{"id":26492,"date":"2025-01-24T14:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26492"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:59:42","slug":"2025-staff-training-initiative-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26492","title":{"rendered":"2025 Staff Training Initiative Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-26182\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/PAleadership_FinalLogo-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"121\" \/>The 2025 Winter Staff Training Initiative kicks off this week with a Wednesday webinar presenting an overview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZIvcuugqzsiEtFjKAs7eB8lDWimAfXAgZci#\/registration\">PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program<\/a>  on January 29. Other upcoming programming includes a PACD webinar on Understanding the Legislative Process, the 5th Annual Conservation District Video Awards presentation, and a pair of virtual roundtable meetings focusing on administration and budgeting resources.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year&#8217;s initiative also includes the Inspiring Action with Public Speaking workshop on March 12 in State College, PA. The workshop will provide attendees with an audience-driven approach to crafting and delivering compelling messages, and an opportunity for practice and feedback to help overcome speaking anxiety and build confidence as a presenter. Programs are open to all interested district personnel and partners. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paleadership.org\/2025-staff-training-initiative-program-announced\">Building for Tomorrow<\/a>\u00a0for registration information.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Financial and other support for the Building for Tomorrow Leadership Development Program is provided through a grant from the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission. Guidance for the Program is provided through the Pennsylvania Conservation Partnership\u2019s Leadership Development Committee.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Winter Staff Training Initiative kicks off this week with a Wednesday webinar presenting an overview of the PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program on January 29. Other upcoming programming includes a PACD webinar on Understanding the Legislative Process, the 5th Annual Conservation District Video Awards presentation, and a pair of virtual roundtable meetings focusing on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}