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🎒📚 Back to School Season is Here! 🍎✏️ As the school bells ring and the leaves start to change, it's the perfect time to embrace lifelong learning! 📖 At AESP, we're offering a range of virtual trainings to help you sharpen your skills and stay ahead in the energy sector. Whether you're new to grant writing, diving into Benefit-Cost Analysis, or exploring the latest in microgrids, our upcoming sessions have something for everyone. 🚀 📅 Upcoming Virtual Trainings: Grant Writing Basics and Program Design 📆 Tuesday, September 10 | 🕒 12:00-04:00 ET Accounting for Federal Tax Incentives and Other Transfers in Benefit-Cost Analysis of DERs 📆 Thursday, September 12 | 🕒 01:00-03:00 ET Benefit-Cost Analysis of Distributed Energy Resource Investments with Primer 📆 September 23-26 | 🕒 01:00-03:00 ET (Primer) | 02:00-04:00 ET (Series) As the Energy Sector Evolves – Challenges and Concerns 📆 Tuesday, October 8 | 🕒 02:00-04:00 ET Understanding the Uncertainty Assessment for Current M&V 📆 Tuesday, October 15 | 🕒 02:00-04:00 ET Intro to Microgrids 📆 Tuesday, October 29 | 🕒 02:00-04:00 ET “Sami Series” – Cost Effectiveness, Attribution & Net-to-Gross, Impact Evaluation 📆 November 5-7 | 🕒 12:00-04:00 ET (11/5-6) | 01:00-04:00 ET (11/7) Don’t miss these opportunities to grow your expertise and connect with industry professionals. 🌟 Let's make this season of learning one to remember! #BackToSchool #LifelongLearning #EnergyEducation #AESP #ProfessionalDevelopment

"It cannot just be up to individual teachers to believe more or hope more: the school or organizational ecosystem must support belief." Check out our next blog post with key takeaways from research by Jenni Donohoo, Linda Darling-Hammond, John Hattie and more about collective efficacy development and professional learning cultures. We built the Small Wins Dashboard with collective efficacy in mind and provide general tips to strengthen this mindset across your educational organization today. https://lnkd.in/dHnwuzFS

Hello everyone, I am Yanbo Cui, a master of Finance from UNSW Business School.   Do you know how many Americans die prematurely every year because of pollution caused by fossil fuels? Over 30,000. Is it feasible and necessary to accelerate renewable energy, represented by solar and wind energy, in the United States, where the traditional energy industry is developed? The answer is YES. In my speech, I comprehensively analyzed the losses that would be avoided and the potential huge economic gains that would come from accelerating the U.S. push for renewable energy. It is my great honor to share with you the research results of my COMM5501 project closely related to SDG7.2 in this semester. At the same time, I am very grateful to my colleagues Zheng Yiran and Liu Liu for their valuable feedback, as well as Professor poon and Supervisor Chen Jun for their careful support.   The journey in this course has had a huge impact on me, and I have made a complete change in the way I communicate with people. I used to love giving speeches because I found it hard to convince an audience even when there was evidence. However, this course made me suddenly realize that each person needs a unique way to communicate, that is to say, what we have to discuss must be closely related to his personal interests, so that he will pay attention to and listen to our suggestions or advice. It is such a straightforward truth, I know this semester in the course of the deep understanding. For the rest of my career, I will no longer worry about not being able to convince leaders or clients effectively.   Overall, my self-assessment of my data story on this topic is 10/10, based on the guild line. In the beginning, I used hooks to keep the audience engaged and aware of the importance of the next topic. Throughout the presentation, a large number of strongly correlated data were used to ensure that the audience was rationally approved by the specific and credible data. At the same time, all the data and topics are closely related to the audience: the president of the United States. This ensures that it will value and listen to my advice. Finally, I repeatedly checked the logic of the whole presentation to ensure the rigor of the logic so that the audience could completely accept my analysis and suggestions from a rational perspective.     As a master of finance, just mastering professional knowledge is not enough for my future career. I am very glad that I can choose COMM5501, a course taught by Professor Poon, and I am no longer afraid of convincing others.     The video link is below: https://lnkd.in/g4PKA9Yi   #UNSW #SDG #SDG 7.2  

Many EC and other large research and development projects require that the project partners disseminate information on the project and the outcomes. This is, of course, a very reasonable request. As public money is being invested into furthering knowledge, results must be shared widely. Here, we outline a few key activities that the Maple team consider to ensure projects are disseminated as effectively as possible. 📄 https://lnkd.in/gfNYsKgQ #consulting #project #research

[Project Engagement] The v3.0 and Beyond Yesterday I wrote a 60-slide deck introducing the Project Engagement approach (v3.0) in Chinese to discuss a collaborative research project with a friend who is a PhD student in China. v1.0 is about Andy Blunden's approach to Activity Theory and the basic structure of "Project". The outcome is the Project Engagement toolkit (v1.0, 2021): https://lnkd.in/gbzEHZ2x v2.0 is about the Growth of "Project". It touched "Project Network", "Project as Platform", and "Life-History Topology". https://lnkd.in/gNcsGNeG v3.0 is more about the Outside of "Project". I used a Map to curate relevant knowledge frameworks to form a toolkit. You can find the map and the toolkit in the link below: Project Engagement and Professional Knowledge Engagement https://lnkd.in/g94v_Xym (5/21/2024)

Navigating the complexities of research administration is no easy feat. It typically takes a year just to feel like you're not constantly treading water. But what if there was a shortcut to that year-long learning curve? A way to rapidly boost your or your team's confidence and competence in handling sponsored projects? That's exactly what we're offering on the first day of the NCURA Region I Conference in Portland, Maine. The "Essentials of Sponsored Research Administration" workshop is a powerhouse session designed to accelerate the learning process for new RAs, or those with less than a couple of years in the field. Imagine condensing a year's worth of on-the-job learning into a single day. We're talking cost principles, budget creation, proposal coordination, award negotiation and acceptance, financial management, audit preparation, and compliance – the whole gamut. By attending, you or your staff will not only streamline existing knowledge but also join a community that supports and amplifies your growth in the field. led by Brandi Glover, MBA, CFRA, Thomas Dillon, and Jessica McDonough this workshop is about building a support system, a network, and a foundation of knowledge that normally takes months, if not years, to develop. Don't let this opportunity slip by. These workshops only come around locally once a year, and it's crucial not to miss out on this chance to foster true progress. 📅 REGISTER your team for the "Essentials of Sponsored Research Administration" workshop now. Elevate your team's skills and watch them become the confident, resourceful RAs they're meant to be. 👉 REGISTRATION LINK: https://lnkd.in/exq_xRJZ #NCURARegion1 #ResearchAdministration #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkshopAlert

The Industrial Ecology master program is an interesting option for students who want to combine interdisciplinarity and environmental assessment with transition approaches how to enable sustainability transitions in society. Society needs more industrial ecologists to work on the grand challenges of our time.

📢 Calling all project PIs, staff, grants professionals, and anyone new to evaluation (or just needing a refresher)! Are you feeling overwhelmed navigating the proposal submission process for the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program? Don't worry! Join our upcoming webinar, "Evaluation Essentials for Non-Evaluators: Understanding the Basics and Benefits of Evaluation." 📅 Date: Wednesday, June 26 ⏰ Time: 1-2 p.m. EST In this session, we’ll demystify the evaluation process for NSF ATE proposals. Learn what evaluation is, why it matters, and how it can enhance your project. We’ll also share tips on finding and selecting an evaluator, even if your institution has restrictions. 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gKJZBC6y #Webinar #NSFATE #ProjectEvaluation #STEMEducation #Grants #ProposalWriting #EvaluationEssentials #Evaluation

MEL vs. M&E: What Is the Difference and Why Does It Matter? Several funding organizations focused on international development have fostered and adopted a “monitoring, evaluation, and learning” (MEL) approach, which focuses resources on comprehensively monitoring performance, selectively evaluating activities, and supporting continuous learning. More in links: https://lnkd.in/eykyt-UZ.

🌟Our webinar Proposal writing workshop series – grant conceptualization and consortia building, held on Wednesday, February 14th in collaboration with the University of Vienna, delved into the crucial aspects of proposal writing. Universität Wien 💡Focused on grant conceptualization and consortia building, this session provided valuable insights into shaping ideas into winning proposals and forming strategic partnerships for success. 📖Drawing upon examples from the Horizon Europe program, attendees learned how to navigate the intricacies of project planning and meet the demands of funding calls. 💫The engaging Q&A session allowed participants to interact with the expert presenter, further enhancing their understanding of the topic. Stay tuned for more enriching events from TwinSubDyn! #HorizonEurope #ProposalWriting #Webinar #TwinSubDyn Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Grant agreement No. 101059546