CNCS with the assistance of JBS International will be offering a series of 11 webinars designed for current AmeriCorps grantees and their sub grantees. Although the webinars are organized by focus area, each will present similar core content. As grantees and their subs are halfway through the program year, the webinars are designed to provide actionable information which will allow programs to revisit their data collection tools and systems to make sure they are collecting appropriate outcome data. These initial webinars are the precursors to more advanced data collection and aggregation information which will be available to grantees before the beginning of the 2012-2013 program year.

National program staff (and any sub grantees, as desired) should register for one of the webinars specific to their focus area. State service commission staff should register for at least one focus area relevant to their portfolio to insure exposure to the core content. However, state sub grantees may be invited by their commission to attend whichever session is most relevant to their programs' focus area, regardless of whether commission staff are able to be in attendance on that specific webinar.

The learning objectives for the webinars are as following. As a result of participating in the Data Collection and Aggregation Webinar, participants will:

1. Understand core concepts associated with data collection and aggregation;
2. Better understand how to assess the quality of their current data collection tools and systems; and
3. Identify upgrades they need to make to insure rigorous data collection and meaningful reporting.

Please register for the webinars at: http://goo.gl/v3PWM. The registration deadline is Friday, January 27th.

The schedule of Data Collection and Aggregation Webinars is as follows. Each webinar will last 60 minutes.

Monday, January 30
12:00 pm ET – Education
2:00 pm ET – Capacity Building
4:00 pm - Environment

Tuesday, January 31
12:00 pm – Environment
2:00 pm – Veterans, Opportunity, Healthy Futures, and Disaster
4:00 pm – Education

Wednesday, February 1
11:00 am – Capacity Building
1:00 pm – Education
3:00 pm – Veterans, Opportunity, Healthy Futures, and Disaster

Thursday, February 2
11:00 am – Education
1:00 pm – Veterans, Opportunity, Healthy Futures, and Disaster