L&D - Food systems & climate, budget basics, unpacking oppression, accessible documents, project management

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office, Team, and Personal Management

Dynamic Discussions (Extension Foundation)
March 23
11 a.m. -12 p.m. PT

Details. Registration.
Each fourth Thursday of the month, the Impact Collaborative will host professionals from across Cooperative Extension and beyond to address hot topics of interest to Cooperative Extension. Each month, we will update the information for the Dynamic Discussion for the month!

Food Systems and the Climate Crisis Webinar Series (Extension Foundation)
March 2, 9 and 16 at 12-1 p.m. PT

Details & registration. Alternative Proteins, webinar 6
March 2
Details & Registration. Educational programs to reduce food waste, webinar 7
March 9
Details & Registration. Planning and sharing Extension programs, webinar 8
March 16

The Cornell Civic Ecology Lab and CCE are sponsoring a webinar discussion on food systems solutions to reduce climate emissions. The goal is to foster a learning community around food systems and climate solutions. This series has been planned to (1) promote learning and sharing among CCE educators interested in food solutions to climate emissions, including plant-rich diet, reducing food wastes, alt-proteins and reducing methane emissions on farms….and more.

Program Center Stage (Extension Foundation)
March 27, 2023
11 a.m.-noon Pacific time

Details & Registration.
The Program Center Stage will highlight programs from across the system including current and past New Technologies from Ag Extension projects, Impact Collaborative projects, National programs like EXCITE, and more on the fourth Monday of each month at 11 a.m. - noon. Each month, we will update the information below for which program we will be putting center stage! This series is open to anyone that would like to attend.

Image credit: UC Davis Food Systems Lab

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Budget Basics and Calculator (UC ANR, Virtual)
March 22, 2023
12:30 -1 p.m.

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

Using the new ANR Workflow Automation program to route C&G Forms “800“ and Advance Account Request
May 24
12:30-1 p.m.

Introduction and training on the new Workflow Automation system. We will go through the automated program and show how to use it for the C&G Form 800 and the C&G Form Advanced Account Request. 

Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428

Award Process (ANR-Virtual)
June 28
12:30-1 p.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.

Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428

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Creating Accessible Documents Systemwide Training Program

Details and May cohort application closes April 7.

A six-session training program focused on how to evaluate and achieve accessibility in digital documents. Sessions will be one hour long, conducted via Zoom, occurring at a regular time every other week.

Additional support opportunities will be available to participants throughout the program so they can ask questions, confirm their understanding, engage in practice activities and explore specific areas relevant to their work. Accessibility fundamentals, creating accessible Word docs, evaluation, and improving PDF accessibility and more.

Unpacking Oppression (UC Davis Health, in-Person)
Wednesday, March 15
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Register here.
This course offers an opportunity for participants to explore their questions about race and ethnicity in a safe environment. Participants will explore the cultural barriers to dismantling racism. By understanding the realities of privilege and power, we can participate more fully in antiracism work and foster an equitable campus community for everyone. This session includes an exploration of how the pandemic has impacted this area of DEI.

Avoiding Bias in the Hiring Process (UC Davis, Virtual)
Thursday, April 20, 2023
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Zoom
Details & Registration.

This session explores the power of impressions and its potential influence in the evaluation of job applicants. Using reflection exercises, participants will explore the relationship between impressions and bias and introduce learners to key research involving biases in hiring. Participants will leave the session having greater awareness and understanding of bias theory (coupled with case studies) and strategies in mitigating bias in the hiring process.

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Programmatic Orientation (UC ANR, Virtual)
March 2, Part 2

Details & Registration.
Goal of this orientation is to provide ANR academics with the foundation to build on for success, where success is positively impacting the lives of all Californians. Open to all early career academics:

• Cooperative Extension Advisors
• Cooperative Extension Specialists
• Academic Coordinators
• Academic Administrators
• Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty

2023 UC ANR Administrative Orientation for New Employees, in-Person
Wednesday, March 22
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details & Registration.
Learn about ANR Administrative Units and Statewide Programs and Institutes!

Who should attend: All UC ANR Employees (academics, staff and affiliated staff on campuses, counties and RECs) who have not participated in an administrative orientation in the past. Priority will be given to those hired by ANR within the past year.

 
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Project Management Foundations: Integration (LinkedIn Learning 1 hr. 44 min.)

Learn the 12 steps to managing projects without creating a lot of extra overhead and shows how to use traditional project management tools—such as Gantt charts and network diagrams—to help you succeed. Learning objectives:

• Describe a project and its constraints.
• Interpret the appropriate level of granularity of tasks.
• Determine the importance of a project's critical path.
• Explain how to calculate and add contingency to a project.
• Analyze the data within a risk chart.
• Interpret the challenges of monitoring costs and identifying when to adjust the project plan.

Request your LinkedIn Learning account from ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.

PowerPoint Data Visualization: High-Impact Charts and Graphs (LinkedIn Learning 1 hr. 44 min.)

Data visualization is a hot topic, and we all know charts should be as clear and effective as possible. But do you know what makes one chart more effective than another? In this course, PowerPoint MVP Echo Swinford shows how to build high-impact charts in Microsoft Office. Using PowerPoint and Excel, she demonstrates specific techniques to make your charts easier to read and understand quickly.

Request your LinkedIn Learning account from ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.

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