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An innovative online program to prepare participants for leadership in communities, organizations and workplaces.

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Storytelling: Your Most Powerful Tool in Nonprofit Marketing

Event date: April 20, 2021

Event time: | 8:30 am - 9:30 am

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?We all want to be part of an epic story where we are the hero. We have wanted it since we were children reading bedtime stories with our parents or watching our first films on the Big Screen. We are the central figure in our ...

Secrets to Aligning Your Team's Efforts and Results with Your Plan

Event date: May 5, 2021

Event time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Leaders often overlook the fact that there are numerous ways that plans can get off track. This interactive session will touch on five essential execution practices and will expand to key “things to do” that will help you get your plan back on ...

Neighboring 101 Series for 2021

Event date: May 20, 2021 - Dec. 16, 2021

We live in a smile and wave culture where neighbors do not know each others names and seldom develop meaningful relationships. At the same time we have a national epidemic of loneliness, we say we feel more isolated than ever, and our communities ...

Community Organizing and Advocacy

Event date: June 14, 2021 - June 18, 2021

Monday, June 14, 2021 - Friday, June 18, 20211:00 - 2:30 p.m., each dayCommunity-based social work and public health practice seeks to support social change that overrides structural barriers and facilitates power-building for vulnerable populations. ...

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Arts can boost, diversify small-town economies

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – A two-day training this fall will show civic leaders, artists, elected officials, entrepreneurs, business owners and others how the arts can play a role in community and economic development.“Community Development Academy ...

MU collaborates with community on audio tour of historic Lexington

Published: Thursday, July 10, 2014

LEXINGTON, Mo. – Visitors to historic Lexington, Missouri, can learn about the town’s rich Civil War history through an audio walking and driving tour created through the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program. The audio tour ...

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E3A Understanding Energy: Importance Scale of Alternative Energy Objectives

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. This one is an opinion survey in which respondents indicate their opinion of the importance of certain objectives of using alternative ...

E3A Understanding Energy: Carbon and Energy in the United States

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. This one describes greenhouse gases (GHGs) and how carbon is related to energy. It also discusses how to determine the extent of your ...

E3A Understanding Energy: Sources and Uses of Energy in the United States

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. Making informed decisions about energy requires an understanding of where energy comes from and how it is used. This guide describes the sources ...

E3A Understanding Energy: Understanding Your Energy Consumption and Expenses

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. This one is a worksheet designed to help you explore the types of energy you currently use and the price you pay. Understanding your current ...

E3A Understanding Energy: Green Building Programs for High Performance and Energy Efficiency

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. This one lists numerous green building programs that can help you see the value of not only the purchase price, or first price tag, of a ...

E3A Understanding Energy: Off-Grid Living

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2019

This guide is one in the Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives (E3A): Understanding Energy series. This one discusses off-grid energy options. Living off-grid refers to living in a self-sustaining manner without reliance on one or more ...

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Developing a Nonprofit

Resources to help small nonprofit organizations in Missouri with self-assessment and development.

Alianzas

The Alianzas partnership enhances the ability of communities to collaborate with the growing immigrant Hispanic population.

CARES

The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) aids interested public and private parties in learning about and managing our resources.

Community Leadership

Community development programs providing leadership training in several formats

Exceed — Regional Economic and Entrepreneurial Development

Building resilient communities through community economic development, entrepreneurship and strategic planning.

Labor Education Program

Developing and delivering trade union leadership in Missouri and other Midwestern states

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