Winning Teams and Winning Grants
The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
June 26-27, 2012
Room: LaGuardia A/B
Agenda Overview
DAY ONE – Tuesday
7:00 am
Breakfast – Available in Meeting Room
7:50 am
Welcome - Introductions and Objectives for Workshop
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
Robin Shepard – NCCEA Executive Director
8:30 am
Why Teams and the Art of Collaboration
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
Beverly Kelbaugh – Associate Director OSU Extension
Topics:
 Focus and Execution
 Real team characteristics
 Building Blocks for teams
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
A Framework for Collaboration
Presented by the Working Training Team:
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
Robin Shepard – NCCEA Executive Director
Beverly Kelbaugh – Associate Director OSU Extension
Scott Radcliffe-- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences, Purdue University
John Oliver -- Maple Leaf Concepts and former CEO of Dow Canada
Virgil Bremer-- Research Scientist, Enzyme Product Development, Elanco
Topics:
 What the collaboration is trying to accomplish
 Best implementation practices
 Developing your team Logic Model
 Best rules of engagement
 Project Management Best Practices
12:00 pm
Lunch – Served in Hotel Atrium
1:15 pm
Case Situation Analysis and Group Reports
Arlen Leholm – NCR A Executive Director
2:00 pm
Opportunities for Integrated Team Proposals (Research, Education and
Extension)
Robin Shepard – NCCEA Executive Director
 Roles for our mission areas (Research, Education and Extension)
 How to clarify roles
 Elements of success within those roles
 Elements of an effective outreach plan
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
The Role of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – Part One
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
Learning Objectives
 Learn key concepts in Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
 Understand the business case for EQ
 Observe EQ in action
 Discuss EQ skill techniques
 Set EQ development goals
5:00 pm
Adjourn for the day, individual consultations
6:00 pm
Group Dinner – Served in Hotel Atrium
DAY TWO – Wednesday
7:00 am
Breakfast – Available in Meeting Room
8:00 am
The Role of Emotional Intelligence – Part Two
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
9:00 am
Revising Logic Models and Joint Work Products
Presented by the Working Training Team:
Arlen Leholm – NCR Executive Director
Robin Shepard – NCCEA Executive Director
Beverly Kelbaugh – Associate Director OSU Extension
Scott Radcliffe-- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Virgil Bremer-- Research Scientist, Enzyme Product Development, Elanco
Topics:
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Using the Logic Model
Joint goals
Joint work products
Benchmarks and evaluation
Logic Model group discussion
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am
Developing Your Team ACTION Strategies
Teams will work as their own group to develop a preliminary action plan that will
focus on steps they will use in becoming high performing and self-directing in the
weeks following this workshop.
Members of the training team will work directly with each team.
Topics:
 Clarifying the purpose of your team.
 Setting measurable objectives
 Identifying joint work products
 Defining success
 Overcoming barriers
 Addressing logistical needs of the team
 Funding and resourcing the team
 Next steps
11:30 am
Debriefing and Team Diagnostics
Arlen Leholm – NCRA Executive Director
Robin Shepard- NCCEA Executive Director
Topics:
 Addressing the challenges ahead
 Taking the next steps
 A preview of this fall’s workshop on finding funding!
12:00 pm Lunch and Adjourn – Lunch served in Hotel Atrium