Badges have long been used in many arenas to designate achievements or prove mastery of skill, and higher education is no exception. Yet, many faculty members are not quite sure how these sought-after visual credentials can pose solutions to various challenges inside and outside of the classroom. Join us for a 60-minute webcast to learn more about: Why students value these digital badges The nuts and bolts behind badges Various ways faculty can incorporate badges into the student learning experience Distinct examples of how faculty have adopted badges to increase student persistence and engagement You will leave this webcast more confident and better prepared to kickstart an effective badging system in your classroom.
Managers and directors supervising frontline service providers can use these 5 resources to assess pieces of their overall operation, and develop scripts for frontline service providers with an eye towards improving the customer experience.
To represent your institutional brand in the best possible way, it’s crucial that your president maintains an authentic and consistent tone of voice. If you are looking to improve and optimize your presidential voice, you must first identify and assess your current tone. We invite you to join this webcast to do just that. In this practical online training, you’ll learn how to: Amplify your leader’s voice in the best possible way for your institution Tactfully critique the presidential voice by using a framework and strategies to guide you through a potentially difficult conversation You will gain access to a practical, downloadable tool to help you with the assessment of your presidential voice based on five key criteria that you can utilize when sharing feedback with your institutional leadership. If you’re looking to take a deeper dive into crafting and refining your presidential voice, we will soon post details for our upcoming program, Developing Presidential Voice: Strategies for Communications and Marketing Teams.
Taking the StrengthsFinder assessment to uncover your top 5 strengths is the first step toward fully leveraging your gifts and talents. Have you reflected on how your strengths align with your individual role and your team’s goals? Join us online to learn how to use the information from the StrengthsFinder assessment more effectively in your career. Session 1 will focus on your individual strengths. Session 2 will focus on your teams’ strengths. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the “why” behind your job satisfaction and your contributions. Take the Strengths Finder Assessment To gain the most from this webcast, complete the StrengthsFinder assessment prior to participating. Educators can purchase this assessment for $9.99 with a qualified educator email address. For more information visit: https://www.strengthsquest.com/192614/purchase.aspx
Evaluate the preparedness of your incoming online students in a more meaningful way. This webcast will teach you how to implement proven assessment strategies and improve upon the assessments that you already have in place. You will leave better prepared to answer questions such as: How can I best evaluate the writing, reading, and critical thinking skills of my incoming online students? Can I administer my assessments without creating barriers in the application process? Should I outsource my assessments or build my tools in-house? How do competency-based assessment and prior learning relate to intake assessment? Throughout the webcast, we will review several examples of assessments in various formats. You will get action-planning resources for you to take and begin to make adjustments to your current assessments or develop new ones that are specific to your campus.
Join us for a unique webcast that will showcase how Beloit College recently revitalized its video strategy by integrating videos that are clever, quirky, humorous, but most importantly, authentic to their institutional brand. You’ll hear about the challenges they faced trying to strike the balance between story and substance, while staying true to the student experience. Learn how Beloit College recreated their video marketing strategy through a mapping process that was connected to their institution’s five brand drivers. Gain ideas, tactics, and inspiration that can be adapted into your own video marketing strategy. Come see what your peers in the higher ed space are doing to leverage the power of video among prospective students.
Research shows that approximately 25% of us are chronic procrastinators. We tend to accept procrastination as an inevitability, and yet it can wreck careers, marriages, and health, if not managed. If you fall into this category, you likely identify with this cycle: Cycle of Procrastination You have something to do. You probably don’t want to do it. Maybe you think it will take too much time, or maybe the details confuse you. In any case you’re anxious about it. To avoid the negative feelings and thoughts, you choose something else to do. The “something else” may be productive. Meanwhile, the original task waits for you, and you feel guilty for not completing it. The shadow of the task leads to even more stress and even more avoidance. You experience self-talk like “I will feel like doing it later” or “I will have more time tomorrow.” You eventually start and finish the task, but it takes longer than it should and is usually a painful process. Join us online to take the first step towards escaping this pernicious cycle. We’ll offer 10 powerful strategies to deal with procrastination, and we’ll bust the myth that you do your best work under pressure.
Make the most of your professional development opportunities by reflecting on the experience, what you learned, and potential next steps. We’ve gathered the following tools to get you started.
Are you tasked with the training and developing of academic advisors at your institution? Leverage the tools in this suite to round out your training plan. We’ve included resources that span three categories: Foundational Information Job Aids, Tools, and Activities Resources for Faculty Advisors Check back periodically to see what’s new!
Many shops struggle to be intentional when matching volunteers to the kind of opportunities they are most passionate about. Ensuring that your volunteers feel like they are making an impact is critical to fostering the continued relationship. Your shop can be more intentional and practical in your process of connecting volunteers to programs by: Collaborating with faculty and staff to identify volunteer opportunities on campus Surveying volunteers and faculty Developing clear job descriptions for volunteers Join us for this webcast and learn how to audit your current volunteer opportunities, partner across campus to locate various volunteer roles, and create meaningful matches that suit your volunteers and institution. You will gain practical knowledge and ideas to set in motion on your campus to maximize the impact of your volunteers and their efforts.
