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Collectors, Nightlights, & Allies, Oh My! : Advice for Strengthening Cross-Racial Mentoring Relationships

Friday, October 6, 2023

In this webinar our speaker, Dr. Martinez-Cola, a social scientist at Morehouse College, identifies and describes three types of mentoring relationships she has encountered throughout her academic journey. Through a combination of storytelling and information sharing, she hopes to inspire self-reflection that can lead to a deeper understanding of both mentors and protégés.

Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola is an assistant professor of sociology at Morehouse College. She recd. her bachelor's degree in psychology and African American studies from the University of Michigan. She then earned her law degree at Loyala University Chicago School of Law. Following that she worked in the world of student affairs for many years before she pursued her Ph.D in sociology at Emory University.  She was a faculty at Utah State University before she joined Morehouse College.

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Leveraging Data using a DEI Lens to Inform Programs and Policies at your Institution/Department

Friday, September 22, 2023

This webinar will explore why applying a DEI lens to "data about people" is important, outline strategies to maximize impact of your data while reducing potential harm, and provide a detailed example of how Colorado School of Mines applied these strategies for investigating student retention of marginalized groups.

Our panelists are:

  • Heather Houlton (she/her), Research Analyst for Diversity, Inclusion & Access, Colorado School of Mines
  • Arielle Rainey (she/her), Research Project Professional for Diversity, Inclusion & Access, Colorado School of Mines

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Mental Health on College Campuses and Scientific Institutions: Are we in a crisis or in the midst of a transformation?

Friday, February 24, 2023

In the post-COVID Pandemic era, there is growing evidence that a mental health crisis is spreading across the country. Studies have reported that child mental health, in general, and College-aged students, in particular, have deteriorated across the nation over the past few years (APA, 2022). Mental Health stigma, limited mental health tools and resources, and a sense of "disconnection" borne out of social-distancing policies are contributing factors.
 
Although described as a public health crisis, the levels of emotional turmoil may actually be a sign that young people across the country, on college campuses and in scientific institutions, may be undergoing a transformation. A transformation that highlights generational shifts in attitudes and societal expectations for those in the student population and early career workforce. Those campuses and institutions that recognize this growing threat, may be well positioned to intervene at a lower level to prevent more dire outcomes, and perhaps reap the benefits of a large and growing workforce moving its way through schools, colleges and institutions through informed and compassionate policies and practices.

Our speaker is:
Erick Bacho, Ph.D., ABPP
Commander, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy Clinical / Medical Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Psychology, United States Naval Academy

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Coaching Resources

  • Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose - The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership,  by John Whitmore (Oct 10, 2009).
  • The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, by Michael Bungay Stanier
  • On Becoming a Leadership Coach, Edited by Chris Wahl, Clarice Scriber and Beth Bloomfield, 2013, 2nd Edition (Written by Faculty of the Georgetown Leadership Coaching Certification Program)
  • Co-Active Coaching: The Proven Framework for Transformative Conversations in Work and in Life, by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, Laura Whitworth, 2011. 4th Edition
  • Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence, by Chalmers Brothers and Vinay Kumar, 2015
  • Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, by James Flaherty, 2010. 3rd Edition
  • You Can’t Be a Great Manager If You're Not a Good Coach, by Monique Valcour, Harvard Business Review, July 17, 2014
  • How to get your Team to Coach Each Other, by Stewart D. Friedman, Harvard Business Review, March 3, 2015.
  • How Great Coaches Ask, Listen and Empathize, by Ed Batista, Harvard Business Review, February 18, 2015.
  • What Really Happens in Executive Coaching, by Madeleine Homan Blanchard, Chief Learning Officer, June 29, 2017
  • Video: How to Tame Your Advice Monster, Michael Bungay Stanier (14:29)
    Michael Bungay Stanier discusses why we are so primed to give advice, and why doing so can sabotage our conversations. This is a fundamental skill of coaching that makes it different from any other type of professional conversation.
  • MyNavy Coaching Resources
  • MyNavy Coaching Handbook
  • MyNavy Coaching Leader Handbook

Listening Resources

Asking Great Questions Resources

  • Video: How to Coach (by asking questions) (6:36)
    A concise but helpful overview of how questions can be restructured to be more powerful and effective.
  • Video: Increase Your Self-Awareness with One Simple Fix - Tasha Eurich (17:17)
    This video dives into the reasons that asking "why" can be problematic, particularly in the context of getting to know ourselves better. When we ask "why", it doesn’t lead us toward the truth, it leads us away from it. The simple fix is changing "why" questions to "what" questions to achieve greater self-awareness.
  • Podcast: These Coaching Questions Get Results, with Michael Bungay Stanier (42:04) [Coaching for Leaders]
    This is an outstanding overview of what coaching is as well as how to practice it successfully as a leader. Michael Bungay Stanier describes some fundamental coaching questions that anyone can use to unlock insights and help others learn and grow. A practical and approachable introduction to the world of coaching.
  • Podcast: How to Ask Better Questions, with David Marquet (35:41) [Coaching for Leaders]
    David Marquet is the former commander of the U.S.S. Santa Fe. Under his command, the ship had an impressive turnaround, achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the Navy. In this conversation, David and the host, Dave Stachowiak, explore the seven sins of questioning. David shares the story of the ill-fated El Faro and how we can discover better information in leadership by making the shift from self-affirming to self-educating.
  • Humble Inquiry, by Edgar Schein (127 pages)
  • Relearning the Art of Asking Great Questions, by Tom Pohlmann and Neethi Mary Thomas, Harvard Business Review, March, 27, 2015
  • The Questions Good Coaches Ask, by Amy Jen Su, Harvard Business Review, December 12, 2014

Empathy Resources

Stories that We Carry Resources

Neuroscience and Leadership Resources

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Apr 2, 2013)
  • Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work by David Rock (2006)
  • Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership, by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis, Harvard Business Review, September 2008

Changing Habits / Managing Time Resources

  • The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, Paperback, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz (Jan 3, 2005)
  • The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter Senge
  • Podcast: Leadership in the Midst of Chaos, with Jim Mattis (38:49) [Coaching for Leaders]
    Gen Mattis, USMC (Ret.) discusses his career in the Marines and the leadership lessons that emerged during combat. He shares the mistake he made in soliciting support for his plan to capture Osama Bin Laden in Tora Bora and discusses how he handled disagreements on strategy in Fallujah. Finally, he recommends three books and reflects on the greatest threat to America today.
  • Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time, by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, Harvard Business Review, October 2007
  • The Real Reason People Won’t Change, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, Harvard Business Review, November 2001
  • Free Online Course: How to Get and Be a Great Peer Coach (15:00) Developed by Scott Eblin, former faculty at Georgetown Leadership Coaching program. The focus is on Peer Coaching.
  • Video: Rethinking Thinking (Ladder of Inference) with Trevor Maber, (5:32)
    Every day, we meet people and process our interactions--making inferences and developing beliefs about the world around us. In this lesson, Trevor Maber introduces us to the idea of a 'ladder of inference' and a process for rethinking the way we interact.

Introducing GROW, a new career tool for the geoscience community

Friday, April 14, 2023

GROW (Geoscience Resources on Opportunities in the Workforce) is a new collection of career resources for geoscience undergraduate and graduate students wondering, “What job opportunities do I have outside of academia?” This webinar will discuss the aims of the GROW project, framing the geoscience careers conversation around transferable skills, student identities, and the dynamic nature of the workforce. We will introduce the GROW website (grow-geocareers.com), which hosts the resources for departments, mentors, and students, and provide guidance to heads and chairs on how best to use this tool to support their students’ career development.

Please meet our panelists for the April webinar –
Madison (Maddie) Wood is a PhD student and Adina Paytan is a Research Scientist  in the Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California Santa Cruz
 

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Equitably Addressing Community Priorities: Geoscientists and Communities co-creating tools and solutions

Friday, March 24, 2023

Natasha Udu-gama, Ph.D., Director and Maria Sharova, Program Manager, from the Thriving Earth Exchange team at the AGU will discuss the values and principles that are the foundation of their community science approach. In addition, they will describe through key examples how geoscientists and communities can collaborate equitably within this approach to advance the development and deployment of tools and solutions that address community priorities related to climate change, natural hazards and natural resources. Audience members will also learn more about how geoscientists at all career stages can get involved in Thriving Earth's community science approach, develop new skills, create meaningful partnerships with communities, and, ultimately, make a difference.

Please meet our panelists for the March webinar – Dr. Natasha Udu-gama is the director of the Thriving Earth Exchange program at AGU and Maria Sharova is the Program Manager who specializes in creating and leading the deep engagement with the fellows in the program.

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The Geoscience Workforce - Today and Future Trajectories

Thursday, February 9, 2023

The geosciences are at a crossroads as a scientific enterprise with society increasingly relying on solutions to a myriad of issues which the geosciences can help address – including climate change impact mitigation, raw materials, new ways of addressing energy needs, and management of our water resources.  At the same time, technology and the structure of Western economies are advancing at a breakneck pace, which when coupled with the new societal demands is making for a geoscience enterprise that looks little like that of the 20th and early 21st centuries.  This webinar will explore the state of geoscience employment and education and look at the trends that are likely to form the geoscience profession for the rest of the century.

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The Enrollment Cliff

Thursday, November 17, 2022

This month's AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs online discussion explores the enrollment cliff and what that means for the geoscience departments. The discussion is led by Christopher Keane from AGI, and looks at the dynamics driving the enrollment cliff, followed by a group discussion on ways to get geoscience programs to thrive in this new paradigm.

 

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Disaster Risk Reduction: The role of geological survey organizations in understanding risk and informing risk reduction actions

Monday, February 6, 2023

Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs) play a critical role in understanding geo-hazards and risks as a required component for designing and implementing disaster risk management policies and programs. This forum will provide three virtual workshops to support the exchange of information among executives and senior managers on the role of GSOs in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at a National Level. The forum will provide a high level overview of the role of GSOs in disaster risk reduction, including strategies, awareness of and advocacy on hazards and risks, financial risk management, building codes, and early warning systems.

The forum will also provide an overview of the range of national interinstitutional governance structures within which GSOs function, in the context of national level DRR and climate change adaptation policy settings. Speakers will discuss the common challenges and opportunities for effective use of hazard and risk assessments in national DRR policies, investments, and programs, identify gaps and enablers for enhancing the role of GSOs in DRR, and evaluate how the focus and investments in climate adaptation can be a threat but also an opportunity for enhancing geo-risk awareness and resilience measures.

The forum will be hosted as a set of three regional sessions, with each regional forum featuring pre-recorded lectures from science policy experts and geoscientists and a live moderated discussion session with attendees.

All sessions will be conducted in English with live captioning in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Modern Chinese, and Arabic.

Please contact Sahar Safaie at sahar.safaie@sageonearth.ca with any questions about this forum.

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Part I: The Enablers: Mechanisms that facilitate GSOs' role in disaster and climate risk management
06 February 2023  13.00 - 16.00 GMT

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13:00 GMT     Welcoming remarks from WCOGS- GSC (event sponsor)
Sonia Talwar, Director – Pacific Division, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

13:05 GMT    Remarks from UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Paola Albrito, Director, UNDRR

13:10 GMT    Setting the context: The role of GSOs in Disaster Risk Reduction & what we heard from GSOs around the world.
Sahar Safaie, Disaster and Climate Risk Management Specialist / Founder, Sage On Earth Consulting

Q/A

13:30 GMT    Panel 1: National governance mechanisms that enable GSO’s role in disaster risk reduction
John Schneider, Secretary General, Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation (Chair)

Malaika Ulmi, Public Safety Geoscience Program Manager, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada   pdf download iconView Slides
Matt Godsoe, Director of the Resilience and Economics Integration Division, Public Safety Canada   pdf download iconView Slides
Mike Grimm, Assistant Administrator for the Risk Management Directorate within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Q/A

14:40 GMT     Panel 2: Case studies on the importance of good governance for understanding hazards/risk and the use of information in disaster risk reduction
Sonia Talwar, Director – Pacific Division, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada (Chair)

Richard Robertson, Professor of Geology, The UWI Seismic Research Centre    pdf download iconView Slides
John Rees, Chief Scientist, British Geological Survey (BGS)
Daniela Di Bucci, Structural Geologist, International Relations and Activities Unit of the Italian Civil Protection Department (Presidency of the Council of Ministers)   pdf download iconView Slides
Jethro B. Capino, Geologist, Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB), the Philippines
Liza Socorro Manzano, Chief Geologist at DENR-MGB   pdf download iconView Slides

Q/A

15:55 GMT     Closing
Sonia Talwar, Director – Pacific Division, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

 

Part II: The Science and Technology: Advancing methods, tools, and capabilities in hazard and risk assessment
13 February 2023  16.00 - 19.00 GMT

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16:00 GMT     Welcoming remarks from WCOGS- US Geological Survey (USGS)
William Cunningham, Director, Office of International Programs, USGS

16:05 GMT     Overview of the Global Earthquake Model and the lessons learned about partnerships at local, national, regional and global level
John Schneider, Secretary General, Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation (Global)   pdf download iconView Slides

16:35 GMT     Panel 3: Advancing methodologies for Multi-hazard and systemic risk assessment
Phil Hill, Emeritus Geoscientist (Former Director of the Geological Survey of Canada Pacific Division) (Chair)

Héctor Pérez, Seismic Risk Engineer & Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering, Colombia Geological Survey
David Wald, Supervisory Research Geophysicist, USGS
Mark Edwards, Director, the Vulnerability, Resilience and Mitigation Section, Geoscience Australia   pdf download iconView Slides
Chesley Williams, Senior Director, Product Management, Risk Management Solutions, USA

Q/A

17:45 GMT     Panel 4: Partnerships and good governance for advancing hazard and risk assessments
John Schneider, Secretary General, Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation (Chair)

Susan Loughlin, Volcanology Team Leader, British Geological Survey (BGS)
Masyhur Irsyam, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Yoshihiro Ishizuka, Volcanologist, Japan Geological Survey   pdf download iconView Slides
Helen Crowley, Seismic Risk Consultant, EUCENTRE, Italy

Q/A

18:55 GMT     Closing
William Cunningham, Director, Office of International Programs, US Geological Survey

 

Part III: The Risk Management Goal: How GSOs can support awareness and advocacy, enhancing building codes, early warning systems, and local level resilience planning
20 February 2023  03.00 - 06.00 GMT

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3:00 GMT     Welcoming remarks from WCOGS- GNS Science
Gill Jolly, Natural Hazards and Risks Theme Leader, GNS Science, New Zealand

3:05 GMT     Global tsunami early warning program and its cross-jurisdiction approach
Denis Chang Seng, Programme Specialist Ocean Science, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO

3:15 GMT     The evolution of earthquake building codes and recommended approaches for advancing building codes
Tuna Onur, Earthquake Hazard and Risk Consultant, Onur Seemann Consulting

Q/A

3:35 GMT     Panel 5: Sharing experiences supporting development of DRR strategies, policies, and programs
(Awareness and information sharing, Building codes, Risk financing, DRR planning)

Steve Hill, Chief Scientist, Geoscience Australia (Chair)

Nick Horspool, Senior Risk Scientist at GNS Science, New Zealand
Iswandi Imran, Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institut Teknologi, Indonesia
Jorge Crempien, Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Leigh Wolfrom, Policy analyst, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD   pdf download iconView Slides

Q/A

4:45 GMT     Panel 6: Sharing experiences supporting development of DRR strategies, policies, and programs
(Advancing Building codes, Land use planning, and early warning systems)

Kate Moran, President, Oceans Network Canada (Chair)

Maria Przyłucka, Chief specialist in geohazards and engineering geology, Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
John Londoño, Technical Director of Geohazards, Colombia Geological Survey
Atalay Ayele, Professor and Director of Institute of Geophysics, Space Sciences and Astronomy (IGSSA), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Andrew Tupper, Principal Consultant, Natural Hazards Consulting, Australia   pdf download iconView Slides

Q/A

5:55 GMT     Closing
Gill Jolly, Natural Hazards and Risks Theme Leader, GNS Science, New Zealand

Register for the forum

The webinar is organized through an informal partnership between the World Community of Geological Surveys (WCOGS), the Global Earthquake Model Foundation, the Geological Survey of Canada, and GNS Science (New Zealand).

Sage On Earth Consulting supports the organizing team with the background research and design of the sessions. The American Geosciences Institute is providing the online hosting platform and support for the webinar.

Cultivating Geosciences, Justice, and Action through Participatory Research Methods

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

In this webinar, Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta will describe participatory research methods to advance exposure science and communication strategies to visualize and translate environmental health research to action. She will present co-generated environmental monitoring and exposure assessment data (e.g., arsenic and heavy metal concentrations in water, soil, locally grown food, dust) from community science projects, Gardenroots and Project Harvest.

Our speaker is Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, M.P.A., Ph.D. who is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Public Health at the University of Arizona. Using an environmental justice framework and participatory research methods, she investigates exposure pathways and communication strategies to translate environmental health research to action and achieve structural change.

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