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ANR Strategic Learning Areas
Upcoming webinars (what's in the pipeline?)
Extension Delivery
Building Support
Office, Team, & Personal Development
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Past Webinar Recordings
Just want Technical information? Visit the Strategic Initiatives (SI) Knowledge Bank
TYPES OF WEBINARS
WebANR - Third Thursday WebANRs cover one of 4 tracks: Extension Delivery, Building Support, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Office & Team Management; If you have a WebANR to offer contact jlazulai@ucanr.edu; Support covered by L&D.
Strategic Initiative Spotlight Webinars - Spotlight program outreach and impact in California communities. Want to offer a spotlight? If yes, contact your Strategic Initiative leader. See steps here. Support costs covered by the SI. (Previous Spotlight webinars)
Webinar plus - Cover both technical and skill topics.
NEED WEBINAR SUPPORT?
If you want a Zoom webinar account (versus meeting account) and/or other support:
The Program Support Unit (PSU) can help with promotion, on the day, survey development...Costs? Start free and then costs apply based on support wanted.
-PSU event coordination fees
-For support, fill out a Program Support Unit survey
For resources on developing and conducting webinars: How to create an engaging webinar
Upcoming webinars (what's in the pipeline?)
Extension Delivery
Building Support
Office, Team, & Personal Development
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Extension Delivery
Distance Learning Apps to Enhance Teaching and Increase Engagement
Wednesday May 5, 2021
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Join Anna Jones, PhD and Lyn Brock, MA, RD from CalFresh Healthy Living, UC and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program to explore distance learning applications.
Distance learning apps can help learners engage with material and make learning fun, but it can be hard to know what apps are out there and where to start. Join this session in which we will share a variety of learning apps that are available at no-cost, how to get started with each app, and potential ways to use them to engage learners and enhance teaching. We will also discuss guiding principles for incorporating apps into distance education.
Zoom access:
SI Spotlight Series: Community Economic Development Innovations for a
Post-Pandemic Economy
Registration required, click here to register.
Every other Thursday, April 22 through June 17
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
See the full schedule and agenda here.
The CoVid-19 pandemic has wrought disaster upon small businesses and the people and communities dependent upon them, with Fortune estimating over 100,000 closures. But the forces pushing down on small businesses have been with us for the better part of the last 20 years, with the rise of financialization, conglomeration, and platform enterprise achieving unprecedent scale and competitive advantage.
Promising solutions exist. This webinar series will draw public, policymaker, and entrepreneur awareness of these opportunities. We will catalyze a conversation about the post-pandemic economy, and elevate the role of entrepreneurial support infrastructure for existing independent and new business startups. Participants will hear from researchers, executives, and entrepreneurs driving these innovations.
Intended Audience:
- Economic Development Professionals, Researchers, and Students
- Policymakers
- Entrepreneurs and the Impact Investment Community
Participants will:
- Become aware of challenges facing small businesses in policy, markets, and fair competition;
- Learn alternative community economic development strategies used by communities in addressing these challenges;
- Be exposed to new business models, and;
- Understand how to actively tackle these challenges through innovative business models.
| Date | Topic |
| April 22 | The Peril of the Sharing Economy: How Platforms Companies Are Reshaping our Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Consumer Behavior |
| May 6 | Mobilizing and Organizing Grassroots Capital: Investment Clubs and Real Estate Cooperatives |
| May 20 | Utilities of the 21st Century |
| June 3 | Modo Co-operative: A Platform for Carsharing |
| June 17 | Models of Affordable Workforce Housing |
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Every Tuesday in May
3:00-4:00 pm.
- May 4 - The Asian Pacific Identity: Experiences and Stories
- May 11 - Asian Pacific Farmers in California: Past and Present
- May 18 - Violence in Asian Pacific Communities: Exclusion, Internment and Hate Crimes
- May 25 - Supporting Our Friends and Colleagues: Bystander Intervention Training by Hollaback!
Building Support
Endowments 101 - Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Presented by: Andrea Ambrose, Mary Ciricillo and Kelly Scott
Did you know that UC ANR has 76 endowed funds valued at more than $304 million? Or, that each year, we will realize more than $9 million in annual payouts to support our programs and research statewide? Join your Development Services team to learn more about endowments – what they are, how they work and if they are a good solution for your long term funding strategies. While endowments are not a quick fix, they can be an important component of your fundraising program as you build toward a more sustainable program funding model for the future. Find out if an endowment initiative is right for you as you and learn how we can help you develop a plan to ensure success.
Participants will:
- Learn about different types of endowed funds and how they are managed
- Understand the key differences between endowments and current use funds
- Explore current UC ANR endowment initiatives
- Have the information needed to determine readiness to explore endowment options
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Basic Budget Calculator
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Join Kendra Rose to learn how to develop a proposal budget. Topics covered include: cost components that make up a budget, applicable cost principles, budgeting techniques and practices, calculating F&A costs, and budgeting tools and resources. Zoom:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Engaging Volunteers in Fundraising
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Description coming! Zoom:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Cost Sharing/Matching
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Cost Sharing or Matching funds is the portion of project expenses provided by UC and not paid by the sponsoring agency. Tune in to learn more about when its acceptable to commit cost share on a proposal, required approvals, and tracking cost share after the award has been made. With Kathy Nolan.
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Award Process
Wednesday July 28, 2021
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Once a sponsor elects to fund a proposal, the review, negotiation and award acceptance process begins. This webinar walks you through what is happening in the Office of Contracts and Grants, and what to do when the accepted agreement arrives in your office. With Kimberly Lamar and Heidi Von Geldern. Zoom access:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Office, Team, and Individual Management
Hidden Gem - ANR Staff Mentorship Program
May 20, 2021
noon -12:30 pm
Join mentors and mentees who have participated in past ANR Staff Mentorship Programs to learn about this hidden gem at ANR.
Find out about how the process works, rich learning participants gain, and why you would consider participating in our next program (January 2022).
The interview-style format will be fun and informative and you will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Zoom access: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/5307501239?pwd=WDI3U2g5cXRvWUhVUlY3MitJWkVVUT09
Meeting ID: 530 750 1239 | +1 669 900 6833 US | Password: 4Collab
Tips on How to Produce Efficient and Effective Zoom Events
Thursday July 15, 2021
12:00 -12:30 pm
- Introduction (what we’ll cover and resources) (1 min.)
- Preparing for a Virtual Event: Setting it up and what to consider (consider your audience, interactions, timing, breaks, meeting vs. webinar) (3 min.)
- Pre-Event Tasks and Meeting (identifying and clarifying roles, annotated agenda, meet with speakers, moderators, clarify how intros and Q&A is handled, and those assigned to tasks) (3 min.)
- Day of the event before it begins (early join for all but participants, intro slides displaying how everything will work and housekeeping, open early to participants with waiting room enable or webinar start broadcasting) (3 min.)
- During the event: Troubleshooting and key Zoom features to manage your event (3 min.)
- Q&A (15 min.)
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428