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AgrowKnowledge Partner Leadership Training

July 8 - 10, 2007
Springfield, IL
 Registration (By invitation only)
Agenda
Partner Leadership Training Workshop
Washington/Reagan/Lincoln Salons
July 8 to 10, 2007

Sunday, July 8

  
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM      Arrive Springfield, IL – Informal dinner

Monday, July 9

Open book management: Getting everyone on the same page
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM

The changing nature of partnerships: Laying the groundwork for sustainability

  • Budget overview
  • Business plan
  • NSF pre-proposal – outline the changes
  • Time frames
  • What is our niche?
  • Where will the funding come from?
  • Partner Q & A

 
9:30 AM to 9:50 AM Break
9:50 AM to 11:00 AM

Making the transition from NSF National Center to NSF Resource Center:  Lessons learned, experiences, challenges, successes and industry expectations from resources and dollars invested (Panel Presentation)

  • What it takes to be a Resource Center: National NSF Centers who have made the transition
  • The types of activities industry supports, how the request process works and how to leverage on-going relationships
  • Panel presentation - What works? What are the challenges?
  • Partner Q & A
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM Proving our success through meaningful measurement and evaluation: the who, what, where, when, why, how, with RISE
11:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Group Work – The Future of AgrowKnowledge (discussion 1)

  • Identify ideas to measurably improve partner collaborations and strengthen/acquire additional value-added partnerships.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Lunch (stay in discussion groups during lunch and then report back after lunch)
1:00 PM to 1:30 PM Report on group discussions
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM   Training: Leadership/Partnership – making it work (Keynote Speaker)
2:30 PM to 2: 50 PM  Break
2:50 PM to 5:30 PM  

Training Workshops – Learning more about:  (three 50-minute sessions, partners will rotate though in groups and attend each of the three sessions)

  • Entrepreneurship toward sustainability (Dawn Bowles)
  • Grant writing and partnering on grant proposals (Penny Coggins)
  • Carrying out AgrowKnowledge activities (technology grants, planning institutes, curriculum/resource development and communication) Rick Parker
6:00 PM Dinner on your own
   

Tuesday, July 10

The actions that will lead to results.
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM to 9:50 AM

Roundtable interest group discussions in specific disciplines – Session – Session I (pick one topic, each will be repeated in Session II, plan to attend two sessions that best matches your needs and interests)

  • Biotechnology (Carey Kopay)
  • Geospatial (Terry Brase)
  • Environment and Natural Resources (Bill Budke)
  • Renewable energy (Mark Dehner, GROWMARK/Bob Welch)
9:50 AM to 10:10 AM Break
10:10 AM to 12:00 PM Roundtable interest group discussions Session II (topics repeated from Session I)
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Description of LifeStreams Project (Pat Berntsen. and Doug Feil)
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM  Next steps and action plans for the future of AgrowKnowledge
2:30 PM to 2:50 PM  Break
2:50 PM to 4:00 PM Next steps and action plans for the future of AgrowKnowledge (continued)
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Report Out: Making a Commitment
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM AgrowKnowledge Center Response and Expectations