ANR Learning & Development: UC library resources, understanding condition changes

 

 

 

 

Check out the continuing learning opportunities through ANR Learning & Development.
ANR Webinars are recorded and archived here.

Accessing UC library resources and services from your location - We're here for you!
August 8, 2019
Time: 11:30 am
After attending this session, participants will feel like library VIPs, and will know how to access resources owned or licensed by the UC Library system by mail or electronically. They will also know how to connect to research help, and suggest titles for the library to acquire.

Leyla R Cabugos, UC Davis Plant Science Librarian

Zoom access:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428
1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 751 701 428

Learning Circle - Ethical OS Toolkit (Register here)
Aug. 8, 2019
10:30 am-noon

Generated by the eXtension Foundation, Engage & Empower Online is an online co-learning community connecting local and regional Impact Collaborative projects across the U.S. for collective impact.  Through public and private cross-sector partnerships with the Cooperative Extension System's (CES) eXtension Foundation, Engage & Empower Online is a new resource designed to collectively drive innovation and action forward toward real and meaningful impacts. Register here.

Focus on your strengths with Strengthsfinder 2.0 
Aug. 12, Oct. 2, Dec. 10, 2019, UC Davis/UC Davis Health, Register here

During this session you will hear about the Gallup StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment which introduces 34 dominate themes, and identifies tops strengths and how to leverage them. Learn about research on talent-based productivity and engagement, and areas where you have the greatest potential to develop your strengths and apply them on the job. 

To help you identify and build upon your talents, you are required to complete the Strengthsfinder 2.0 assessment and review your Strengths Insight and Action-Planning Guide prior to attending this session. Register here. If a class is full, sign up for the wait-list so you can participate when the course repeats.

Improve your understanding of ANR's condition changes and use of relevant indicators
August 15, 2019
Noon-12:30pm

• How you can start tracking and connecting to condition change indicators
• Data sources you can use to make "Safe inferences" to change in conditions
• UC ANR examples using condition change indicators

With Wendy Powers, Mark Bell, Katherine Webb-Martinez, Kit Alviz

Zoom access:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428
1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 751 701 428

Building Movement Project
Check out The Building Movement Project website. Learn how this organization develops research, tools, training materials and opportunities for partnerships that bolster nonprofit organizations' ability to support the voice and power of the people they serve. Learn their tools for developing the capacity of organizations to engage constituents in changing the systems that impact their lives.

Leadership - Analyzing how organizations can do their best work and encourage leaders at every level by promoting the most effective and inclusive practices.

Nonprofits and Social Change - Developing the capacity of organizations to engage constituents in changing the systems that impact them.

Movement Building - Acknowledging and building on the distinct role of nonprofit organizations in advancing movements for social change

In 2016, the Building Movement Project conducted a national survey on race and leadership in nonprofits. The data from that survey led to the development of the popular Race to Lead report series. This summer, the Race to Lead survey is back! By participating, survey respondents will contribute to one of the largest existing data sets on race and leadership in the nonprofit sector and will help inform the next round of Race to Lead reports. The confidential survey is open to anyone working for pay in the U.S. nonprofit sector and takes about 25 minutes to fill out. Just go to: bit.ly/RacetoLeadSurvey!

Time Management and Workplace Culture: Do longer hours mean higher productivity and increased passion? (Sponsored by FASEB) Register here.

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time

There is an unspoken perception within the scientific community: if you aren't working at least 60 hours a week, then you are less productive and passionate about your research. This has led to a culture in which scientists often become competitive and brag about their excessive time spent in lab and display their exhaustion like a badge of honor. This webinar will explore how long hours in the lab became the norm and the effects that it has on scientists. This webinar will also provide tips on how to maximize productivity in lab and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Register here.

With Julie Overbaugh, Ph.D. faculty member, Human Biology and Public Health Sciences Division, endowed chair for Graduate Education, director, Office of Education and Training, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Lesley Weaver, Ph.D. postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

7 Questions that ambitious employees can ask their boss

One of the most important and influential relationships you have at work is with your manager. Along with being an example you can learn from (for better or worse), your manager has great influence over your responsibilities and your ability to develop as an employee.
 
In the LinkedIn Learning course Building Business Relationships, Instructor Simon Bailey encouraged employees to ask their manager these seven questions. These seven questions will help you form a better relationship with your boss, which will both make your day-to-day life better as well as improve the prospect of your career.

If you want your free ANR LinkedIn Learning account, email jlazulai@ucanr.edu.

SAVE THE DATE: Agents of Change, Creating Extension Connections. NAEPSDP National Conference
Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 3-5, 2019.
Submit proposals by Aug. 13, 2019: Round tables, posters, workshops, oral presentations, ignite sessions.
Post conference tour: University of Georgia Marine Extension Center and Aquarium Tour on Skidaway Island.

Everyone can learn something new. 
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