Category: Professional Development

Beginning Grant Writing Workshop

by Alicia Betancourt
January 28, 2026

Beginner Grant Writing: Learning the Basics to Fund Your Mission 2-Part Series, Tuesdays: March 10 and March 24, 2026, from 9:00am - 4:00pm Whether you’re new to grants or preparing your first application, this beginner-friendly, hands-on ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: #MonroeCounty, Budget, Community Development, Community Program, Environmental Protection, Extension, Financial Goals, Hot Topic

Make A New Years Resolution to Learn a Lifesaving Skill

by Brynn Morey
January 11, 2024

For many people the re-launch of the HBO series Sex and the City titled And Just Like That…was greatly anticipated. Fans, like me, waited years for this! However, I have never been able to get the first episode of the series out of my ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Professional Development, Work & Life
Tags: American Heart, Beneficial, CPR, Family, Florida Keys, Save Lives, Saving Lives

Do you hate your inbox?

by Alicia Betancourt
December 5, 2023

Start 2024 with a healthier relationship with email. It is necessary and can be very rewarding to clean up your emails. Studies show that it can improve organization, reduce clutter, and make it easier to find important messages. Here are ... READ MORE

Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Professional Development, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Archive, Attachments, Cleanup Strategies., Delete, Email Provider, Filters, Folders, Gmail, Inbox, Junk Folder, Labels, Newsletters, Organize, Outlook, Projects, Promotional Emails, Regular Maintenance, Rules, Search Function, Sender, Sent Items, Spam Folder, Topics, Unsubscribe, Yahoo

The Pursuit of Knowledge: Benefits of Lifelong Learning

by Alicia Betancourt
October 12, 2023

Lifelong Learning has become essential in a world constantly changing due to fast-moving technology, evolving job fields, and shifting cultural norms. When someone is a lifelong learner, they continually try to learn new things and gain new ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Learning, Mental Health

New and experienced climate change professionals are invited to collaborate.

by Alicia Betancourt
October 18, 2021

We rely on professionals – individuals with special expertise and training, such as biologists or planners to make decisions about best practices to guide development, policies and operations. When it comes to climate change, who is the ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Professional Development, Work & Life
Tags: Climate Change, Professional

Small Steps to an Inclusive Community

by Alicia Betancourt
June 12, 2020

Co-Authors: Alicia Betancourt, Linda Seals, Carol Roberts and Ramona Madhosingh-Hector Is your community an inclusive community? In times of crisis, topics like diversity, equity and inclusion can get pushed to the sidelines. Sometimes ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: #Blacklivesmatter, Community Development, COVID-19, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Feeling Burned Out?

by Alicia Betancourt
May 18, 2020

Steps You Can Take to Identify (and fix) Burn-out Is work getting you down? Are you an essential worker? Has your workplace closed or are you working from home? Dealing with COVID-19, most of us are increasingly anxious, frustrated and fearful. ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: COVID-19, Stress, Work From Home, Work Life Balance

Everyone Has Their Own Normal

by Alicia Betancourt
May 6, 2020

I keep hearing about the ‘new normal’ due to this global pandemic. For me, whenever someone refers to ‘normal’ I usually counter with “define normal.” Life has taught me that everyone really has their own normal. The Oxford English ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: COVID-19

Assess and Build Resiliency in your Community Programs.

by Alicia Betancourt
May 4, 2020

Community programs of all sorts are consumed today by planning and implementing programs in a rapidly shifting environment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. But we also need to keep an eye on the future and start planning for the long-range impact ... READ MORE

Category: , Community Volunteers, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community Program, COVID-19, Education, Non-profit

Staying Motivated at Work (and in crisis)

by Alicia Betancourt
April 28, 2020

Some people say this crisis means the end of business as usual. I am not sure about that. What I DO know is that it has been hard to stay on task and stay motivated when there is so much uncertainty in the world and in how we get our jobs done.We’ve ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: COVID-19, Stress, Work From Home, Work Life Balance

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