Partnerships and Collaboration / Professional Relationships
Extension professionals must be aware of issues and variables vital to the community being served, and understand how these variables impact program prioritization, planning, and delivery. They must continuously seek opportunities that build strategic partnerships which leverage and build support for Extension programming that reaches organizational goals and serve communities. Content areas for this training may also include: establishing and supporting teams, advisory boards, committees, councils, etc. (e.g., coaching, mentoring, creating a vision, implementing action plans).
Indiana - Community Coaching Learning Circle
The Community Coaching Learning Circle is a 13-week online course that provides both asynchronous learning and live online sessions for participants that have experience working with community groups/teams, in particular guiding these groups/teams through the process of achieving their goals.
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The Community Coaching Learning Circle is a 13-week online course that provides both asynchronous learning and live online sessions for participants that have experience working with community groups/teams, in particular guiding these groups/teams through the process of achieving their goals.
Indiana.pdf
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Indiana - Building Stronger Boards
Purdue Extension works with many prospective volunteers across the state to build their knowledge, skills, and confidence to serve on nonprofit and civic boards. Through our Community Leadership Program, 4-H Volunteer, Master Gardener leadership trainings and more, we help groups to focus on the purpose, structure and process of board activities and coach them through the board development cycle.
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Purdue Extension works with many prospective volunteers across the state to build their knowledge, skills, and confidence to serve on nonprofit and civic boards. Through our Community Leadership Program, 4-H Volunteer, Master Gardener leadership trainings and more, we help groups to focus on the purpose, structure and process of board activities and coach them through the board development cycle.
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Kansas - Getting to Know Your Community
Getting to Know Your Community; Making Connections in Your New Role
We provide a module in our new extension professional's Canvas course. We also use our university's employee engagement department to present on Making Connections in Your New Role.
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Getting to Know Your Community; Making Connections in Your New Role
We provide a module in our new extension professional's Canvas course. We also use our university's employee engagement department to present on Making Connections in Your New Role.
Kansas (2).pdf
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Michigan - Expect to Connect Toolkit
We have a toolkit that helps guide educators through how to build connections with local legislators and other officials
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We have a toolkit that helps guide educators through how to build connections with local legislators and other officials
Michigan (1).pdf
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Wisconsin - Building Relationships and Trust
Professional development focusing on Partnerships, Collaboration and Professional Relationships is interwoven into new colleague onboarding as well as through programmatic trainings offered to staff. The new colleague orientation program includes Relationship Building and Trust, which are essential components of the work Extension does. Michael Brenneis, a data specialist, provides mapping resources to help participants better understand where underrepresented populations live so we can better engage with them.
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Professional development focusing on Partnerships, Collaboration and Professional Relationships is interwoven into new colleague onboarding as well as through programmatic trainings offered to staff. The new colleague orientation program includes Relationship Building and Trust, which are essential components of the work Extension does. Michael Brenneis, a data specialist, provides mapping resources to help participants better understand where underrepresented populations live so we can better engage with them.
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