One of the biggest barriers in moving toward a more holistic, and centralized corporate engagement strategy is knowing how to bring together disparate efforts, people, and corporate touchpoints across campus to move forward with a more comprehensive relationship with a company. Join us online to learn how to develop a cross-functional group that will help you foster a culture of holistic corporate engagement for your institution.
Learn how to utilize a wellness intervention plan to help you overcome social justice fatigue. Agenda During this webcast, our instructor will cover: Primary Causes of Social Justice Fatigue How to Use and Create Your Own Wellness Intervention Plans and Tools Benefits to Your Institution’s Productivity Overall productivity and advocacy for professionals Improved campus climate for staff and students
More and more public universities are successfully creating, expanding, and refining Honors Programs/Colleges, yet these colleges are not getting the level of attention from potential applicants to make them as successful as they can be. Join us for this online training to explore how you can use data to build a better brand and promote your Honors Program/College to get more prospective students. In this 60-minute webcast, you will learn how to: Better understand and leverage your program/college’s strengths Boost brand awareness Summarize how your Honors Program/College delivers value to students Highlight Honors student successes
Learn how to solicit and cultivate your advisory and alumni boards. Agenda Encourage personal commitments from members Educate boards about the financial mission and goals of the institution Engage members in donor relations and stewardship Inspire boards to foster connections for the university
Is your market position supported by data or by anecdotes? The reality is that a surprisingly large number of institutions still work from the latter when defining their brand in a competitive landscape. Your institution might boast qualities such as: “academic excellence,” “diversity,” or “career readiness,” but would your students agree? With a data-informed understanding of your market position, you can start to break from this “sameness” and capitalize on what truly makes your institution or program unique. Join us for this webcast and learn what data you need to conduct a comprehensive market analysis that will ultimately inform your market position. You’ll learn where and how to access this data, and how to use it to make better informed decisions related to strategic enrollment planning, new academic program planning, or institutional endeavors.
Build self-awareness strategies to foster cultural inclusion in your departmental meetings. Agenda After a brief overview of the empirical research that demonstrates the propensity for departmental heads to bring bias to the meetings they facilitate, our instructor will dive deeper into how to: 1. Establish tools to become an effective Reflective-Practitioner. 2. Understand and practice critical communication skills (e.g., deep listening, genuine question probing, and suspending assumptions and judgments) to foster inclusion and collaboration in a group setting. 3. Understand the value of establishing accountability partners.
Learn how to more effectively move your department through change. Agenda Phase 1: Shock and Denial Phase 2: Anger and Fear Phase 3: Acceptance Phase 4: Rebuilding
Learn communication techniques to effectively interact with students experiencing mental health issues. Agenda There are several communication strategies to support the needs of students who might be experiencing mental health challenges. Our instructor Dr. Jackie Leibsohn will walk through and explain the following essential interaction techniques: Paraphrasing Empathy Feedback Questioning Directing Discrepancy
Creating Digital Badges to Incentivize Participation in Faculty Development Badges are more than just participation trophies. Design them to commensurately represent the knowledge and skills gained.
CBE programs are becoming more ubiquitous in higher ed, but there is still a lot of gray area around ensuring accountability that experiential knowledge is commensurate with college-level learning. Many are still trying to answer questions like: what’s the best way to award and represent this learning and knowledge? How can we ensure an equitable experience for all students? Join us to gain a deeper understanding of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) and how to implement it at your institution. Assessment evens the playing field but must meet quality standards. During this webcast, our expert, Donna Younger, will demonstrate how PLA can address high attrition rates and achievement gaps as well as encourage students to kickstart their success outside the classroom.
