Posts Tagged: Learning and Development

Statistics resources available

UC ANR is working to bring you statistics resources, informed by internal needs assessments and by identifying statistics experts who are open to opportunities for consulting and collaboration within the UC ANR network. If you have expertise in statistics, please sign up in this Google sheet.

Building statistics resources & network at UC ANR 

• The theory and application of basic statistical tests, including ANOVA, GLMs, mixed models and regression 
• What to do when the normal assumptions for statistical tests have not been met 
• Newer methods like mixed models and bootstrapping that take advantage of modern computing power (which may not have been available if you took undergraduate statistics class 25 years ago) 
• What you need to know when designing experiments and planning data collection 
• How to use the extremely popular and powerful statistical programming language R

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L&D: GIS & data science, health literacy, engage audience, implicit bias, time sheet, orientation, conflict competence

Extension Methods & Delivery
Building Support
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office, Team and Personal Management

Fall GIS and Data Science Workshops from IGIS (UC ANR IGIS)

Details and Registration
Intro to R Wednesdays workshop series - Oct. 4, 11 & 18, 10 a.m.-noon
Intro to ArcGIS Pro -Friday, Oct. 13, 1-4 p.m.
Intro to Jupyter Notebooks in ArcGIS Pro - Nov. 17, 1-4 p.m.
?Intro to ArcGIS Story Maps - Dec. 15, 1-4 p.m.

Strategies to Manage Health Literacy Challenges (Extension Foundation)
Oct. 18
9:30-10:30 a.m. PDT

Details & Registration.
Join Rachel Tansey, MA on Wednesday October 18th at 12:30pm as she discusses Strategies to Manage Health Literacy Challenges. Health literacy is about being able to find, understand and use health information- which can be difficult. This webinar will discuss some strategies to help ease that challenge. Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay

Fall 2023 14-Day Writing Challenge (National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, NCFDD)
Oct. 9-22.

Details and Registration
The 14-Day Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple:

1. You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes.
2. At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end.
3. You take 5 minutes to support other writers in your group by commenting on their progress.

How to Engage Audiences at Conferences, in the Classroom, and Beyond! (National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, NCFDD)
Tuesday, Oct. 24.
11 a.m.-noon

Details and Registration

his webinar discusses the importance of audience engagement for public presentations and provides strategies for capturing and keeping the attention of an audience in various contexts. The presenter will provide recommendations for how to study an audience prior to a presentation, as well as suggestions for verbal and nonverbal communication strategies that engage an audience the entire presentation.

Dynamic Discussions (Extension Foundation)
Oct. 26
11 a.m.-noon

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

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• Grant proposal development and other information can be found at the Office of Contracts and Grants.
• Learn fundraising best practices and see Development Services for more information.
• Work with Strategic Communications to learn how best to tell our story. 
• Use Government Relations toolkit to learn how build advocacy with elected officials.
• Find training on branding, public relations training, and social media training. Image by Stephan from Pixabay

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Conducting Culturally Inclusive Trainings (UC Learning Center)
(Asynchronous - Complete at any time)

UC Learning Center Course link
Developing training programs that engage participants of varied cultural backgrounds, abilities, learning styles, reading levels, and other differences requires thoughtful attention to training design and delivery. This course will give trainers the skills to conduct training courses that address the diverse needs of trainees, and ensure that the training content is accessible for all participants. The instructors will model culturally respectful training and provide valuable tools that novice and expert trainers alike can use.

UC Managing Implicit Bias (UC Learning Center)
(Asynchronous - Complete at any time)

UC Learning Center Course Link
The UC Managing Implicit Bias Series is a six-course online training series designed to increase awareness of implicit bias and reduce its impact at the University.The series reinforces the UC diversity, equity, and inclusion values that enable the University to attract and retain a top talent workforce, and it further supports the UC commitment to developing effective leaders and managers of people. It is intended to supplement existing location programs and resources.

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Conflict Competence for Staff (UC Davis Ombuds)
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 9 a.m.-noon
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, 9 a.m.-noon

Details & Registration
Learn to prevent and resolve conflicts with colleagues and managers, including communicating your needs successfully and lowering other's defenses.

Conflict Competence: Creative Problem Solving in the Workplace (UC Davis Ombuds)
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 
Noon-1 p.m.

Details & Registration
Drawing from negotiation and conflict management best practices, this interactive webinar will provide a road map designed to help you discover solutions that meet your needs in complex and challenging situations. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Understanding Your Timesheet

Thursday, Nov. 2
Noon-12:30pm

Join Anne Marie Scott, Payroll Manager, to learn how to develop employee and supervisor/approver understanding of TRS and timesheet deadlines. Part of the Business Operations Center Quarterly Webinars: Our Two Cents.

https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning

Administrative Orientation
Details & Registration

Thursday, Nov. 9
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
UC ANR, 2801 2nd St., Davis, CA 95618

Conflict Competence: Listening to be Heard (UC Davis Ombuds)
Wednesday, Nov. 1

Details & Registration
Do you feel like your ideas and perspectives are not being heard? Have you ever felt stuck in a dynamic of defensive and attacking behaviors that break down communication and cause significant stress? One way to help people listen to us and restore communication channels is by first making them feel heard. When both people feel heard and understood, the chances of reaching a lasting resolution dramatically increase, relationships improve, and you can ultimately find greater success at work. This highly interactive course provides techniques to identify and overcome listening barriers, listen for what is not being said, make another person feel heard, and lower defensiveness around tense topics. This course was previously offered with the title "Talk to Me, I'm All Ears: Listening to be Heard." While the course title has changed, the topics covered are the same.

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L&D - Survey design, Latino STEAM, Engage audiences, Aggie Enterprise, Admin Orientation

UC ANR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Landing page| Presentation Recordings| Learning Resources

Extension Methods & Delivery
Building Support
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office, Team, and Personal Management

Crafting Insights- Mastering the Art of Survey Design (Extension Foundation)
Sept. 14
11 a.m.- noon

Details & Registration
Building upon the valuable insights from the November 2022 Extension Skills Workshop "Survey Mistakes that can Ruin Your Data," this workshop provides an overview of the best practices for survey design. Having clear goals of our survey does not mean all the time that we know how to align our questions to capture those goals. In this workshop, Najat will focus on the most common guidelines survey developers should follow to create valid and reliable survey tool. Attendees will see examples from the Extension world about how to improve survey design and create effective tools!

Fall GIS and Data Science Workshops from IGIS (UC ANR IGIS)
Topics and dates below, starting Sept. 22

Details and registration
The Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program is pleased to share our Fall 2023 Workshop Schedule. All workshops will be on Zoom and are free for the ANR community.

Intro to ArcGIS Online - Fri 9/22/23, 1-4 p.m.
Intro to R Wednesdays workshop series - 09/27, 10/04, 10/11, & 10/18,
10 a.m.-noon
Intro to ArcGIS Pro -Fri 10/13/23, 1-4 p.m.
Intro to Jupyter Notebooks inArcGIS Pro - Fri 11/17/23; 1-4 p.m.
Intro to ArcGIS Story Maps -Fri 12/15/23, 1-4 p.m.
Creative Latino Community & Youth STEAM Outreach and Engagement (Extension Foundation)
Sept 25
11 a.m.-noon PT

Details & Registration
Learn about some creative and cultural based Latino/Hispanic outreach programming being done through Oregon State University Extension to reach underserved, under-represented communities. The presentation will include an overview of the “Mariachi STEAM Camp”, “COVID Corridos Workshop,” “Wonderful World of Puppets Workshop,” “Drones, Dance and Coding Workshop” and “¡Viva Veggie Vida!” outreach.

How to Engage Audiences at Conferences, in the Classroom and Beyond! (NCFDD)
Oct 24
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT

Details & Registration
This webinar discusses the importance of audience engagement for public presentations and provides strategies for capturing and keeping the attention of an audience in various contexts. The presenter will provide recommendations for how to study an audience prior to a presentation, as well as suggestions for verbal and nonverbal communication strategies that engage an audience the entire presentation.

Purposeful Discussions on Racial Differences- Practical Strategies for Individuals and Organizations (Part 2) (Extension Foundation)
Sept. 28
11 a.m.-noon PT

Details & Registration
Building from their January 2023 Dynamic Discussion, the team of panelists will explore personal practices and approaches to help work through discomfort, dissonance or fears experienced when we enter dialog across differences.

The team will also share tools that individuals and organizations can consider implementing to hold the complexity of our work across racial, ethnic and other human differences. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

Implicit Bias in the Workplace Guide (UC Davis - Box folder)

Access Guide- UC Davis Box folder.
Implicit biases are the underlying attitudes and stereotypes that people unconsciously attribute to another person or group of people, that affect how they understand and engage with those individuals. If you ever find yourself making a decision based on a ‘gut feeling,' you're likely experiencing implicit bias. The best way to prevent yourself from succumbing to unconscious biases is to become aware of them and take action to prevent them in your human resources practices. Doing so will help you build a more diverse and inclusive workplace. For a deeper dive take the UC Implicit Bias Series (online course).

Aggie Enterprise Transition – an Informational Webinar (UC ANR BOC)
Sept. 7
10-11 a.m.

 

Learn dates, deadlines, and what you need to know about the transition to Aggie Enterprise: purchasing

• accounts payable
• travel & entertainment, and
• other financial processes

Presented by ANR Business Operations Center. Presenters:

• Su-Lin Shum, Director, Business Operations Center
• Tracy Roman, Associate Director, Business Partner Teams
• Aggie Enterprise Project Team Staff

Zoom - https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/99214033796

Resolution to Change – Kaiser Webcast
Sept. 12 
Noon-1 p.m.

Details & Registration
Understand the behavior change process and learn to create the habits necessary for making a change.

Towards a Healing Organization: Viewing of The Wisdom of Trauma (UC Davis Health)
Sept. 29
2-4 p.m.

Details & Registration
Advancing a healing-centered organization can best be understood through trauma-informed practices. To better understand the interactions between illness, addiction, and trauma in our society, UC Davis Health is showing the 2021 film The Wisdom of Trauma by Dr. Gabor Maté, followed by a facilitated discussion on how to move towards a healing organization. The film highlights Dr. Maté's work as a physician who fosters a clearer understanding of trauma's prevalence, symptoms, consequences, and causes so that we can heal ourselves and others. Image by John Hain from Pixabay.

UC ANR Administrative Orientation for New Employees
Nov. 9
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
ANR Valley Rooms, 2801 2nd St., Davis, CA 95618

Registration

• Learn about ANR's Vision and Mission
• Learn about ANR structure and individual programs and units
• Interact with ANR leadership and directors
• Meet and network with new colleagues from around the state
• Get answers to burning questions about health benefits, AggieTravel... and more!

The Art of Leadership Podcast (LinkedIn Learning) 
Download to your phone and listen while you travel!

Small things that are done well make a difference in your career, particularly if you're in the role of a manager or leader. This audio-only course, adapted from The Art of Leadership by Michael Lopp, encourages all leaders—from new managers to experienced executives—to sweat the small stuff when hiring, delegating, managing meetings, handling crises, controlling rumors, and more. For your LinkedIn Learning account, contact ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.

 Fast Track to Contracts & Grants - Archived recordings

April 12, 2023 | Introduction to Contracts & Grants (video) Slide deck, with Kim Lamar
April 14, 2023 | From Concept to Submission (AKA Proposal Development and Proposal Process video), Slide deck, with Vanity Campbell, et al
April 19, 2023 | Cost Share and Academic Cost Recovery-Salary Savings (video), Slide deck
April 21, 2023 | Proposal budget preparation basics (or Budget Basics and Calculator) (Video), Slide deck (PDF) with Kendra Rose
May 3, 2023 | Using the new ANR Workflow Automation program to route C&G Forms “800“and Advance Account Request (Video), Slide deck (PDF) Form 800 Quick Guide (PDF) Advance Account Quick Guide (PDF) 
May 5, 2023 | Understanding the awards process (Video), Slide deck (PDF)
May 10, 2023 | Working with Subrecipients (Video), Slide deck (PDF)
May 12, 2023 | Post Award Process (Video), Slide deck (PDF)

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Learning platforms available for UC ANR employees

UC ANR has several learning platforms you can use to help you grow in any of four strategic learning themes: extension methods & delivery, building support, office & team management, or diversity, equity and inclusion.

Register for any of these platforms and access content important to your work and role at UC ANR and beyond. 

• You can learn from, teach, and collaborate with colleagues across the nation through Extension Foundation
• You can learn “the art of saying 'no'” from the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
• LinkedIn Learning has 16,000 high-quality on-demand courses in seven languages

We recommend looking at these top sources; we also have additional resources below them.

Extension Foundation (formerly eXtension)

Register here. As a UC ANR employee, you have free access to the Extension Foundation and Connect Extension. The Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on

Organization and Policy to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services and helping Extension programs help U.S. Cooperative Extension make a more visible, measurable impact on location issues and scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. See also Connect Extension where you can find a calendar of events, publications, and tools. There you can also post events you would like to share with our national members.

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

Claim your UC ANR account.

As UC ANR employees, all academics and staff have free access to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. The NCFDD is the leading provider of professional development in higher education. Working with over 300 colleges and universities, as well as thousands of individuals in schools across the country, we are 100% devoted to supporting faculty members, postdocs and graduate students in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Refer to NCFDD for strategic planning, explosive productivity, work-life balance, and healthy relationship building by learning.

 

LinkedIn Learning
For your account contact ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.

For many years, UC ANR has been providing employees with access to LinkedIn Learning. There you can access more than 16,000 high-quality, on-demand courses in seven languages as well as podcasts. Furthermore, you'll find certificate preparation courses developed in partnership with certificate providers so you can earn their professional certificate and showcase your mastery of in-demand skills to employers. There are courses representing each of UC ANR's learning strategies. 

 

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My UC Career

Create your account. As a University of California employee, you have free access to this online development portal, which

is available to all UC faculty, academic personnel, staff and students seeking to advance their careers. Six self-paced modules help users discover their internal UC career mobility options, highlight accomplishments, and identify how they can achieve their career goals within UC. In this portal you can

• View all UC opportunities
• Build a resume
• Create a pitch statement
• Network and research
• Build: Interview skills, decision making tools, negotiating on the offer

National Association of Extension Programs and Staff Development Professionals(NAEPSDP)

The mission of NAEPSDP is to improve communication and collaboration by discussing issues, needs and opportunities of

mutual interest and building and sharing resources; advocate for the profession by promoting its importance within the land grant system, enhance multistate efforts; develop, sponsor and promote educational training programs and activities that enhance sound program and staff development practices; and advance the professional status of program and staff development professionals by encouraging continuous professional self-improvement. Membership is paid by individual UC ANR units. Free learning opportunities offered, too.

Gartner

Create your account. Gartner, Inc. is an American technological research and consulting firm that 

conducts research on technology and shares this research both through private consulting as well as executive programs and conferences. Gartner provides actionable, objective insights to Education decision makers and their teams. They specialize in Applications & Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, Finance, Human Resources, IT infrastructure & Operations, Marketing. Here are examples of some of their offerings. Build a High-Impact Targeted Marketing Strategy

• Gartner Experts Answer the Top Generative AI Questions for Your Enterprise
• Building a Better Finance Strategy
• The Future of Marketing Organizations
• Cost Optimization Capabilities

 UC Learning Center (UCLC)

The UC Learning Center is the web-based learning management system (LMS) used across the University of California for

training and development. With the UC Learning Center, UC Davis Campus and Health and UC ANR users can register for in-person activities offered at UC Davis, as well as access online activities (eCoures, eBooks) and view their training transcripts. There are “how to navigate” instructions for both individual employees and people managers.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is a trusted standard in research, ethics, compliance and safety training, serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research

organizations and governmental agencies. CITI fosters integrity and professional advancement of their learners. Besides many other learning opportunities, if your research funding comes from NIFA grants CITI provides you mandatory training in:

• Responsible Conduct of Research for Administrators
• Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher

 

L&D Messaging your clientele, Customer relations, Equity-minded review letters, Pcard vs. Travel card, Art of saying no

UC ANR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Landing page| Presentation Recordings| Learning Resources

Extension Methods & Delivery
Building Support
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office, Team, and Personal Management

Extension Skills July 2023: Marketing Research for Messaging
July 13
11 a.m. - Noon

Details & Registration.
Are you interested in learning how to develop messages that resonate with your Extension partners? Join us for a brief session with Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, to discuss how to identify and work with your priority populations to tailor messages that resonate with them.

Co-creating Value Between the Organization and Client through Customer Relationship Management: An Overview of CRM (Recording and Tools)

How Customer Management Relations (CRM) can play a role in helping Cooperative Extension professionals co-create value between their programs and their clients and improve customer service experiences.

Image by talha khalil from Pixabay

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Administrative units at UC ANR are here to help you build your program and access funding:
Development Services
Government Relations
Office of Contracts & Grants

Fast Track to Contracts & Grants spring 2023 presentation recordings
April 12, 2023 | Introduction to Contracts & Grants (video) Slide deck, with Kim Lamar
April 14, 2023 | From Concept to Submission (AKA Proposal Development and Proposal Process video), Slide deck, with Vanity Campbell, et al
April 19, 2023 | Cost Share and Academic Cost Recovery-Salary Savings (video), Slide deck
April 21, 2023 | Proposal budget preparation basics (or Budget Basics and Calculator) (Video), Slide deck (PDF) with Kendra Rose
May 3, 2023 | Using the new ANR Workflow Automation program to route C&G Forms “800“and Advance Account Request (Video), Slide deck (PDF) Form 800 Quick Guide (PDF) Advance Account Quick Guide (PDF) 
May 5, 2023 | Understanding the awards process (Video), Slide deck (PDF)
May 10, 2023 | Working with Subrecipients (Video), Slide deck (PDF)
May 12, 2023 | Post Award Process (Video), Slide deck (PDF)

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An Equity-Minded Approach to Writing Effective External Review Letters for Tenure

and Promotion (National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity)
Activate your account (All UC ANR employees have access)
July 18
11 a.m. – Noon

Details & Registration
Senior faculty are incredibly powerful. In a two-page tenure letter, they can make or break a career. This power has an outsized impact on scholars with marginalized identities, such as Black academics, who are promoted with tenure at lower rates than their White colleagues. We suggest that this difference in tenure rates is due to an implicit, overly narrow definition of academic excellence that does not recognize all contributions that Black scholars make to their departments, institutions and academia in general. Read more.

Diversity Certificate Series (UC Davis, Equity and Inclusion Program and Learning Center)
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education Program, in partnership with UC Davis Learning and Development, offers the Cross-Cultural Competence Certificate Series and the Understanding Diversity Certificate Series, both of which are aimed at developing and strengthening competencies in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

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When to Use P-Cards vs. Travel Cards
UC ANR Business Operations Center (BOC)
Quarterly Webinars: Our Two Cents
July 20
12-12:30 p.m.

Do you have a P-Card or Travel Card? Learn when to use them and the restrictions for both. This will be a helpful overview for both long-term and new ANR staff. BOC presenters will reserve time at the end for questions. A useful resource to review beforehand and afterward: Card Compare https://supplychain.ucdavis.edu/card-compare.

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

Image by Memed_Nurrohmad from Pixabay

Fostering Health and Well-Being Across Extension (free - Sponsored by NAEPSDP - National Association of Extension Programs and Staff Development Professionals)
July 10-14
Noon – 1 p.m. Pacific Time

Register.
This year's theme is wellness and will focus on efforts at the organizational, managerial, employee and community levels to provide health and well-being programs and opportunities for employees and clientele. We will wrap up the week discussing ways to tell our health and well-being story more effectively. Who should participate in Virtual Summer School? Anyone! From Extension directors to mid-managers, to program and staff development specialists and
beyond. We welcome anyone interested in these topics to join us for any or all of the sessions.

The Art of Saying "No" (National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity)
Activate your account (All UC ANR employees have access)
July 13, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Details & Registration
Are you confused about when to say "yes" and "no" to other people's requests? Do you often say "yes" to requests without realizing the impact that response will have on your time and productivity? Do you find yourself feeling angry and resentful because you've said "yes" too often? Come and learn our favorite strategies that you can implement immediately so you can add "no" to your vocabulary.

Meals in Minutes, can it be true? (UC Davis -Virtual)
Tuesday, July 18
12:10 - 1 p.m.

Register for the Zoom webinar.
We will explore how to create quick, healthy balanced meals in minutes. You don't need a culinary degree to prepare healthy meals, but you do need to prepare. We will review how to prep, plan and get creative for quick, nutritionally balanced meals. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join via computer or phone.  Share the event flyer with your colleagues! Presented by UC Davis Health Food and Nutrition Services and Staff and Faculty Health and Well-being. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

Be the manager people won't leave (LinkedIn Learning)
Contact UC ANR IT to request your account help@ucanr.edu

Course link.
Manager relationships can be the make-or-break point for whether employees stay or go. Join veteran HR leader LaurieRuettimann as she reveals the data behind why it's more important than ever to be a manager who demonstrates empathy and inspires loyalty from the workforce. Ruettimann covers basics first: be someone people can trust, be an example of integrity and be relentlessly inclusive. She steps you through ways to inspire your employees to grow.

Evidence suggests that improvements in people management practices, especially the development of supportive managers paired with time and place flexibility, contribute to increased well-being.

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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

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