Course Category: Webcast Recording

Implementing Furloughs Thoughtfully: Creating a Strategy for Difficult Decisions

The fallout from COVID-19 has led many colleges and universities to implement furloughs in recent weeks and more are likely to follow. This is a difficult task for even the most seasoned leaders due to the questions and emotions involved, but drawing upon lessons learned from others can help make the process smoother and lead to the best possible outcome for all parties. Join us for a webcast that will help you implement your furloughs strategically and in ways that mitigate negative impacts on both employees and the institution. Curtis Powell, SPHR, Vice President for Human Resources at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will discuss his university’s approach to the following questions and will offer advice for other higher ed leaders who may be faced with the decision to furlough faculty and staff: What criteria should you bear in mind when making furlough decisions? How can you coach managers through the employee furlough process? How can you maintain connection with furloughed employees and facilitate a smooth re-entry to the institution? The fallout from COVID-19 has led many colleges and universities to implement furloughs in recent weeks and more are likely to follow. This is a difficult task for even the most seasoned […]

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.

Title IX Final Rule Review & Expert Panel Discussion

This training is based on 2020 Title IX regulations and has been retired. Please visit our Title IX Trainings Page to view all current Title IX trainings. Title IX Final Rule Review and Expert Panel Discussion Familiarize yourself with the brand-new Title IX regulations and understand how they will affect your work going forward. Agenda Notable Changes of the Final Rule Coordinator’s Role Investigator’s Role Hearing Panel’s Role Question & Answer with Panel Attendees will have the opportunity to ask their most pressing questions for the panel Next Steps and Closing Remarks Our panel will share their advice and tips on what coordinators can do now as they prepare their immediate next steps, including advice on what kinds of messages should be shared with your campus community Closing remarks and details about the Title IX Final Rule Training & Development Summer Series to prepare you to implement the Final Rule by August 14, 2020 Resources Presentation Materials Chat Transcript

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.