Building Capacity
Working in Teams: Webinars
In this series:
- Authentic Youth Engagement
- Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change
- Gathering the Stakeholders: The Process of Community Engagement
- Leading from Any Chair: The Process of Decision Making
NOTE: Webinars are conducted via Blackboard Collaborate. If you have internet access and can hear sound through your computer, you should be able to participate regardless of the type of computer or operating system you use. A broadband connection is helpful but not required.
To participate, click on the title of the webinar (once it is available) to link to it. If this is the first time you're participating in a webinar using the Blackboard Collaborate platform, please visit the link to your webinar a day or two in advance so that you can pre-configure your computer. For more information or if you require accommodations to participate in a webinar, please contact Ellen Rowe at 802-751-8307 ext. 360. Requests for accommodations should be made at least seven days prior to any respective webinar.
Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11am -12:15pm (ET)
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Your organization or community group wants to involve young people in your work. You've had a few youth participate over the years but have never had any great success at fully including them or keeping their interest. Should you keep making an effort to get youth engaged? Does their participation really matter? The answer is a very emphatic "YES!" In this webinar participants will discuss why youth engagement is critical to communities, what barriers exist to youth engagement and how to overcome them, and how youth-adult partnerships are the most central aspect of authentic youth engagement.
Our Presenter:
Lauren Traister is the Teen & Leadership Program Coordinator for the University of Vermont Extension's 4-H Program. Her work includes promoting positive youth development and teaching youth leadership, citizenship, and life skills.
Gathering the Stakeholders: The Process of Community Engagement
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11am -12:15pm (ET)
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An idea is generated, a vision is captured, and someone somewhere is ready to launch a plan. Immediately it becomes clear that the plan is missing key ingredients: the support and ideas of the community will it impact. (it will impact?) This scenario is not uncommon in our local communities and usually describes a plan that will fail. Successful leadership understands the value of engaging the community in developing ideas, making decisions, and implementing plans. Martha Walker will lead us in discussing why engagement is needed, who makes it happen, and the process that sets the stage for a successful dialogue.
Our Presenter:
Martha Walker, Ph.D., Community Viability Specialist with Virginia Cooperative Extension
Authentic Youth Engagement
Tuesday, May 1, 11am -12:15pm (ET)
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Young people are powerful contributors to society, but too often adults don’t seek or hear their voices. Youth voice is not about “letting” youth help, but about working with youth as partners, leaders, and advocates to improve the world. In this webinar we will look at the fundamentals of youth-adult partnerships and identify ways that you and your organization can provide authentic youth engagement that benefit the youth, your organization, and ultimately the community-at-large.
Our Presenter:
Lauren Traister is the Teen & Leadership Program Coordinator for the University of Vermont Extension's 4-H Program. Her work includes promoting positive youth development and teaching youth leadership, citizenship, and life skills.
Leading from Any Chair: The Process of Decision Making
Tuesday, March 6th 2011, 11am-12:15pm (ET)
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session handouts (PDF):
presentation slides | Dynamics of Group Decision Making | Facilitating Group Discussions | Six Thinking Hats
tools & resources:
How to use a Gantt Chart with Google Docs (YouTube video) | Gantt Chart definition (Wikipedia) | Gantt Charts - Planning and scheduling more complex projects
When we work in a team situation, each member must be interdependent. Success of the team is based on every member relying on other members’ expertise, experience, and energy to achieve the mutual goals. Sometimes discussion can circle round and round for periods of time. Making decisions is not easy. We want to engage everyone in the decision making process but may lack the tools to support the process in an open yet constructive way. This webinar will focus the process of decision making, an expertise that is valuable as teams work together. There are lots of participatory activities to choose from as you move through the decision making process of gathering ideas and narrowing those ideas to creating a plan of action based on the team decision. Martha Walker will be with us sharing a piece of her successful program, Leading from any Chair. Knowing the skills of facilitating a group decision making process is valuable as you work with others in teams.
Our Presenter:
Martha Walker, Ph.D., Community Viability Specialist with Virginia Cooperative Extension
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