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SUMMARY:Practical AI for Refuge Friends: Saving Time\, Strengthening Outreach & Understanding the Environmental Impact
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Refuge Friends webinar with Janelle Wicks\, Dustin Braden\, and Willem Stoeller exploring practical ways Friends organizations can use artificial intelligence to save staff and volunteer time\, strengthen outreach\, and reduce administrative work. \nThis webinar will cover manageable uses of AI for communications\, fundraising\, financial reporting\, program evaluation\, volunteer coordination\, environmental monitoring\, and other day-to-day organizational needs. Rather than focusing on large or highly technical projects\, the presenters will share accessible examples that Friends groups can adapt to their own work. \nPresenters will also provide an overview of artificial intelligence and discuss the environmental impacts associated with AI and data centers\, offering a balanced look at both the opportunities and considerations that come with using these tools. \nPresenters \n\nJanelle Wicks has served as Executive Director of Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge since 2018. Her connection to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began in 2006 as a volunteer at a Service fish hatchery laboratory in Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology with concentrations in Environmental Sciences and Marine Biology\, and her career has included work with federal public-land agencies and nonprofit education and program management.\nDustin Braden is a Director at Large with the Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates and a nonprofit consultant specializing in technology\, data visualization\, grant writing\, and web development. He also teaches Environment and Sustainability at Ohio Wesleyan University and holds a master’s degree in Geography and Spatial Sciences from the University of Delaware.\nWillem Stoeller serves as a Director at Large with the Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates and is a board member of Friends of Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. He has more than 35 years of experience working with nonprofit and volunteer organizations and has volunteered at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge as a visitor-center volunteer and naturalist since 2014. He previously served as the Friends group’s Treasurer and Vice President and chaired its Governance Committee.\n\nSign Up!
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SUMMARY:Friends SHARE session - Friends Partnership Agreement
DESCRIPTION:Join CORFA’s next Friends SHARE Zoom call on Tuesday\, August 25\, 2026\, at 4:00 pm ET to better understand the Friends Partnership Agreement (FPA) and how it shapes your Friends group’s relationship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. \nRegistration is required to receive the Zoom link; please RSVP by August 24th with “Friends SHARE” in the subject line and the name of your Friends group in the email body. \nIn preparation for the call you might want to review your group’s FPA and bring any questions you would like to discuss; if we do not have the answers during the call\, we will work to find them. The Friends Policy\, Agreement\, supporting materials\, and FWS policies affecting Friends are in CORFA’s Resource Center. \nThe call will include brief insights from Friends Academy participants\, time for feedback on what Friends groups need from CORFA and one another\, and open discussion for questions\, updates\, or emerging issues. \nIf you have a critical issue\, specific question\, or topic where you are seeking expertise\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can prepare and look for helpful resources. \nDiscussion leaders: Janelle Wicks\, Executive Director of Friends of Malheur NWR\, and Maria Montag\, President\, Board of Directors\, Friends of California Condors Wild and Free. \nDate: Tuesday\, August 25\, 2026\nTime: 4:00 PM ET\, 3:00 PM CT\, 2:00 PM MT\, 1:00 PM PT\nRSVP: Email coalitionrefugefriends@gmail.com by August 24th with “Friends SHARE” in the subject line and your Friends group name in the body. \nThis Zoom call is only for members of Friends groups or their staff\, and you may share this invitation with Friends members and other Friends groups. To support candid discussion\, the call will not be recorded; we ask all participants to review and agree to our Safe Space Guidelines. \nWe look forward to gettng together. \nCORFA’s Friends SHARE Team
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/friends-share-session-friends-partnership-agreement/
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