Our monthly online ActiveCampaign sessions are offered on November 10th and November 12th, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Join our Managing Contacts session on November 10th to learn how to manage your contacts. To learn more about creating and sending campaigns, join our Creating Email Campaigns session on November 12th.

Accessibility Fundamentals: Fonts

Join us for an Express (30-minute) training covering the fundamental accessibility principles of fonts. Considering accessibility when choosing fonts is crucial because it makes digital content more readable for a broader audience, including individuals with visual impairments, learning disabilities, or low vision, as well as anyone who is distracted or multitasking. Learn how to choose fonts that help make content more accessible. This session is on November 4th from 10-10:30 am, and you can find it in XLMS.

Accessibility Fundamentals: Headings

Join us for an Express (30-minute) training covering a fundamental accessibility principle. For this session, we will cover how to use heading levels to organize and structure your digital content appropriately. Well-organized content allows users to understand and navigate information effectively. This session is listed in XLMS, and will be on November 12th from 2-2:30 pm.

Our monthly online Eventbrite session is on November 3rd from 9-10:30 a.m. This session covers Extension Eventbrite requests through event publication, including budget forms, adding details to the event, online events, modifying ticket information, adding custom questions to the order form, making your event live for registration, and managing attendees once your event is published.

We are offering one Express session this month. Topics change each month, depending on questions received, suggestions, etc.

Extension Website Images

Want to make your Extension website look sharp, professional, and engaging? Join us for this quick session on web image best practices. We’ll cover everything you need to know to make your visual content shine, including proper sizing, positioning, and best practices. Plus, we’ll share tips and tricks for using Canva to quickly create and format high-quality images that fit perfectly on your site. Sign up for this November 17th session (from 9-9:30 am) on XLMS.

Publications Database 101

Join EIT staff for an introduction to the extension content database. Learn how to navigate the database and how to use the publishing tools to create new factsheets. This session is primarily for specialists, but agents are welcome to join to learn how to navigate the database and find useful information. This session is on November 17th from 2-3 pm. Register in XLMS.

Extension Websites 101

*THIS SESSION IS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE* In this session, you will learn how to navigate our new website platform. We will provide you with an orientation to the new platform, including how to log in, find your way around, and post news articles and pages. We will also review the new features on our website. Sign up in XLMS for the session on November 5th from 2-3:30 pm.

Specialists: Customizing Your NC State Extension Topic Site

*This session is for Extension Specialists. County staff who work on topic sites can also attend.* This session will cover how to customize and organize your topic site in the Extension website platform. We will demonstrate how to add content blocks to your topic site homepage, like static images, icon menus, text, video, and more. We will cover how to control your newsfeed displays, including adding or removing news blocks, controlling news priority, and featuring articles. We will also cover how to modify and organize your pages and menu. This session is appropriate for specialists and anyone who manages a topic site within the ces.ncsu.edu system. It is assumed you've taken Websites 101 and have a basic understanding of the Extension web system prior to this session. Sign up in XLMS for the session on November 18th from 10-11:30 am.

Beyond the Chatbox: CRAFTing Better AI Conversations

Ever feel like interacting with an AI is a bit of a gamble? Sometimes you get gold; other times, you get a hallucinated mess. The secret isn't in the model—it’s in the framework.

In this hands-on session, we will break down the CRAFT framework, a professional-grade strategy designed to transform vague requests into precise, high-quality results. Whether you are drafting reports, generating code, or sparking creative ideas, CRAFT provides the structural "blueprints" you need to succeed every time.

Sign up in XLMS; it's on November 19th from 1:30-3 p.m.