turn it Around with Tourism!
This tape gives an in-depth look at developing the tourism industry in rural communities.  It shows several examples across the country of successful tourism efforts that emphasize taking advantage of what is already available in a community and building on it.  Length:  2 Hours

VT 363 - Face to Face
This is a hospitality training tape, focusing on businesses which deal with the tourism industry.  Ways to effectively deal with customers are demonstrated through several scenarios.  Length:  25 Minutes

VT 373 - Community Leaders…In Profile
Three community leaders tell their story of leadership in small rural communities.  The program provides an educational tool for integrating leadership development into ongoing curriculum.  Length:  30 Minutes

VT 413 - Design Works*
This video is part of a program sponsored by the State Arts Council of Oklahoma to help communities enhance or improve their image.  The video demonstrates the benefits of thoughtful planning and preservation of public spaces in our communities.  For more information about "Design Works" please contact:  State Arts Council of Oklahoma, 640 Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, OK  73105, 405-521-2931.  Length:  12 Minutes

VT 433 - Delivering Quality Guest Service
This tape shows you how to meet the expectations of guests and co-workers.  It shows several guest service situations in which quality service makes a difference for guests, co‑workers and the property.  Length:  21 Minutes

VT 434 - Managing Quality Guest Service
This video shows you how to improve service quality using management skills.  It depicts several managers using the principles of quality service to make a difference for guests, employees and the property.  Length:  20 Minutes

VT 490 - Community Convenience Centers*
Trash is a fact of life.  And while almost all communities provide some form of household waste collection…what do citizens do to get rid of such items as appliances, furniture, tires, waste oil and batteries?  One excellent solution is a Community Convenience Center:  a clean, attended facility designed to handle difficult-to-dispose of items.  This program examines the basics of establishing such a facility, while showcasing several different centers that have won the praises of community leaders and citizens alike.  Length:  12 Minutes

VT 504 - Illegal Dumping: Possible Solutions*
We have all seen them:  ugly eyesores on the landscape that pose both environmental and human threats.  Illegal roadside dumps also eat away at precious tax dollars.  This tape examines the pros and cons of four trash collection systems that can help reduce, perhaps even eliminate the problem:  greenboxes, mailbox systems and convenience centers.  Length:  20 Minutes

VT 756 - Keeping Quality Health Care in Your Rural Community*
Rural communities are facing a struggle to keep and attract health care providers.  This video outlines a community wide approach for communities to follow as they address the challenge of providing adequate health care.  Length:  18 Minutes

VT 764 - Welcome to Town! Using the PRIDE Program in Your Community*
Does your community or business need to brush up on customer relations or hospitality skills?  This short video takes a humorous look at the wrong way and the right way to approach customers or visitors in your community.  It is designed as a companion video to the "Oklahoma PRIDE" workshop.  Length:  11 Minutes

VT 771 - County Government Works!*
This educational video outlines the duties and responsibilities of Oklahoma's elected county officials, which include the sheriff, court clerk, assessor, treasurer, county clerk and county commissioners.  Graphics and pie charts are used to explain how county government is funded and the counties responsibility for building and maintaining roads and bridges.  Length:  10 Minutes

VT 871 - Saving Our Rural Hospitals*
This video discusses how the rural hospitals have suffered with the cut of Medicare reimbursement.  It explains the other options that rural hospitals have such as the Diagnostic-related groups (DRG).  Hospitals now have a new option of Critical Access Hospital Designation.  Length:  14 Minutes

VT 951 - 21st Century Speakers' Series-"Peering into Rural America's Future:  Opportunities and Challenges*
Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director of Center of Rural America, speaks of the opportunities and challenges facing rural communities of America.  Length:  24 Minutes

VT 1087 - IFMAPS: A Partner in Farm Financial Planning
This IFMAPS program works with Oklahoma farmers and ranchers in farm business planning. This video introduces the steps the program takes to assist with concerns such as budgets, financial planning and farm enterprises. The IFMAPS program is free and confidential.

TC 36 - County Financial Management Videoconference*
The videoconference features a detailed discussion of financial reporting and the accounting system used in the county and gives details of county financial statements and budget documents.  Length:  1 Hour

TC 48 - Farm Families: Who Can Help?*
The show covers four areas of assistance - retraining and education for other employment, the agriculture mediation program, financial management (IFMAPS), and mental health assistance.  Length:  45 Minutes

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