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Group Collaboration: Relaunching Research Operations (Virtual Training)

Group Collaboration: Relaunching Research Operations Learn the key considerations for relaunching campus research operations after COVID-19 closures and dialogue with peers doing the same work at other institutions. Login Instructions Live Webcast: Login on May 21, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET. WEBCAST LINK: http://ai.adobeconnect.com/ri7tuv0sn0qt/ Click the radio button that reads, “Enter as a Guest” In the box that says “Name,” enter your name Click the button to enter the meeting as a guest To ensure an optimal viewing experience, test your setup: https://ai.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Training Details: You’ve reserved one seat for this virtual workshop, which gives you access to a single connection. A key value of this training is making connections with individuals in similar roles and with similar needs. You will get the most out of this event by using your webcam and interacting with other attendees and speakers. Please test your technical setup here at this link: http://ai.adobeconnect.com/wctest/ Each login link can only be accessed once. It is not possible to share login information or simulcast event sessions. We appreciate you understanding that these are precautions needed in order to preserve the design and intimacy of the program. Agenda Your Checklist: Relaunching Research Operations at Your Institution The presenters will briefly introduce the three major categories for thinking […]

Brainstorming Workshop: Adjusting Housing and Dining Operations for the Fall (Virtual Training)

Group Collaboration: Adjusting Housing and Dining Operations for the Fall Learn from housing and dining professionals across North America as you brainstorm in small groups about how to adjust operations for the fall. Login Instructions Live Webcast: Login on May 20, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. ET. WEBCAST LINK: http://ai.adobeconnect.com/r50447a0cf1d/ Click the radio button that reads, “Enter as a Guest” In the box that says “Name,” enter your name Click the button to enter the meeting as a guest To ensure an optimal viewing experience, test your setup: https://ai.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Training Details: You’ve reserved one seat for this virtual workshop, which gives you access to a single connection. A key value of this training is making connections with individuals in similar roles and with similar needs. You will get the most out of this event by using your webcam and interacting with other attendees and speakers. Please test your technical setup here at this link: http://ai.adobeconnect.com/wctest/ Each login link can only be accessed once. It is not possible to share login information or simulcast event sessions. We appreciate you understanding that these are precautions needed in order to preserve the design and intimacy of the program. Agenda We will explore crucial housing and dining questions for fall […]

Managing a Remote Team: How to Motivate, Maintain Morale, and Ensure Accountability

Our new ways of working remotely have presented unique challenges in terms of overseeing teams and projects. Many supervisors find themselves leading remotely for the first time and are looking for ways to motivate, maintain morale, and ensure accountability for their teams. In this webcast, we will look at three possible scenarios of team dynamics and discuss how to best lead within each of these. We will also ask the audience to share lessons learned as they evolve these new ways of working.

Managing Up: Using Common Goals to Align Mission, Vision, Values, and Priorities

“Managing up” is about aligning priorities to better serve your institution and students. By focusing on common goals, you can be an invaluable resource to your supervisor managing a full plate, helping them to understand a more complete perspective, and use your strengths to complement theirs. This webcast will give attendees strategies to find common goals with their supervisors and to use those intersections to move ideas forward that are mutually beneficial to you, your supervisor, and your institution.

Supporting Adjunct Faculty: A Training for Department Chairs

Most academic departments today employ adjunct faculty, but few Chairs are well-versed in the ins and outs of managing them. Adjuncts face unique challenges orienting to and integrating within the department, and as a Chair you must figure out how to support them effectively to ensure maximum productivity and a positive experience for both students and faculty. In this training, our expert will share strategies for successfully supporting adjunct faculty both at the outset of and throughout the semester. You will learn how to: Provide baseline training on department policies, even without a formal orientation Structure touchpoints throughout the semester to build positive relationships and set them up for success Involve adjuncts more meaningfully in departmental decision-making and activities Make challenging conversations productive, including ways to provide meaningful feedback and areas for improvement

Leveraging Texting in your Annual Giving Strategy

As more events are cancelled and communication becomes more difficult, staying in touch with our prospects and donors is crucial. Leading institutions are using texts to connect with potential donors, increase participation rates, and get more alumni involved in philanthropy. We know that texting can play key role in our annual giving strategy in a time of social distancing, but many of us have questions before we commit to managing a new channel: Which groups should we text, and what do we say? When and how do we send the messages? How do we collect and analyze our results? Join us for a webcast that will answer the questions above and showcase how University of California Berkley used a unique and conversational peer-to-peer texting platform, ThruText, to engage donors, communicate key messages, and boost fundraising results. Learn how you can add texting to your engagement and solicitation toolbox.

Using Virtual Events in Recruitment and Yield

The impact of COVID-19 has forced admissions and enrollment professionals to rethink what a typical yield season looks like. Open houses, admitted student days, and other in-person events are not possible this year in their traditional forms. So many institutions have been hard at work transitioning these types of events into online formats. Join us for this webcast to learn from Penn State World Campus, who has been leading the way in online and virtual recruitment since 2012. You’ll get easy-to-implement tips for how to make effective use of webinars, virtual open houses, and other online platforms in your recruitment and yield plans moving forward.

Career Services: Career Planning and Professional Networking in a World of Social Distancing

Graduating seniors and students alike must navigate the workforce in new ways because of COVID-19. They are losing internships and job offers and may have to retrain or retool to stay competitive in changing labor markets. Networking looks different because of social distancing. How are you supporting your students and recent graduates in pivoting their career plans and finding the right employment opportunities? Join us online and learn how you can advise your students – including recent graduates – when their career plans are negatively impacted by COVID-19. You’ll hear tips for how your students and recent graduates can network virtually. If a pivot is needed, learn how you can educate yourself and your students on how to match their skills to the changing labor markets to identify new career opportunities. You’ll also walk away with strategies for how students can quickly retool and retrain when career pivots are on the horizon.

Fail Fast and Fail Forward: How Agile Planning Can Move You Forward During Chaos

In today’s world of uncertainty and chaos, detailed and structured up-front planning is not realistic and may cause you to miss out on unexpected opportunities. But rushing into action, without any planning, will likely result in failed outcomes. Failure doesn’t seem like an option when your students, faculty and staff depend on you to make the right decisions. How do you balance the need to move forward with the risks of doing so? Join us online and learn how to be more agile in your planning, so that you can “fail fast and fail forward.” This approach allows you to thrive during times of chaos because planning and execution are no longer separate actions you take – instead they become integrated, well-coordinated and responsive to each other. In this webcast, you will learn and practice a four-step “wayfinding” process that will help you approach your projects and initiatives in an agile way, inevitably allowing you to make mistakes, because you’ll be able to pivot and recover quickly.

5 Steps to Mitigate Risk in Your Alumni Volunteer Programs

When managing your alumni volunteer programs, you will encounter a variety of unplanned situations that will require you to pivot and adapt in the moment – whether it be speakers experiencing travel delays or shifting your program online because of COVID-19. When these risks occur, you don’t always have the time or resources to solve the problem quickly and effectively and it’s all-too-easy to feel overwhelmed in thinking it’s impossible to manage it all. Join us online and learn how preparing for risk mitigation can protect your programming against the unexpected. You will practice a five-step process that will help you identify, prioritize, respond to, monitor, and communicate the four types of risks that may arise in your program. Since each risk type has its own unique solution, you will be presented with a rubric that will help guide you through risk mitigation in a simple and systematic way that will increase your efficiency and comfort in your approach to alumni volunteer programming.

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