Be Prepared! Plan Ahead! Steps for Emergency Preparedness

Education and Training Specialists from the Institute of Child Nutrition will present on how schools can prepare for handling emergency situations including internal threats, external threats, and natural disasters.

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LEAD to Succeed – Conflict Style Inventory

Explore five different conflict management styles and how each is used to approach difficult conversations with coworkers and/or stakeholders so you can achieve more positive outcomes.

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Supply Chain Challenges? Let’s Leverage Entitlement Dollars!

This interactive session will explain the importance of leveraging entitlement dollars to conquer supply chain issues and enhance your menus.

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Solving School Nutrition Challenges Through Synergies with Your High School’s Business Department

What if high school students are your solution to staffing, meal participation and funding problems? Discover why leveraging business students creates a “win-win” opportunity for students and staff.

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Heavy Metal: Buying Foodservice Equipment 101

Presenters will share their findings, helpful hints and tricks of the trades for purchasing foodservice equipment, as identified during the current project of researching and updating the Institute of Child Nutrition’s equipment procurement manual.

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Building Momentum for Free School Meals for All

Hear how school nutrition staff and SNA state chapters have been leaders in “Healthy School Meals for All” campaigns and identify ways to get involved.

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Guac and Roll! Let’s Create Instagram Reels!

Discover how Instagram Reels will bring your program to life, engage students and put your program at the top of your followers’ news feed and easily receive hundreds of views.

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Using the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program to Boost Nutrition in Your District

Discover why the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program (FFVP) is a valuable program that increases students’ awareness of fresh produce and can be an exciting low-pressure way to expose students to new foods.

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Culinary Development Training to Motivate Food Service Professionals

Learn how to develop a strategic plan for your district to engage in a more technical speed scratch or scratch service model—and how the elevation of your employees’ skill level will increase critical thinking, basic culinary skills and time management.

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Reduce Sodium and Minimize Labor with Speed-Scratch Food Production

This education session provide information on the benefits of speed-scratch cooking and how its food production can reduce sodium in recipes and in school menus.

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