For experienced facilitators interested in expanding their facilitation skills and implementing this training program as instructors, we are offering a Train the Trainer course concurrent with the core Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills training. 

Train the Trainer participants will be expected to engage in core course content to gain familiarity with the content and structure of the training.  In addition to core content, Train the Trainer cohort participants will participate in an additional hour per week of Live content as well as additional content on the course page to build skills in virtual content creation/adaptation and delivery.

Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills, Train the Trainer participants will receive access to instructor materials including facilitator outlines for each session, course planning materials and web platform participant materials.  Cohort sessions will explore implementation best practices, with technical support for adapting and implementing the training in your state. 

Live Weekly Sessions, Fall Series: (All Times are Eastern)

Note:  The first two hours of each live session are core content.  The third hour includes only the train the trainer cohort.
* March 22, 2023 | 12:00-3:00pm
* March 29, 2023 | 12:00-3:00pm
* April 5, 2023 | 12:00-3:00pm
* April 12, 2023 | 12:00-3:00pm
*April 19, 2023 | 12:00-3:00pm

For any questions, please reach out to Sue Cagle at sue.cagle@unh.edu.

This course is free. 

This course is open to:  

• Researchers
• Organizations (including community-based and health systems)
• Decision-makers
• Project teams (including coalitions) who plan to use stakeholder-engaged research, to create research priorities or agendas. 
• Community members

The Stakeholder Engagement in quEstion Development and prioritization (SEED) Method is a multi-stakeholder approach to engaging communities in research, problem solving, and action planning. 

Developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech, SEED provides a framework for collaborative research and action planning that can be scaled up or down depending on project resources and goals.

By the end of this course you will be able to …

• Understand how to apply the SEED Method to your collaborative projects
• Understand how to use and find SEED Method participatory tools  
• Understand the roles of the community-based participatory Research Team and Topic Groups 
• Understand how to utilize the following SEED Method participatory tools: stakeholder matrices, conceptual modeling, strategy development and prioritization

We are also on Connect Extension! For more information on the SEED Method, visit our site and join our SEED Method subgroup on Connect Extension at https://seed.extension.org/

The Strengthening Extension Advisory Leaders (SEAL) program is targeted for advisory leader volunteers and those that work directly with them.Volunteers that support Extension (a.k.a. Advisory Leaders) ensure Extension’s future by making sure Extension programs are relevant and responsive to the needs of citizens.By partnering with Cooperative Extension and assisting with marketing, programming, and advocacy efforts, volunteers have proven to be an invaluable part of our organization.The SEAL program works to continue developing new curriculum and related resources to support volunteer involvement.

This online course consists of six units which address various topics relevant to municipal government in Montana. Each unit contains required reading, a discussion forum, and a quiz. It is anticipated that participants will complete each unit in approximately two hours for a total of 12 credited Institute hours.

The audience for this course is:

By taking this course, students will learn:

For more information or to enroll please contact: 

This "course" serves as a first level of support for users of the Extension Foundation Campus, its online course system. It provides a set of frequently asked questions designed to help users do some of their own troubleshooting, but also displays instructions for how to contact the Campus help desk.

• Sources of data for community needs.
• Where to find grants.
• Elements of a great grant proposal.
• Practicing the grant elements.

For more information or to enroll please contact: UNH Extension Field Specialists Stephen Meno (stephen.meno@unh.edu) or Jared Reynolds (jared.reynolds@unh.edu)