PEARS Deeper Dives

This series of trainings is intended to follow the PEARS Crash Course. The PEARS Crash Course helps you figure out what to report where. These Deeper Dives help you to learn how to actually do that reporting. Each training will focus on a particular part of PEARS; please join for whichever sessions seem relevant to you. These do not need to be attended in any particular order, but I would encourage you to take the crash course first.

Quarterly Efforts – 1 hour

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive, you will learn how to enter a Quarterly Effort report. We will discuss how to answer each question in Quarterly Efforts.

October 1, 2025, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

January 5, 2026, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

April 1, 2026, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

July 1, 2026, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Direct Contacts and the CRM – 1 hour

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive you will learn how to enter Direct Contacts and how to use the CRM (Community Relationships Module).

November 4, 2025, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

February 4, 2026, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

May 1, 2026, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Program Activities - 2 hours

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive you will learn how to enter a Program Activity.

November 7, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

December 8, 2025, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

January 12, 2026, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

February 18, 2026, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

April 8, 2026, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

June 3, 2026, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Success Stories – 1 hour

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive you will learn how to enter a Success Story.

November 11, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

February 10, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

May 12, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

July 14, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

September 25, 2026, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Indirect Activities – 1 hour

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive you will learn how to enter a variety of Indirect Activities.

October 28, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

December 16, 2025, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

March 17, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

June 2, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Partnerships and Coalitions – 1 hour

This PEARS Deeper Dive should be attended after you attend the PEARS Crash Course. During this deeper dive you will learn how to enter Partnerships and Coalitions.

November 19, 2025, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

January 7, 2026, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

March 3, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

May 6, 2026, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

July 21, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

September 29, 2026, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Creating Surveys in PEARS – 1 hour

During this deeper dive, you will learn how to create and distribute surveys in PEARS. If you have a survey you want to build out in PEARS, please bring a word document of the survey with you and, if able, email it to nlundeen@msu.edu at least 24 hours before the training session. This training will not discuss what makes a good survey, rather this training is focused on how to put a survey into the PEARS system for distribution and data collection.

December 9, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

March 20, 2026, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

June 16, 2026, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

September 9, 2026, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.