24^th August 2022

 Workshop One – Data Analysis in Research:  Selecting the Best Statistical Analysis for your Research

The workshop introduces participants to the role of data analysis in research.  The need for data analysis, purpose of data analysis and planning for data analysis based on the research design will be discussed.  Participants will also be exposed to various data analysis techniques such as Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics and their roles in research data analysis.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Workshop, participants will be able to:

• Determine appropriate data analysis methods based on research objectives/questions, etc.
• Identify statistical analysis tools that support specific research designs
• Know how and when to use descriptive and inferential statistics to answer research questions and evaluate hypotheses.

Target Group

All academic faculty lecturers and professors, University students especially graduate students, and graduate research supervisors.

Topics To Be Covered

1. Data Analysis in Research
2. Selecting the right data analysis techniques
3. Using Statistics in Data Analysis
4. Applying Statistics to Data Types

Workshop Two: Publishing your Research in High Impact Journals:  A step-by-step guide

The workshop introduces participants to the art of publication.  Publishing in high-impact journals requires planned and careful research designs.  This workshop takes the participants through the key elements of the research publication process including understanding the essential requirements for high-quality research, the need for collaborative research, components of a good manuscript, selecting the appropriate journal, and understanding the submission process including how to deal with rejection.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Workshop, participants will be able to:

• know how to select an appropriate journal for their research
• identify the key component of a manuscript (abstract, introduction, results, etc.)
• know how to manage issues of rejection and acceptance

Target Group

All academic faculty lecturers and professors, University students especially graduate students and graduate research supervisors.

Topics To Be Covered

• Essential requirements for high-quality research
• The need for Research Collaboration
• How to package the manuscript
• Article submission requirements
• Choosing an appropriate journal
• The manuscript submission process

25th August: Creativity and Innovation for Intrapreneurs – Beginner’s Course 

Course description

Creativity is the process of generating new ideas, and the ability to do things differently in a unique way. It is one of the legal ways of gaining unfair advantage over the competition in today’s marketplace, and it is very useful in all spheres of life. Personal creativity is a very useful skill and a valuable resource for individuals and teams. Convergent, logical, critical thinking, a process of creativity and the ability to look at all pieces of information, discern which parts are useful, logical, and correct; question all the possible and probably results arising from any actions and then come up with alternative proposals to solve problems, is an essential life skill. It is ‘in the box’ thinking. However, to be successful in today’s marketplace, you will also need Divergent, artistic, creative, big picture thinking – ‘out of the box’ (Original) thinking. This beginner’s course examines the interplay between creativity and innovation and introduces participants to the concept and source of creativity. You will learn easy-to-apply creative ideas as well as explore broader concepts central to creative work, including a range of skills to assist you in today’s marketplace and across different spheres of life.

The course is interactive. Learning is experiential and action-oriented, with practical class exercises.

Course content:

• Concept and source of creativity
• Mechanism of the brain
• Thinking Lexicon
• Critical versus creative thinking
• Process of innovation
• Skills of effective innovators

Target audience:

• Students
• Anyone trying to venture into entrepreneurship
• Those wanting to take their businesses to another level

26th August: Entrepreneurship Development: Stimulating Solution-Oriented Minds

Workshop description

Organized by the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development, a Chicago, USA-Africa based International Community Development Institution that builds Diaspora-Continental collaboration to take practical college through hands-on education and applied entrepreneurship with trade, and investment to communities that need transformation for the improvement of quality of life, this 2-hour workshop will provide you with the basis of strategic living. In today’s uncertain economy, the workshop, Entrepreneurship Development: Stimulating Solution-Oriented Minds, will challenge participants to get more innovative in solving life’s problems rather than depending on someone else to do it. You will be positioned to think outside the box and use the resources lying about as waste to create your own income with the type of pay you deserve, without a glass ceiling. Even as educators or students, you can become an employer of labor or improve on what you already have going while also assisting your sphere of influence to apply knowledge and build wealth. The training will expose you to global options and everyday local opportunities, that will take you to the next level, or simply turn your dreams into sustainable reality to transform your socio-economic situation for good. This short workshop will provide the basic skills necessary to start and grow your successful business, even in an academic citadel or professional career. With a mindset of stimulating global competitiveness, the fundamentals of starting and operating a successful business, developing an inventive business plan, obtaining nontraditional financing, marketing a product or service, and developing an effective accounting system will be covered. Participants will be stimulated to do more and be successful with what they thought they did not have.

TARGETED AUDIENCE/PARTICIPANTS: All Conference Participants, Administrators, Educators, Students, Entrepreneurs, Folks interested in improving their economic status and/or seeking to improve quality of life for others

REQUIRED WORKSHOP MATERIALS:
Exercise book and pen/pencil to take notes and participate in workshop exercises

SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHOP MATERIALS:
Bibliography of Additional Readings to be given during the workshop

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

1. Be challenged to think differently as an independent problem-solver with a strategic living mindset of doing better with what is available
2. Know if entrepreneurship is right for you through a personal self-assessment with intentional plan of actions.
3. Understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurship, microenterprise and small business success in today’s unprecedented economy.
4. Evaluate and choose the right type of small business and how to manage with a workable operational plan
5. Attempt to create strategic marketing plan in this critical age of globalization, global pandemic, critical health and economic downturn, with post COVID-19 strategy
6. Grasp in brief some financial planning and controls, as well as businesses funding
7. Learn how to produce and present a winning business plan for business start-up, micro-financing, as well as expansion capitalization.

Grant Proposal Writing for Scholars and Entrepreneurs

TARGETED AUDIENCE/PARTICIPANTS: All Conference Participants, Administrators, Educators, Scholars, Students, Entrepreneurs, Folks interested in getting grant funding for their education, research, projects, and business

REQUIRED WORKSHOP MATERIALS:
Exercise book and pen/pencil to take notes and participate in workshop exercises

SUPPLEMENTAL WORKSHOP MATERIALS:
Bibliography of Additional Readings to be given during the workshop

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
With the current realities of globalization and glocalization, there is a major need for floating grant funding to effectively compete in today’s global economy. Yet those who really need the money are not able to take advantage of these funding opportunities. Organized by the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development, a Chicago, USA-Africa based International Community Development Institution that builds Diaspora-Continental collaboration to take practical college through hands-on technical skills to communities that need transformation for the improvement of quality of life, this 2-hour workshop, Grant Proposal Writing for Scholars and Entrepreneurs, is designed to equip participants with the skills needed to successfully go after and get competitive grants. The aim is to prepare a team of professional grant writers that can secure grant funding from various sources to support Research, Education, Business, Economic Development, and other projects in the Global African institutions and communities. By the end of this hands-on training, participants should be able to acquire the technical skills needed to search for funding sources and write grant proposal.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

1. Understand grant and the different types of proposals
2. Develop and explore concepts for potential grant funding.
3. Search for prospective funding sources and be familiar with the various types of funding which are available.
4. Identify and Understand Government and Private-Sector Funders
5. Develop relationships with funders
6. Learn how to prepare generic or actual grant proposals for funding including all components development of the common parts to a proposal for funding

FACILITATOR(S):

Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development Faculty:

MARGARET KING, PHD, AEA, CDLE, CFAIE, FIORMS, AAUA

mking@globalinstitutepsd.org  ·  +1-312-217-0967    ·   http://www.globalinstitutepsd.org

Professor Margaret King, fondly described as an academician-practitioner, endeavoring to bridge the gap between principles and practice, is the Founder, President, and CEO of the legendary Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development, that builds Diaspora and Continental Africans collaboration for the sustainable development of Africa and the advancement of global African communities. She has been the Professor and Director of International Studies at Chicago State University; currently at Governors State University; and lectured at several other institutions of higher learning in Africa and the USA for several years. With interdisciplinary and international experience, her teaching and practice spans across a broad spectrum of courses in Business and Social Sciences, including Economics, Finance, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Geography/Globalization, as well as professional careers in Urban and Regional Planning,  International Community Economic Development, and Grants and Proposal Writing, having raised over five billion dollars ($5b) in grants and contracts for businesses and development projects.

Professor King takes hands-on non-traditional college to crucial neighborhoods and fosters university-community partnerships for effective demand-driven, culturally sensitive, and research-based applied global education. She cultivates innovative expertise to enhance Africa’s local raw material-oriented manufacturing entrepreneurship with microfinance for intra-continental and competitive global trade. By creating several initiatives through the Global Institute, her life purpose is to work collaboratively in cooperative economics to achieve transformational sustainable development in Africa and African Diaspora communities around the globe.

This founding Faculty Advisor to several student associations champions holistic youth development; and enthusiastically initiates the Global Youth and Students Association, GYSA, and numerous other fora to develop today’s youth for tomorrow’s leadership.  She is also passionate about women leadership and works to develop entrepreneurs and talents in this arena, by creating Global Institute Women for African Development, GIWAD. Professor King has founded several organizations and businesses; and sits on the board of universities and corporations. She is nationally and internationally recognized with prestigious awards as an expert witness in court cases, conference keynote speaker and sessions chairperson, a regularly invited Radio and TV Guest, and global community change agent. She is widely published in her area of expertise.

As a Public Policy Analyst, she was named the U.S. Midwest Regional Chair of Economic Development and Global Trade, and National Co-Chair to develop the US-Africa Trade Policy, African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA; where she hosted delegates from all fifty US states and all African Heads of States to write the white paper that guided the US Congress to pass the bill during President Clinton’s administration. She also hosted several African Presidents at Economic Summits to catalyze successful measures of doing business in Africa. Sponsored by United Nations, she works in collaboration to break trade barriers in Africa through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and currently appointed to African Education Trust Fund, AETF, to raise global funding that will transform African Higher Education through strong demand-driven curricular relationship with the private sector. Prof. King has been the State of Illinois Governor’s New Immigrants Policy Counselor; a Mentor for President Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), now Nelson Mandela Fellows; a Fellow of several renounced institutions; and repeat Association of African Universities, AAU, Conference Keynote Speaker Awardee.

Professor King holds a PhD in Urban Planning and Development Public Policy Analysis, concentrating in transformative international community planning and economic development with strong entrepreneurship practice. Her life’s work and profession are mission-oriented and ministry-driven as her motto is, “…impact your world; ‘have compassion, making a difference’ (Jude 22).” Through the Global Institute and her several other initiatives, she improves quality of life and develops global leaders of all ages and walks of life. She is happily married to her loving husband and blessed with two fabulous children.

Dr. Gale B. Frazier

Global Institute, Advisory Chair, Vice President, Technical Operations and Entrepreneurship Development Professor

Dr. Gale B. Frazier is the Advisory Chairperson, the Vice President of Technical Operations, and Entrepreneurship Development Lecturer at the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development. She is an educator, civil engineer, social entrepreneur, conference speaker, author, certified clinical trauma professional, and ordained minister. She is the president and founder of The Daughters of Sarah International Outreach Ministries; Minister for the Windsor Park Evangelical Lutheran Church; President and CEO of Construction Management Consortium LLC, a construction consulting group that specializes in workforce development training, job readiness skills, construction trades, STEM, and youth leadership development.

Dr. Frazier is the former Illinois NAACP Youth and College Advisor; former Illinois Representative for the National Council on Educating Black Children; Advisory Chair for the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development; finalist for the National Juvenile Justice fellowship; Chairperson for the National Black Agenda Consortium; and National Dean for the US Minority Contractors Association. Dr. Gale Frazier is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and inductee in Who’s Who in Black Chicago 2014.

Dr. Frazier has a BS in Civil Engineering; a Master’s in Project Management; Doctorate of Education; Certificates in Urban Principal Leadership from Harvard University Graduate School of Education; The Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education; Edge University, the Joseph Business School; and Honorary Doctor of Divinity.

IDORENYIN AUGUSTINE ETUKUDO, CFIAR, FIOR

Global Institute Provost & Vice President, Academic Affairs

Dr. Idorenyin Augustine Etukudo is the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development. He also facilitates several courses and workshops in his areas of competence.

He attended St. Patrick’s College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar where he obtained General Certificate of Education (GCE) in 1982. The University of Calabar played host to this exceptionally brilliant chap from 1986 where he studied assiduously at various times to obtain B.Sc (Hons) Mathematics/Statistics in 1990, M.Sc (Statistics) in 2002 and Ph.D (Statistics) with a bias in Optimal Designs of Experiment and Operations Research in 2008. During this period, Dr. Etukudo’s breadth taking excellence earned him several numerous scholarships and prizes. He later joined the services of University of Calabar in October, 1997 as a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science. Over the years, Idorenyin has taught several undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In order to assist the young University grow, Dr. Etukudo transferred his service from University of Calabar to Akwa Ibom State University in 2015 and after completing his assignment there, he moved to Global Institute of Planning & Sustainable Development in December, 2018 as the Provost & Vice President, Academic Affairs where he has been serving till now. Over the years, Idorenyin has helped to impart knowledge very excitedly both at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.

Outside of the lecture rooms, he has not been less impactful. He has discharged so effectively all the responsibilities entrusted to him by the university community. He has been an Assistant Examination Officer, Chairman, Departmental Projects Co-ordinating Committee, Faculty of Science Representative in the Institute of Education, Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator, Coordinator, Introduction to Computer Science and Computer Applications, Centre for General Studies and Member, Faculty Result Vetting Committee, Head of Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Akwa Ibom State University and currently, Chairman, Governing Council, Mainland College of Technology, Anyanganse, Nigeria.

The erudite scholar expectedly subscribes to the membership of several learned societies. He is a member of Nigerian Statistical Association (NSA), Member, Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS), Member, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), U.S.A, Member, Optimization Group, Nigeria, Fellow, Institute Operations Research and Management Science of Nigeria (IORMS) and a Principal Officer, Peace Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research Institute.

A prolific author and conference speaker, Dr. Idorenyin Etukudo has written more than 26 well researched papers, published in reputable national and international journals. He has also attended and presented papers at national and international conferences including the 11^th INFORMS Computing Society Conference, South Carolina, USA in 2009 and INFORMS 2012 International Conference at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His area of specialization is basically on using optimal designs methods to solve operations research problems. A computer software, known as, “Optde Solver” for use in solving problems by these methods has already been developed and could be found at www.optdesolver.com. He is happily married and the union is blessed with a daughter and a son.

CECILE JOHNSON, MA

Global Institute Vice President, Research & Development

CEO/Founder of African Development Plan

Cecile R. A. Johnson, M.A. is  the Vice President of Research and Resource Development and also on the Advisory Council of the Global Institute and has demonstrated commitment to community transformation and global sustainability working with the Global Institute from her inception. She facilitates, among other courses, Leadership Development Principles (LEDP) and Human Rights and Global Business Success (HRGB).  A passionate, organizational, community and global change agent, she is the change she wants to see in the world. She is highly experienced as a master researcher with a global perspective. Her expertise extends to institutional and community policy development

Cecile has served as advisor to over 20 businesses and non-profits on the subjects of community and organizational transformation, program improvement and policy development. She is well-known as a Human Rights advocate, community and organizational transformation consultant. Her experience includes consultations and support to improve programs of federal, state and local public sector organizations. She is the host of a series of TV shows called “Connecting the Dots” which highlighted the issues affecting the Black Community in Illinois and the Global African experience.

Cecile Johnson is the CEO/Founder of African Development Plan (ADP). ADP’s vision is “A united African continent working closely with its Diaspora to create and implement a 50 Year Comprehensive Development Plan that will usher in a Global African Renaissance.” ADP does this through African Centered Research and presentations on the Global African community; Data and System Analysis; Organizational Assessments, Program Design, Project Management, Communication Strategies, Leadership Development Training to provide organization and community transformation utilizing rapid deployment strategies. These solutions are delivered as part of a Global Consulting Consortium that enable African Centered experts to act as teams focused on development of the Global African people.

Cecile is a Certified U.N. Human Rights Defender with the American Institute of Human Rights. Her work was used as evidence by the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to the United States of America in January 2016. Two of her presentations include: The State of Black America: Case study Illinois, and Apartheid violations in American Education and its remedies presented at The Third International Conference of Independent Thinkers and Scholars in Tehran, Iran in 2015. Cecile is a Board Member for the National Black Agenda Consortium (Chicago), and coauthor of “The 2016 and 2017 National Black Agenda”, a visioning tool for Black community empowerment. She is co-designer of the ‘J & P Framework’ for implementing the Black Agenda.

Cecile was a Research Associate on the African Heritage Project, through the Mandela Institute for Development Studies. Her focus was on reform of educational systems and African Centered curriculum. She is affiliated with the Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group and has presented on Towards an African Centered Curriculum. Cecile holds a Masters’ degree in Inner City Studies from Northeastern Illinois University, Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies; a B.A. in Communications from Florida Gulf Coast University and continuous professional development credentials.

Dr. Athanase Gahungu

Global Institute Board of Directors Member and Professor of Grant Writing Training

Dr. Athanase Gahungu is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development. He also facilitates Grant Writing workshops for the Institute. He is the Coordinator of Principal Preparation and Professor of Educational Leadership at Chicago State University. A graduate of the University of Burundi, he holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University (NAU). His most extensive involvement in grantsmanship includes being PI of four federally funded research projects in the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University, his service as grant writer and assessment coordinator on Chicago State University’s African Education Initiative to develop teaching and learning materials for South Africa and Ghana. Athanase spearheaded the development of the first doctoral program at Chicago State University, for which he served as first director. For the past two decades and a half, he has been a fiscal officer on a variety of grant programs. He has taught courses on proposal development for government and private funding since 2001. Awards he has received include Global Ambassador Award for Chicago State University, Distinguished Educator Award, Global Impact Award, and 2019 College of Education Educator of the Year. He Serves on the Executive Board of the International Council for Professors of Educational Leadership (ICPEL).

Associate Professor Genevieve Aglazor

Global Institute Entrepreneurship Development Director

Associate Professor Genevieve Aglazor is the Director of Entrepreneurship Development at Global Institute of Planning and Sustainable Development. She also lectures in educational leadership, Agripreneurship, Grant Writing and Entrepreneurship Development in the Institute.  After many decades in America’s educational system, she returned to Nigeria as a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at University of Calabar (UNICAL). Her educational background is in Multicultural/Global Education (Study Abroad). She is the founder and CEO of Paradigm Educational Consultancy Services. PARADIGMS’ mission is to provide year-round LEARNING-centered community programmes designed for participants’ Self-Discovery, Career Exploration and In-service Teacher training. The organization focuses specifically on the forgotten rural schools and their teachers. It supports them through trainings and provision of educational resources as well as school renovations.  The team works with their supporters in the US like Obudu Association of North America (OANA) to galvanize available foreign resources to support teachers by providing mentoring in global best standards in teaching and learning and curriculum design. The organizations also provide material, as well as human resources to improve the overall standard of education in rural schools. Assoc. Prof. Aglazor currently teaches and is also the Director of University of Calabar Schools.

27^th August 2022

Workshop One: Putting together a convincing literature review to justify your research

Conducting and writing a convincing literature review report or chapter to justify research is perhaps one of the mode difficult tasks researchers especially graduate students face.  This workshop takes participants through the entire process of conducting a literature review and packaging it to justify the need for research.  Topics will include the purpose of the literature review, the literature review process, and how to write the literature review section/chapter of a paper or a thesis.  Participants are also introduced to critical pitfalls associated with putting together a literature review report.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the key components of a literature review report
• Identify the literature review process
• Conduct a comprehensive literature review for their research
• Put together a well-written and cohesive literature review to support their thesis/dissertation/paper
• Support their research students perform the above tasks

Target Group

All academic faculty lecturers and professors, University students especially graduate students, and graduate research supervisors.

 Topics To Be Covered

• Purpose of Literature Review
• The Literature Review Process
• Writing the Literature Review Chapter
• Literature Review Pitfalls to avoid
• Bibliography/Reference

Workshop Two: A Demonstration of the JASP (open source) Statistical Analysis Software

The lack of appropriate statistical software has been a hindrance to quality research data analysis.  Researchers in Africa have been a victim of this problem and it all boils down to the acquisition cost of robust software such as SPSS and STATA.  JASP is open-source statistical software that mimics the strength of R and SPSS.  As a windows-based software, JASP is equally as good as some of the proprietary software.  The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to this software.

Workshop requirements:  participants will be required to have the software installed on their computers before joining the workshop.  The installation instructions will be provided after registration.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Workshop, participants will be able to:

• Use the JASP statistical software to analyze their data

Target Group

All academic faculty lecturers and professors, University students especially graduate students, and graduate research supervisors.

Topics To Be Covered

• The JASP interface
• Using Descriptive Statistics
  • Data Tables (frequency, etc.)
  • Statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, etc.)
  • Plots (scatter plots, box plots, histograms, etc.)
• Using Inferential Statistics
  • One and two sample t-test
  • ANOVA
  • Regression
  • etc.