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Office, Team and Personal Management
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EXTENSION METHODS & DELIVERY
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Building Virtual Program that Works!
December 6, 8, and 13, 2021
9:00 am. - 11:00 a.m. PST
Cost: $30; Space is limited.
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The University of Maryland Extension invites you to join in the highly interactive three-session virtual program hosted on Zoom. The program provides you with practical and applicable technics and resources to create learner-centered virtual programs.
Our program provides you with evidence-based models and an in-program experience of building your own virtual program framework. By the end of the program, you will leave with numerous resources as well as your own perspective virtual program framework. This program does not train you on virtual platforms but the foundational aspect of the virtual program building that ensures a successful program implementation. Click here to read more and register.
Learn How to Design Cutting-Edge Programs to Make an Impact in Your Local Communities - Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitator Training.
Dec. 7 and 9, 2021
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PST
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What you'll learn:
- Our Innovation Facilitator training provides you with a new way of looking at innovation.
- Once trained, you are an invaluable asset in helping teams develop projects or programs more quickly and connect them with national resources.
- You will use our innovation incubator process to bring fresh ideas aligned with institutional goals to every team you work with.
2021 NAEPSDP Annual Conference (Virtual)
(National Association of Extension Programs and Staff Development Professionals)
Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2021
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Click here for tentative schedule.
The theme of this year's conference is "Moving forward in a new world." We are looking forward to getting together virtually to again interact with colleagues and share ideas and successes!
ePubs: Database available for all Cooperative Extension Professionals (Connect Extension)
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This is a database available for all Cooperative Extension professionals that contains subject matter content or programming process model publications developed by the Extension Foundation and project/program fellows.
Examples of available ePublications:
Wellness in Tough Times Toolkit
The Google Earth Pro Pilot A Model for Creating Innovative Extension Curriculum
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Creating a Virtual Conference for Low-Resourced Communities
Video Resources Library (Connect Extension)
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This database is available for all Cooperative Extension professionals from Extension Foundation member institutions. It contains video resources on a variety of subjects including the Impact Collaborative Innovation Skill-Building blocks, leadership resources, and technical tutorials. Examples of videos:
Crucial Conversations
Keynote Speaker: Telling Your Extension Story with Faith Peppers
Keynote Speaker: Oh the Places You'll Go with Krystal Allen
Keynote Speaker: Overlooked People and Places, the Hope of a Nation with Nick Smoot
Delivering Online Courses (Connect Extension Resource)
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The Extension Foundation offers employees of its member institutions free use of its online course system for the sale and delivery of courses to their clientele. Courses are marketed through a package of two integrated sites, Campus (a Moodle 3.11+ platform) and Catalog, a store front facilitating fee-based access to courses on Campus. Why use it?
- Anyone in the world can enroll
- Extension Foundation provides hosting and support
- Makes courses available 24/7/365
- Provides a single site for all Extension Foundation courses
- Allows for multi-institutional collaboration in development
- Provides incorporation of competency frameworks
- Uses a commercial storefront for sale of fee-based courses
If I find it on the web, it's free to use, right?
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2021
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Keep yourself out of trouble using images and videos. You'll learn the basics of copyright, when you can and can't use images, use of tables, as well as how to protect your own material. Join Cynthia Kintigh and Robin Sanchez to learn best practices.
Please click this Zoom link to join https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSION
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Perspectives: Culturally Responsive Place-based Education Series
Dec. 2, Feb. 3, March 3, April 7, May 5
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time
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The Michigan State University Extension Tollgate Farm and Education Center is hosting a virtual professional development panel discussion series for formal and non-formal educators about learning to better incorporate the perspectives of those with whom we work in schools and educational programs. Moderators and panelists from each community provide a chance for educators to deepen their teaching practice in a safe online space for open conversation and community. SCHECHs are available for teachers.
Perspectives: Culturally Responsive Place-Based Education will begin Nov. 4, 2021, with a session on indigenous perspectives and experiences of maple sugaring, especially as they connect to schools and place-based education centers.
Dec. 2 - Incorporating Black Perspectives in Place-Based Teaching and Learning
Feb. 3 - Special Needs Perspectives and PBE In and Beyond the Classroom
March 3 - Engaging with LGTBQ+IA Communities in PBE in Formal and Non-Formal Settings
April 7 - A Latinx Lens: Incorporating Latinx Perspectives through Place-Based Educational Programming
May 5 -Incorporating Asian Principles, Practices, People in Community, & Place-Based Learning
Making the Unconscious Conscious: Understanding and Mitigating Bias (UC Learning Center Course)
March 8, 2022
1 – 4 p.m.
Virtual Instructor-led Training
May 26, 2022
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Virtual Instructor-led Training
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Participants will be introduced to theory and language in understanding implicit and explicit bias. Using personal reflection, experiential exercises and case studies, participants will gain greater awareness when they engage in bias and gain essential knowledge and skills (tools) in how they recognize and mitigate biases in both personal and professional domains. This session includes an exploration of how the pandemic has impacted this area of diversity, equity and inclusion. NOTE: Class is subject to a minimum enrollment of 15 to proceed. Register with the waitlist if the class is full.
Understanding Neurodiversity: Breaking barriers - WebANR
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
We are all having more and more experiences interacting with people who have autism, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other conditions that cause them to process and interact with the world differently. This conversation will be an opportunity to learn a little about the issue of neurodiversity, how to support people who process experiences differently and how inclusion and diversity truly enriches our world.
This conversation will be led by Steve Ruder, a community services supervisor at the UC Davis MIND Institute. There will be information and resources, but also opportunities to ask questions and converse in a safe environment.
Ruder assists families and people with disabilities who have questions regarding high school transition, adult services, and employment. He is the facilitator for the Northern California Business Advisory Council. He also assists families with questions regarding supported decision-making before considering conservatorship. Please contact him at sruder@ucdavis.edu to schedule an appointment.
Join the webinar by clicking on this Zoom link https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/5307501239?pwd=WDI3U2g5cXRvWUhVUlY3MitJWkVVUT09
Meeting ID: 530 750 1239 Phone | +1 669 900 6833 US | Password: 4Collab
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Building Support
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Perspective on Statewide Budget (video) - Slide deck, David Bunn
Giving Tuesday: Strategies for Success (video) - Slide deck, Emily Delk
Foreign Disclosures to UC ANR and Research Sponsors - (video) Slide deck, Kathy Noland, Kim Lamar
Open Forum with Contracts and Grants (video) - Kathy Nolan, Kim Lamar, Vanity Campbell, Suzanne Burton, Andrea Davis, Kendra Rose, Heidi Von Geldern
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Office, Team, and Personal Management
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Rev-Up Your Virtual Leadership – Rev up the change!
Dec. 15, 2021
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. PST
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For 2021, the Extension Foundation's Impact Collaborative program is hosting a series available to member institutions. This is for Cooperative Extension professionals leading five or more peers.
Last year we all pivoted quickly as we redefined how to accomplish our work almost exclusively in shared virtual spaces. The topics in this series are a result of our work with individuals and teams from across Cooperative Extension wondering: What does effective leadership look like when we no longer have the ability to put a hand on a shoulder? How do we reduce friction, confusion and underperformance for individuals, teams and organizations?
We're all experiencing change at a pace humans have never experienced before. This can lead to confusion when it seems like the “transition” phase never ends. Learn to help everyone navigate the chaos together!
How To Build a Fearless Organization (Harvard Business School – Working Knowledge)
By Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
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“Psychological safety at work takes effort. It's not the norm. But it's worth the effort,” says Professor Amy Edmondson. She explains how and why a culture of open candor — and the willingness and courage to speak up — is a strategic asset and can be developed in companies of all sizes, in her new book The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth.
“These are not things that happen routinely in most organizations, but they are mission critical to doing well in a complex, fast changing world,” she says. In our Q&A we asked her guidance for managers and leaders. Click here to read more.
The impact of attitude on life
By Charles Swindoll
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so, it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.
Negotiation Skills (LinkedIn Learning)
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Negotiation skills aren't just important for the sales professionals among us. With a little practice, anyone can learn the simple rules of negotiation to get a great deal on a new car or house or achieve greater success at work by getting better deals with suppliers, customers and even colleagues. In this course, master negotiator Chris Croft walks through all the phases of a negotiation, from deciding to negotiate to closing. Chris discusses how to plan your negotiation and calculate your opening offer. Plus, he takes you through a series of specific negotiation tactics, demonstrates how to come to a win-win situation through the use of trading, and goes into how to close the deal.
To request your LinkedIn Learning account email ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.
Excel 2021 Essential Training
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Excel, the popular spreadsheet program from Microsoft, is an essential tool for many professional roles. In this course, Jess Stratton shows you the ins and outs of the 2021 release. Jess begins with how to navigate Excel and how to create, open and save a file. Next, she shows you how to enter, format, autofill and edit text, as well as how to copy and delete cell data, merge cells and more. Jess explains how to work with sheets, then dives into the myriad adjustments and customizations you can apply to rows and columns. Formulas are at the heart of Excel's ability to perform text or number calculations, so Jess concludes by walking you through formulas and functions, including AutoSum and the very useful XLOOKUP.
To request your LinkedIn Learning account email ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.
Leadership - It's All About Everyone (Connect Extension)
By Scott Reed, Vice Provost Emeritus, Outreach and Engagement, Oregon State University
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Essayist William Gibson recently reminded us, “The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.” The same sentiment is reflected by the Institute for the Future in discussions of leadership in a world characterized by explosive connectivity and disruption and describes literacies for leading in a “VUCA” world: Volatile/Uncertain/Complex/Ambiguous. The institute further observes that in the next 10 years, leadership will be more distributed and that rock star leaders will be rarer.
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- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
“The topic of addressing food access through community and school gardens has never been more relevant than in today's COVID and post-COVID environment,” said Kamal Khaira, director of the CalFresh Healthy Living, UC program, at the November ANR town hall. “Today, we are highlighting work from Riverside County where our CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE team has made significant progress and contributions in fostering garden-enhanced nutrition education in three distinct communities – two urban settings and one rural Native American reservation.”
“This is one important aspect of our community work which brings all ages together in low-resource environments to learn, build and accomplish – delivering avenues for health and wellness both through work with the soil but also through connecting and sharing the harvested food together.”
Jackie Barahona, nutrition educator for CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Riverside County, continued the presentation.
“As you can see from the video, our work with communities in planning and developing community gardens is one that enhances our overall CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE objectives of supporting health and wellness,” Barahona said.
“In 2013 the Riverside team began work with the Community Settlement Association in Riverside through a community grant that funded garden reinvigoration. During the pandemic, over 50 pounds of harvested produce from the garden have been donated to the local food pantry. Garden Club activities occurs twice a month and enhances educational work in the community.
“Our work with Riverside Faith Temple began in 2019. Food harvested from Riverside Faith Temple community garden is donated to parishioners and community members. Our team has continued to host monthly virtual garden club meetings in partnership with the UC Master Gardener Program in Riverside County. We plan to resume in-person garden activities this winter.
“Since 2013 CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Riverside has fostered a growing relationship with the Torres Martinez Tribal Community in Thermal. Based on this long-standing relationship, in 2020 the CFHL, UCCE Riverside team worked with a group of three youth and six seniors from the Tribal community to establish a garden at their senior center. This community garden brought elders and youth together to plant and harvest fresh vegetables and herbs. As an intergenerational project, it was a great success. Since that time our team, with support from the CFHL State Office, has assisted Tribal Leadership in establishing a Community Wellness Committee, which consists of youth, elders, and tribal council members. We are working with this committee to inspire initiatives that will lead to sustained health outcomes through physical activity, garden-enhanced nutrition education, direct education and other activities.
“Altogether, learning experiences in the garden provide many benefits – physical activity, an area to socialize with others in the neighborhood, and a reinforcement of what we teach about the importance of fresh fruits and vegetables being part of daily meals. Due to the garden work, our nutrition lessons are not only enhanced but harvested fresh food is available for community tables.”
For more information about the program, read “UCCE building oasis of health in ethnic urban communities” at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=46096.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Academic Assembly Council is accepting requests for reimbursement for travel to professional society meetings being held Jan. 1 through June 30, 2022.
Deadline for online submission: Friday, Dec. 10 at 5:00 p.m. (Submissions will be accepted electronically only. No exceptions.)
The Academic Assembly Council (AAC) travel awards support travel to professional society meetings, primarily for the reporting and exchange of knowledge among members. Cooperative Extension academics are eligible for one meeting approval per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30). Academic Assembly Council approval is only for expense reimbursement from the Professional Society Meeting Fund. Leave with pay to attend the meeting must be approved by your immediate supervisor.
This call is for the biannual period of January 1 – June 30, 2022. There will be a second call in early summer for the July 1– December 31, 2022, period. The total amount of awards granted and the criteria for awards remain unchanged.
Applications are scored based on set criteria. Priority scoring is given to applicants new to their positions, presenting papers, or with special functions within the society/meeting.
To submit a request, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/ucaac/. Direct reimbursement request link is https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=36045.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Hammer Coffer atmahammer@ucanr.edu.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The 2022/23 SAREP Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Small Grants Program is accepting applications until 12 noon PST, Feb. 15, 2022.
SAREP invites proposals for small grants to fund pilot projects and research projects that support California's farmers, ranchers and land stewards and/or rural, urban, and Tribal communities to plan, implement or evaluate sustainable agriculture or food systems strategies.
Program Priority Areas
UC SAREP will fund projects that fall within two priority areas:
1. Support California's farmers, ranchers and land stewards of all scales in identifying, piloting and transitioning to
- environmentally regenerative approaches to producing crops and livestock (including but not limited to soil health, organic and agroecological practices, integrated pest management, crop diversification);
- pathways for realizing economic return from ecologically-sound crop management practices and fair labor practices;
- marketing and distribution strategies that support diversified, decentralized, and locally self-organized supply chains;
- strategies that promote producer-to-producer networking and producer-to-supply chain networking
2. Support California's rural, urban, and Tribal communities to identify, implement and evaluate strategies to
- expand access to healthy, sustainably produced, culturally appropriate foods;
- ensure worker well-being across the food chain;
- minimize the community and environmental costs of food production and distribution;
- strengthen connections between consumers and producers;
- establish and strengthen producer-to-producer connections and producer-to-supply chain connections
Priority will be given to projects that benefit socially disadvantaged communities and/or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. We strongly encourage projects that are led by individuals and/or community-based organizations from these groups.
We are interested in projects that build the capacity of farming and food systems businesses and organizations to become reflective, adaptive learning organizations that can respond effectively to ecological, economic, and social change and disruption.
Proposal categories
Proposals are requested for three types of projects:
- Planning Grants
- Education and Outreach Grants
- Applied Research Grants
Information about each category and examples of previously funded projects, can be found at https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/grantsFY21-22.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants include farm or food system businesses operating in California, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations operating in California, state and local government agencies, tribal governments, and California public and private institutions of higher education.
Applicants must demonstrate meaningful collaboration and involvement of stakeholders in the design and execution of the project. Priority is also given to projects that foster cross-collaborations between multiple types of applicants, contributing to a unified approach in addressing core areas of concern.
For more information and requirements, please visit the SAREP Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Small Grants Program webpage or contact Rachael Callahan at rmcallahan@ucanr.edu.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The UC President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources met with UC President Michael Drake via Zoom Oct. 19 to discuss resource planning, recruitment and regenerative agriculture.
They began the meeting by honoring Jean-Mari Peltier, the past PAC chair, who passed away Sept. 24. In addition to her dedicated service to UC ANR as a PAC member since 2008, Peltier also represented California on the Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching for many years and served as the CARET national vice president. Her leadership, vision and support for UC ANR and the agricultural community will be sorely missed.
Mike Mellano, new PAC chair, announced Luawanna Hallstrom will be vice chair. Two new industry professionals have also recently joined the PAC: Kathie Sowa, Bank of America senior vice president and commercial banking executive, and Alejandra Sanchez, Driscoll's corporate social responsibility marketing manager.
Vice President Glenda Humiston briefed the PAC members on UC ANR activities, including the UC Cooperative Extension position call and a presentation on wildfire resiliency delivered to the UC Regents Committee on Engagement & Development on Sept. 29.
Presenters included Humiston, Ryan Tompkins, UCCE forest advisor; Celeste Cantú, chair of the San Diego Water Quality Control Board and PAC member; Daniel Sanchez, UCCE specialist in the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management; Maggi Kelly, UCCE specialist, faculty director of the UC Berkeley Geospatial Innovation Facility and director of UC ANR's Informatics and Geographic Information Systems Program; and Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE fire advisor and director of the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council.
Greg Gibbs, executive director of Development Services, gave a presentation summarizing UC ANR's fund development activity over the past year. Don Bransford, chair of the PAC Funds Development Committee, proposed creation of a UC ANR Strategic Priorities Endowment that would allow the UC ANR Vice President to direct funds towards the state's highest priorities each year. The PAC approved development of The Jean-Mari Peltier Endowment in support of UC ANR Strategic Priorities. It will be listed on the donation page along with other ANR programs for Giving Tuesday 2021.
Sanchez of Driscoll's; Bill Frost, former UC ANR associate vice president and UCCE advisor emeritus; and Luawanna Hallstrom, principal of Collaborative Communications gave presentations on opportunities and challenges in seeking regenerative agriculture, research on sustainable agriculture in California and media coverage of regenerative agriculture.
The next PAC meeting will be held Dec. 9 and 10 at Lindcove Research and Extension Center, where the commissioners will participate in the citrus tasting and tour.
