Join us for a webcast to help you better identify, approach, and engage industry partners in the program development process for competency-based education (CBE). David Schejbal, Dean of Continuing Education, Outreach, and Online Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, will share strategies for collaborating with industry to develop both full-length CBE offerings and micro-credentials. Throughout the course of the webcast, we will explore questions like: How to identify and approach potential industry partners with which to collaborate? Who from the institutional side should be involved, and what are some common structures or models for these collaborations? How can you effectively translate insights from industry (the world of practice) into meaningful insights about competencies and skills on the academic side?
Learn how you can achieve a better budgetary outcome by keeping your key stakeholders engaged and accountable throughout the year. We will highlight how Oklahoma Christian University has taken an intentional approach to reporting, communication, and technology to better engage their campus community. This webinar will provide you with a better understanding of how you can apply these strategies to your own budget process.
Join us for two case study-based webcasts that will give you new ideas and help you start thinking outside the box when it comes to your campus visit experience. Each program will showcase the ways in which one institution is innovating when it comes to one aspect of their campus visit experience: Session #1 will highlight the innovative approach that Furman University takes to its accepted student days; Session #2 will discuss the changes that the University of Puget Sound made to shake up the structure of their daily campus visit for prospective students and families.
Colorado State University is a leader in designing data-driven prospect development tools and strategies. To help their gift officers focus on the most promising major gift prospects, they have created both engagement and capacity models that integrate with various portfolio analysis tools and reports. Join us online for a 3-part series to discuss each model and how it was implemented in CSU’s advancement shop. In the first two sessions, you will learn how CSU is gathering hard data and distilling it into comprehensive scoring models. In the final session, you will learn how the power of these models can be leveraged in your team’s daily work.
In addition to the book, this suite of tools will provide a comprehensive walkthrough of the presidential transition process, helping your institution set up its new president for success.
Have you ever gotten advice on how to increase your scholarship productivity but struggled to put the suggested techniques into practice? Join faculty development expert, Dr. Michael Wiederman, online to learn how you can make more regular progress in your research. More than just a buffet of techniques, this training will help you build the resilience and grit you need to overcome key productivity roadblocks whether you are researching alone or collaborating with a colleague.
Learn how utilizing coaching methods can enable you to more effectively supervise your direct reports. Throughout the training we will cover four common situations where coaching can be useful and explore five coaching skills in action. Whether delivering difficult feedback or encouraging direct reports to take the next step in their career, coaching can be a helpful tool for supervisors. Included with your registration is a worksheet to help you assess your proficiency with the coaching skills we talk about and apply new ideas to your everyday work.
Rapid advances in technology may render as much as half of our current workforce replaceable by automation in the next 10 years. With so much change on the horizon, how can we prepare young people for jobs, problems, and technology we don’t yet understand? Join us online for a provocative discussion on these issues with Future of Work consultant, Heather McGowan, and UMass Dartmouth Chancellor, Robert E Johnson. This 60-minute broadcast will encourage your team to think about education differently—not as a simple transfer of knowledge and skills that ends with a degree, but as a chance to instill a mindset of lifelong learning that will help our students futureproof themselves from constant change.
Effective strategic enrollment management (SEM) requires participation and buy-in from a variety of stakeholders around campus. But one of the most important—the academic side of the house—is often the most challenging to collaborate with when it comes to SEM. Join us for a webcast that will equip you with strategies for opening the conversation about SEM, building consensus, and gaining buy-in from deans and faculty. Our instructors have had experience working on both the academic and the enrollment management sides of the house, so they are uniquely positioned to offer strategies for breaking down barriers.
Gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of different generations, what motivates them, and what potential perspectives they bring. Throughout this online training, we will focus on arming you with the information and tools you need to manage a multigenerational team. You will leave with a greater ability to form a cohesive working environment among your team. What You Will Get An 75-minute recording you can use to train your team at any time A guide to assist you when having conversations with your team An action planning guide to help you address challenges with your team A group reflection activity to use following the training
