Events

Urban homesteading can refer to many things including practicing urban agriculture or sustainable living techniques. This pick-your-own series serves as an introduction to the basics every urban homesteader needs!

Join us for a free webinar focused on growing and enjoying lilacs in Central Ohio.  Topics: Types of Lilacs Flower Forms and Color Growing Conditions and Maintenance Making More Lilacs Cut Lilac Flowers and Perfume Public Collections and Festivals to Visit Well-Known Lilacs This event is sponsored by OSU Extension Franklin County Master Gardener Volunteer Program.

What major trends and issues will affect leadership in the next 3-5 years? How can we look ahead to take actions now that help us create a better tomorrow? We analyze trends and issues facing society and present them in interactive workshops. Primary focus areas include trends in technology, demographics, economy,, and other relevant fields. Examples include: Artificial intelligence Machine learning The changing demography of the US Makers Climate changes After attending this session leaders will be able to:

Conflict is a part of our daily lives at work or at home. How we manage conflict has a direct impact on how fulfilled we feel about our work, the quality of work, and the quality of work from our respective teams or units. Effectively dealing with and using conflict as a positive tool is a major component of success in current or future leadership roles.

The Miami County Master Gardener Volunteers will present “Hydrangeas” at the next session in the Coffee with the Master Gardeners series on August 7 at 10 a.m. The session will be taught by Norma Follstaedt, who has been a Master Gardener Volunteer since 1993. Norma will share all about the different types of hydrangeas and what their needs are. Help gardeners choose the right type to purchase and the optimum location to plant and understand why their existing planting is not looking that great.

Have you ever left a meeting where the group’s decision still didn’t feel right or where everyone still wasn’t on the same page? This training will provide you techniques for helping groups work through thinking and decision making of important ideas and difficult conversations. You will learn how to be effective at facilitating people through processes that provide useful information and data in making decisions and developing ownership over those decisions. Participants will: • Understand facilitation and facilitator roles

This 4 1/2-hour interactive webinar features instructor John Lawrence. Topics to be covered include: Paycheck Protection Program Loan Issues: Loan applications Forgiveness issues and the IRS ruling on non-deductibility of forgiven PPP loan expenditures How to account for them in preparing a return, etc. New tax provisions implemented by the CARES Act