The MSU Extension Organizational Development (OD) team enhances the well-being and performance of MSU Extension while enriching the lives of our employees. Please use the menu on the upper right to navigate the OD website.
For current guidance on office re-entry, travel guidelines and in-person programming, please visit:
MSU Extension's Coronavirus Q & A page
There you will find information such as Office Re-Entry and Travel Guidelines and the One-time Programmatic Travel Waiver. Please note that the link to the In-Person Event Waiver, which will allow for the approval of some limited, in-person MSU Extension programming beginning in May, will not be available on this site until April 19. Again, please visit the Coronavirus Q&A page for the most complete and up-to-date information.
Below are professional development events and resources for MSU Extension employees. We also have many virtual help rooms where you can drop in to get questions answered.
Professional Development Opportunities
Events
On-Demand Learning
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Article Writing Toolkit
This self-paced course reviews and elaborates upon the content contained in the MSU Extension Article Writing Toolkit.
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Best Practices for Designing & Delivering Zoom Meetings & Webinars
In this course, you will learn how to effectively get started with Zoom meetings and Zoom webinars.
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Communicating Through Conflict
Online modules on communicating through conflict. Hosted in Desire2Learn and open to all MSU employees.
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Designing Online Extension Programs
Self-paced D2L course on best practices in designing online or blended courses.
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Evaluation Expedition
Learn the basics of program evaluation: what evaluation is, different types of evaluations you can use to evaluate your programs, how to plan and implement an evaluation.
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Grants Development 101
D2L course for MSU Extension employees on the basics of grants and writing a strong proposal.
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MSU Extension: Becoming a Better Writer
The goal of this course is to provide you with the information, tools, and strategies needed to be able to monitor your own practice of writing.
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MSU Extension: Essential Employee Training
Modules on a a variety of topics relevant to all MSU Extension Employees.
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MSU Extension: Leading & Managing
Basics of managing people with mini-lectures from Eli Broad faculty.
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MSU Extension: Teaching & Learning
This is a growing collection of modules for MSU Extension employees who develop or deliver educational content.
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MSU Extension: VEND Cash Register Training
This course is required for MSU Extension employees who will be using the cash register and VEND system.
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PEARS D2L Course
This course was created as a resource for MSU Extension employees who report in PEARS, the Program Evaluation and Reporting System
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Preparing to Submit Your Educational Project to an Editor
The MSU Extension Educational Materials Team has created this course to enable you to effectively prepare your educational project for submission to an editor. It contains interactive scenarios and activities that should help you through the writing and submission process.
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Quest: Foundations - Introduction to LGBTQA Plus Identities and Inclusion
This course is from the MSU LGBTQ Center and is their core curriculum.
