Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Training Update: Free Brown Bags and Seminars

We have quite a few free Brown Bags and Seminars coming up that I thought you would want to know about. If you wish to attend any of these sessions, please register online at: http://www.trainsweb.gatech.edu

Speakers Wanted

Suggestions for speakers and topics are always welcomed. If you have an idea for a speaker or topic, please contact Shannon Scott at shannon.scott@gatech.edu or 404-894-7284.

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Brown Bags and Seminars

9/18/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - The Power of Goal Setting
Instructor: Thomas Vance
Student Center Room 332
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free

This brown bag workshop will cover strategies on writing measurable key performance objectives/standards, share examples and suggestions for writing SMART objectives/standards and provide supervisors and managers with an opportunity to practice writing measurable key performance objectives/standards for their team promoting a culture of accountability.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

9/23/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - Career Planning and Professional Development
Instructor: Pearl Alexander
TBA Room TBA
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Career planning and professional development are best practices that assist supervisors and managers with resources that are essential in developing and maintaining a high-performance workforce and increasing employee satisfaction and engagement. This brown bag workshop will discuss the power of career planning and alignment of development plans with career goals and organizational needs, as part of the Institute’s performance management process. Learn techniques on how to initiate the conversation and keep it going throughout the year.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops in from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

9/24/2008
Brown Bag: Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy: Depositing
manuscripts in PubMed Central and more…
Instructor: Julie Speer, Lori Critz, Michelle Powell
Library Room Homer Rice Center (1st Floor West)
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Did you know that as of April 7, 2008 any final manuscripts stemming from NIH funds accepted for publication in a peer-review journal must be deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) within 12 months of publication?

Did you know that as of May 25, 2008, researchers must include a PMCID when citing their papers in NIH grant applications, proposals, and progress reports?



This session, co-sponsored by the Library and the Office of Sponsored Programs, is both an informational session on the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy and a hands-on training session for faculty,researchers, staff, and graduate students submitting manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC). Instructors will describe the policy, walk participants through the required steps for compliance, and provide hands-on training for submitting manuscripts to PMC and locating PMCID’s in PMC.

9/30/2008
Brown Bag: New Skills for Reducing Stress in Times of Uncertainty
Instructor: Rochele HC Hirsch
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
We’re in a pandemic of stress. Most people know they are stressed. Even the CDC says that 75-90% of doctor visits are due to stress. Common (and good) stress reduction techniques, such as exercise, have in some ways created their own opportunity for stress: we’re stressed by failing to exercise or by over exercising.

This brown bag session provides leading edge information on understanding why you are uniquely stressed by some things when others are not, how to reduce and manage stressors in your life, and how to use stress-antidotes for instant relief. By learning how to drop stress, we give ourselves more resources to navigate the uncertainty of our times.

10/8/2008
Brown Bag: Demystifying the 2009 Digital Conversion
Instructor: Bill Naivar Jr.
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
Please bring your lunch for this open and frank discussion about the upcoming February 17, 2009 Digital Television Conversion. We will discuss the digital television conversion in terms that everyone can understand.

10/9/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - Coaching for Improved Performance
Instructor: Lisa Caudill, Brenda White
Student Center Commons Room Crescent Room
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost: free

This brown bag workshop will equip supervisors and mangers with strategies and resources aimed at improving marginal performance. Learn techniques to facilitate difficult discussions with staff members and coach employees to bring their “A” game to work everyday.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

10/10/2008
Brown Bag: 9/11 Seven Years Ago: Why Haven't We Been Attacked Since, and What Next?
Instructor: Andy Altizer
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
Seven years ago terrorists inflicted a life changing attack on U.S. soil. Why haven't we been attacked since? What next? Have we forgotten? The interactive brown bag will attempt to answer these questions with the following agenda:
  • Al-Qaeda's Foundation and Objectives
  • Why Us?
  • Terrorist Strategy Against the US
  • Why Haven't We Been Attacked Again?
  • Is the Wolf Growling at the Door?
  • What Next and When?
  • Questions & Discussion


10/15/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - The Power of Goal Setting
Instructor: Thomas Vance
Student Center Commons Room Crescent Room
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost: free

This brown bag workshop will cover strategies on writing measurable key performance objectives/standards, share examples and suggestions for writing SMART objectives/standards and provide supervisors and managers with an opportunity to practice writing measurable key performance objectives/standards for their team promoting a culture of accountability.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

10/23/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - Career Planning and Professional Development
Instructor: Pearl Alexander
Student Center Room 320
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost: free

Career planning and professional development are best practices that assist supervisors and managers with resources that are essential in developing and maintaining a high-performance workforce and increasing employee satisfaction and engagement. This brown bag workshop will discuss the power of career planning and alignment of development plans with career goals and organizational needs, as part of the Institute’s performance management process. Learn techniques on how to initiate the conversation and keep it going throughout the year.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops in from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

10/28/2008
Brown Bag: Everyday Creativity
Instructor: Shannon Scott
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
Please join us to view and discuss the video Everyday Creativity.
Everyday Creativity teaches a surprising truth about creativity - that it's not a magical, mysterious occurrence, but a ready tool that enables you to look at the ordinary and see the ... extraordinary.
Hosted by photojournalist Dewitt Jones, longtime National Graphic photographer and Academy Award nominated director, Everyday Creativity shares Jones' inspirational stories, memorable locations, and stunning examples of his work.
You'll feel inspired and encouraged to apply his simple, yet powerful creativity techniques to all of your everyday challenges. And, without a doubt, your new solutions will mean the difference between just getting by and being successful.

10/30/2008
Brown Bag: Improv Is For Everyone
Instructor: Matthew Falkenberg
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
The modern improv movement focuses on the sharpening of the human mind's potential for spontaneous creativity. It comes in many forms, has many applications, and can be a helpful tool in every profession. Historically, improvised comedic performances can be traced as far back as ancient Etruscan civilization. Today, improvised comedic performances are experiencing a growing revival and the principles and techniques of modern improvisational theater are being put to work in non-theatrical venues such as corporations, academic institutions, organizations, and professional groups. Workshop attendees will learn more about this increasingly popular art form and how to utilize it in the development of vital professional skills.

11/3/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - Coaching for Improved Performance
Instructor: Lisa Caudill, Brenda White
Student Center Room 343
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
This brown bag workshop will equip supervisors and mangers with strategies and resources aimed at improving marginal performance. Learn techniques to facilitate difficult discussions with staff members and coach employees to bring their “A” game to work everyday.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

11/13/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - The Power of Goal Setting
Instructor: Thomas Vance
TBA Room TBA
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
This brown bag workshop will cover strategies on writing measurable key performance objectives/standards, share examples and suggestions for writing SMART objectives/standards and provide supervisors and managers with an opportunity to practice writing measurable key performance objectives/standards for their team promoting a culture of accountability.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

11/17/2008
Brown Bag: Performance Management Essentials - Career Planning and Professional Development
Instructor: Pearl Alexander
Student Center Room 343
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Career planning and professional development are best practices that assist supervisors and managers with resources that are essential in developing and maintaining a high-performance workforce and increasing employee satisfaction and engagement. This brown bag workshop will discuss the power of career planning and alignment of development plans with career goals and organizational needs, as part of the Institute’s performance management process. Learn techniques on how to initiate the conversation and keep it going throughout the year.

This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops in from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.

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