Upcoming NEAFCS Members Only Webinar

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Creating Recipes with Food Safety in Mind

Description: After attending the training participants will: Increase their knowledge of importance of including food safety steps in recipes. Increase their ability to identify and correct subjective cooking food indicators in recipes. Identify how to insert the 4 keys to safe food handling into recipes. Describe one or more ways to add food safety steps to recipes.

Presenters: Lynn James, MS, RDN, LDN and Nicole McGeehan

To register visit https://neafcs.memberclicks.net/webinars. 

JCEP Extension Leadership Conference Request for Proposals - Deadline Extended to October 31, 2019

The JCEP Extension Leadership Conference Planning Committee invites Extension educators, specialists and administrators to share their expertise in support of the 2020 Extension Leadership Conference. The purpose of the Extension Leadership Conference is to support Extension leadership succession planning and development nationwide across all disciplines.

The Extension Leadership Conference provides professional development that addresses leadership and management skill development critical for emerging Extension leaders.

They are looking for engaging presenters to inspire others with leadership information and activities to bring Extension to the forefront. This year, concurrent session presentations are required to incorporate an interactive component or hands-on learning opportunity for participants on skills or models that can be replicated by individuals and/or associations. The presenter's teaching methods and presentation should be model of techniques participants will be able to take home and put to use.

Visit https://www.jcep.org/elc/elc-rfp for more information.

NEAFCS will provide up to 35 scholarship at $350 each to Affiliate Presidents/President-Elect or designee. Scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis with preference given to first time attendees. Only one scholarship is available per affiliate. The scholarship application will open in November via email. 

Public Issues Leadership Conference (PILD) Call for Presentations
Deadline - November 17, 2019

The 2020 Public Issues Leadership Development (PILD) Conference will be April 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. This conference is sponsored by the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP). The Planning Committee is seeking abstracts that address the conference theme and will strengthen the leadership capacities of attendees from across the nation. Please remember that these sessions are for professional development and are not program reports. See the Request for Proposals (RFP) at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G5TXn74UtagXYB_gH1DT8mHJwp2Yu30H/view for guidance. 

Go to www.jcep.org for up-to-date conference information. You can also find the link on the NEAFCS Public Affairs Home Page. 

PILD first timers may be eligible for one of the 20 ($455) NEAFCS 1^st Timer's scholarships. Contact your affiliate President if you wish to be considered for the state PILD team and this award. Only one scholarship is available per affiliate. The scholarship application window will open in mid-December. See the December NEAFCS Network e-newsletter for details. 

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• Healthy Lifestyles
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