The NRCS Employee Innovation Portal
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Webinar Details
When:
Jul 8, 2022 12:00 am US/Eastern
Length: 01:02 (hh:mm)
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Presenter(s):
- (i) Christine Hall - NRCS National Innovation Leader
- (ii) Tina Jerome - Director, NRCS-East National Technology Support Center
- (iii) Lisa Wainwright - District Conservationist, NRCS-Kansas
Virtual Event Format:
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This webinar will introduce the NRCS Employee Innovation Portal, a platform where employees can submit innovations and ideas, view completed innovations ready for adoption and works in progress, collaborate with innovators, and provide feedback.
In April 2022, a new tool—the Employee Innovation Portal, launched to empower employees to share staff-developed, ready-to-use tools and “in the works" ideas, as well as view a library of proven process improvements and innovations. This new tool will enable employees to contribute their bold ideas and proven methods for success to build a more sustainable and resilient NRCS. The online portal houses employees’ innovative ideas from all levels of the agency without the need for supervisory approval before submittal. Innovations—changes made to an existing method, product, or even new processes and tools—that are currently in use can be submitted, along with innovations in the works and innovative ideas to maximize efficiency and improve the customer experience. Innovations are not just technology related. They can also work to improve and impact every aspect of our agency. An innovation could be a new and successful way of running a Local Work Group meeting, an automated spreadsheet that helps calculate material quantities for an engineering practice, a new field data collection tool, a partnership database, or a conservation planning farm inventory checklist, to name a few. This session will highlight why this tool was developed, how you can share your innovations, how to access and use innovations in the portal, and how you can get involved by becoming an Innovation Ambassador.
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