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JCEP Extension Leadership Conference Abstracts Due October 11! The Joint Co uncil of Extension Professionals Extension Leadership Conference will be held February 19-20, 2025 in Savannah, GA. The committee invites abstract submissions, which are due Friday, October 11, 2024. Submitters will be notified by November 5 whether their abstract was selected. Conference registration opens on November 6, 2024. See www.jcep.org/elc for details.

Imagine a point in the future where you have achieved your greatest professional goal. Invest a moment here. Visualize your career success. You have worked hard and have earned this. Now consider this question: How does this success feel? I think most people will have some level of contentment or satisfaction. Others may feel a bit of pride in the accomplishment. Some may begin to ponder, “What’s next?” Those responses are all normal and valid. Now, imagine it’s six months after that major...

Rachel Brauner is a Program Coordinator for OneOp. OneOp is a single-point-of-entry professional development resource for military family service providers. To learn more about OneOp and register for the annual Military Family Readiness Academy (MFRA), visit www.oneop.org/mfra In the recent MFRA session on Strengthening Health, Wellness, and Financial Security through Total Force Fitness (TFF), we explored the TFF framework and how its approach to health and wellness can be especially...

September 11 , 1pm EST: YOUTH & Climate , Register here . This hour long webinar will discuss multiple ways to engage youth with climate change: teaching the need to replace fossil fuels in our energy systems, programs to support youth climate digital app development, and working creating culturally inclusive curricula with indigenous communities. TITLE: Where Does Gasoline Go? Why We Must Replace Fire in Our Energy System PRESENTER: Don Haas (Director of Teacher Programming at The...

The Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement and College of Forestry are seeking an Extension 4-H and Forestry Natural Resources Program Coordinator to serve youth engaged in 4-H and Forestry Natural Resources programming in Benton County. This position is responsible for the development, management and integration of 4-H and Forestry natural resources non-credit education that meets the needs of youth in Benton County. The incumbent will collaborate with schoolteachers,...

Are you any good at managing your time? Some of you may think, “I'm not bad at it.” But most, like me, are no good at all. So here's the question. What if you worked on managing your energy instead of managing your time? Time is finite. But energy can appear seemingly out of nowhere. In truth, energy has four sources: the body, our emotions, our minds, and our spirit. Tony Schwartz, founder of the Energy Project, says we can learn to harness these dimensions, creating our own energy. Tony...

In this mid-career series, I mentioned that this time in your professional life can be exciting and scary… simultaneously. That’s just the nature of mid-career. If you embrace both the excitement and the worry with humility and a growth mindset, you can set yourself up a fantastic late-career success and positive impact. The next six posts (titles listed below) will give you some specific ideas ( and pose some challenging questions ) that will help you move through this part of your career.

Whether you’re working in Extension, education, the non-profit or government sector, or private business, mid-career can bring exciting professional development and growth, as well as great internal worry and doubt… often at the same time. At mid-career, we begin to trust ourselves (having been around long enough to learn a few things), but we can also have lingering existential questions about whether we’re really on the right path, or if our management and leadership and communication...

Registration is open now for the Rural Grocery Transition Specialist program! This self-paced, online course is designed to train resource providers to better support rural grocery business transitions. Students who successfully complete the course will earn a microcredential through K-State Global Campus. The course will be held September 9 through December 8, 2024. Register by August 30, 2024 at ruralgrocery.org/specialist.

In the 2024 Military Family Readiness Academy , OneOp will deliver multi-disciplinary professional development programming focused on research, tools, and resources to support the service providers and educators working to improve the economic readiness of military families. At the cornerstone of this programming is the 90-minute asynchronous course, Foundations for Military Family Financial Readiness. This foundational course provides an overview of the impacts of financial readiness on...

As Extension professionals, you know firsthand the challenges your community faces. Today, we're excited to announce a powerful opportunity to enhance your support for your community and the military families that live within them.

Your Personal Mission A personal mission is a statement about your why. This is what drives you to get out of bed in the morning. It describes what you believe is most important in life, what you wish to focus on, and what you want to be known for. If you allow it to direct your thoughts and actions each day, it has the potential to direct your life and achieve the future you want. I often tell my students to consider doing this exercise and then holding on to it. When one finds themself...