We have many courses and topics available that will help you to be more effective and efficient in your job. If you wish to attend any of the following training classes, please register online at: http://www.trainsweb.gatech.edu
If you don't see what you need, please let us know!
Be sure to bookmark the Master Training Calendar http://www.trainsweb.gatech.edu/mastcal.asp for a complete list of available training courses.
Brown Bags, Workshops and Seminars
7/28/2009
Sexual & Other Workplace Harassment
Instructor: Brenda White
Savant Building Room 308
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
This course will inform all Georgia Tech employees of the types of sexual harassment, GT policy, and prevention. The course will also highlight ways to resolve complaints of sexual harassment.
7/29/2009
Brown Bag: Cross-Cultural Journey: Hispanics? Latinos? Gringos? What are They all About?
Instructor: Jorge Breton
Savant Building Room 203
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
In today's increasingly global economy, it is crucial to have, at the very least, a basic understanding and appreciation of other cultures. Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. and currently represent about 14% of the total U.S. population, making it the largest minority group. The number of Hispanics in Georgia, Atlanta, and at Georgia Tech continues to rise every year. The Spanish and Portuguese languages are becoming more and more popular as have a variety of dances such as Salsa, Capoeira, Merengue and Tango, and foods such as paella, mangos, plantains, and "ropa vieja".
Hispanics are slowly but surely becoming better known in the American culture. For example, names of people in show business such as Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Selena, and Shakira are well known by a large number of Americans. But Hispanics are also making progress in politics, science, and other aspects of life, both in the U.S. and abroad.
Whether you realize it or not, you are already living and working in a multicultural environment. Diversity is of keen importance to Georgia Tech and Hispanics play a key role in the Institute's efforts to increase and support diversity of its faculty, staff and student body.
The objective of the Cross-Cultural Journey: Hispanics? Latinos? Gringos? What are They all About? workshop is not to make you a cross cultural expert, which would be impossible to do in one hour. Rather, this dynamic workshop will:
- introduce the concepts of cross cultural training in a real world situation
- increase your knowledge of the Hispanic/Latino cultures and help you understand some of the differences in language, customs and culture
- help you to develop cultural proficiency relevant to the needs of those in the fields of science, education and business
- highlight some of the main similarities and differences between the American and the Hispanic/Latino cultures
- enable you to empathize with your Hispanic/Latino staff, co-workers, and students with whom you currently interact and/or will interact in the future
- teach you practical communication tools and help you develop interpersonal strategies to increase effective communication with people of other cultures
- develop a cross-cultural skill set for improving daily communications with your Hispanic counterparts in face-to-face contexts
- help you effectively interact with others that don't necessarily have the same customs.
8/12/2009
Workshop: Planning Campus Events [NEW]
Instructor: Geni Greiner
Technology Square Research Building Room 132
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $50
Who Should Attend: Anyone involved in planning campus events. Sponsored by the Campus Event Planners Network.
This workshop will address event planning tips for a diverse range of campus associated events: donor and student events, board meetings, academic ceremonies, athletic events, external constituents, groundbreakings, and reoccurring events. Attendees will be assigned a group and a topic to plan an "Event". Groups will share their "Event" at the conclusion of the workshop with the other attendees allowing the opportunity for feedback and discussion.
We ask registrants to provide the following information via email to betsy.jackson@dev.gatech.edu before the workshop:
- Type of events you are interested in planning
- Years of experience in planning events
Brown Bag: Survival Spanish
Instructor: Jorge Breton
Savant Building Room 203
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: free
Join us for this fun, interactive introduction to reading, speaking and understanding Spanish. Learn how to: greet individuals; introduce yourself and others; carry on a very basic conversation; pronounce commonly used Spanish vocabulary accurately; use accurate interrogatory words and sentences to ask questions; use accurate cognates (words in English and Spanish that are the same or similar); and understand significant differences in the American vs. Hispanic cultures.
9/10/2009
Sexual & Other Workplace Harassment
Instructor: Brenda White
Savant Building Room 203
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
This course will inform all Georgia Tech employees of the types of sexual harassment, GT policy, and prevention. The course will also highlight ways to resolve complaints of sexual harassment.
9/11/2009
Brown Bag: 9/11 Eight Years Ago: Why Haven't We Been Attacked Since, and What Next?
Instructor: Andy Altizer
Savant Building Room 308
11:30 am - 13:00
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-Qaedas Foundation and Objectives
*Why Us?
*Terrorist Strategy Against the US
* Why Havent We Been Attacked Again?
*Is the Wolf Growling at the Door?
*What Next and When?
* Questions & Discussion
9/15/2009
Brown Bag: Recycling -- Thinking Outside the Bin
Instructor: Cindy Jackson, Maria Linderoth
Savant Building Room 203
11:30 am - 13:00
Cost: free
Tired of taking out the trash? The average American produces 4.6 pounds of waste a day. Learn how easy it is to shrink this number through simple waste minimization techniques like reusing water bottles and silverware, recycling various materials, and composting food scraps. See what progress Georgia Tech is making toward sustainable solid waste management. Participate in a small waste audit for a fun, hands-on learning experience that is sure to get you thinking outside the bin.
Computer, Web and Technology
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New Horizons
We will be scheduling more computer application and web classes. In the meantime, you may want to consider taking a class at New Horizons (for a reduced Georgia Tech rate) . In addition to traditional classroom instruction, they also have a Mentored-Learning option which is a combination of online learning and tutoring (which provides more scheduling flexibility). You can check their calendar of public classes online at: http://www.newhorizons.com
Our contact is: Susan Walia at 770-270-4807 or swalia@nhgeorgia.com. Let her know you are with Georgia Tech.
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DLPE
Georgia Tech employees can take advantage of a 50% off discount for courses offered through DLPE. Visit www.dlpe.gatech.edu/pe to learn more about Georgia Tech's Web, Information Security and Project Management courses. Remember, Georgia Tech employees save 50%.
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7/30/2009
My GaTech (ZIMBRA) Email - Bells and Whistles
Instructor: Victoria Burse
Library Room Frances E. Kaiser Room (521)
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost: free
This fast-paced course will cover My GaTech (ZIMBRA) E-mail features and functionality such as Searching, Tags, Sharing Mail Folders and Address Books, and creating Filters. Discover new Bells and Whistles available via the My GaTech ZIMLETS, and take advantage of the opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating My GaTech (ZIMBRA) E-mail , Calendar, and Address Book applications.
Attendees should be users of the My GaTech (ZIMBRA Web client (Internet Explorer or Firefox, and familiar with basic computer navigation
7/30/2009
My GaTech (ZIMBRA) Calendar BASIC Training
Instructor: Victoria Burse
Library Room Frances E. Kaiser Room (521)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
There is a new My GaTech (ZIMBRA) Calendar Training class available in 2009. The first session will be May 13, 2009. If you wish to attend, please register online at: http://www.trainsweb.gatech.edu
What will you learn? Why should you attend?
* Do you know how to get help information about My GaTech?
* Do you know how to determine the amount memory you have for your account?
* Did you know that you can share your calendar with your coworkers?
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This training is designed for new users of the My GaTech (aka Zimbra) Calendar web client. These users may have used another program (Corporate Time, Outlook), etc.) and are being migrated to MyGaTech. This course will teach the basics of using the calendar and its features.
An intensive class geared toward users that manage calendars for other individuals (e.g., directors, supervisors/managers, resources) is currently being developed.
WHAT TO BRING: Please bring your questions, pen and paper!
8/26/2009
Dreamweaver CS3 - Level 2
Instructor: New Horizons
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $150
Overview: In this course, students will use the advanced features of Dreamweaver CS3 to design and develop professional-looking websites.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for students who not only use Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to design and develop webpages in a WYSIWYG environment, but also have the ability to understand and work with the architecture and coding of web pages. Students are those in small companies or departments within large companies who use web technologies for electronic communication. Some examples of target companies are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, and groups involved in intranet and extranet production.
At Course Completion: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - work in Code view using the coding features of Dreamweaver. - format content using style sheets. - create an effective user-navigation interface. - work with AP elements to enhance the layout and positioning of elements on a web page. - automate tasks. - create forms. - author a web page by using XML-based data.
Office Professional, Customer Service, Student Academic Services Professional (Advisor)
8/7/2009
(SASPDP) - Student Development, Learning and Diversity (Part 2) [Part 1 has been rescheduled -- the new date is October 29, 2009]
Instructor: Denise Johnson, Stephanie Ray
Savant Building Room 203
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This two- part course will cover a broad overview of basic concepts and research related to student development and learning with a focus on how this relates to student performance, suitability for various courses and programs, needs for tutoring, counseling or additional mentoring programs, etc. Current cultural issues and information on the types of students we see at Georgia Tech will be discussed. Strategies for meeting diverse student population needs will be discussed. Information which is presented to students in GT1000 related to the academic culture (including differences in experiences between high school and college, faculty expectations, and learning at Georgia Tech).
8/11/2009
(CS) - Fundamentals of Customer Service
Instructor: Mark Mayberry
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $250
What does it take to raise the level of Customer Service at Georgia Tech for Internal [Faculty and Staff] and External [Students and Visitors] Customers? Attendees will be challenged to determine their own Customer Service vision, and then to deliver on this vision.
8/18/2009
(OP-E) Business Etiquette and Professionalism
Instructor: Frances Micale
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
This interactive seminar will help you build strong business relationships with associates and customers. It will help you make a positive first impression while treating others with professionalism and good manners. The seminar will show you how to meet and greet others, make the most of your appearance, act appropriately in the work environment and use technology effectively. In addition, you will learn how to communicate to others when challenging situations arise.
8/20/2009
(OP-E) Power Communications for Women
Instructor: Gwen Thomas
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $200
Feel you're not being taken seriously or given the credit you deserve? If you want power, you need to learn the language. In this fast-paced seminar, you'll learn how to communicate with confidence and clout. Identify speech patterns that may sabotage your credibility. Understand how your body language may convey a different message than your words. Learn the language of empowerment and communicate your way to success!
8/25/2009
(OP) Management Skills for Office Professionals and Administrative Support Staff
Instructor: Merle Strangway
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
Office Professionals and Administrative Support Staff have numerous management responsibilities. This class provides the initiative-oriented skills you need to do your job effectively with professional confidence. Find out how to facilitate team effort and team decisions. Bring control to chaos through planning, organizing, and scheduling. Gain insights into how you can better set your professional goals.
8/27/2009
(CS) - Establishing Standards and Measurement
Instructor: Customer Care Institute
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $250
Recognizing best practice standards and measures in world class organizations is an important step in providing exceptional customer service. Participants will define and develop standards, write SMART goals, identify specific measurements, and experience a coaching model that can be used when standards are not met.
9/1/2009
(CS) - Effective Problem Solving in A Customer Care Environment
Instructor: Craig Cochran
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $200
Problem solving is one of the most universal skills. It applies to every organization in every environment, especially a customer service environment. Despite the necessity for problem solving, most people have no idea how to go about it in a methodical and effective way. This workshop will provide a comprehensive framework for problem solving, from defining the problem to determining causes, and from taking action to verifying effectiveness. We'll apply the concepts at each step through interactive and fun exercises. Please join us for an educational and engaging workshop that will change the way you think about problem solving.
9/3/2009
(CS) - Customer Service in Higher Education
Instructor: Nancy Lewis
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $200
Customer service is a major challenge in higher education as we strive to serve more diverse customers than ever before. They have different needs, wants, and attitudes when they approach you for assistance.
To better serve customers we must clearly understand what our customers needs are and develop strategies for helping them come to a quick resolution. How do we meet and then exceed their expectations when their needs are so great? How do we identify barriers to the communication process and then create techniques to improve our ability to communicate with others?
This interactive seminar will provide you with practical tools to enhance your ability to provide customer service in higher education.
9/17/2009
(SASPDP) Ethics and Confidentiality in Advising
Instructor: Debbie Rice
Student Center Commons Room Crescent Room
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
This interactive session will cover areas of ethics and confidentiality in advising including FERPA, legal aspects of disabilities, harassment, Honor Code, Counseling, Discrimination and when and where to refer students to counseling and the Dean of Students Office.
9/22/2009
(OP-E) Successful Meeting Management
Instructor: Frances Micale
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
Learn how to plan and execute successful meetings. Know the objectives that drive the purpose of the meeting. Find out who you should be communicating with about meeting planning tasks. Do you have the appropriate facilities and audiovisual equipment? Are all planned participants clear on the purpose of the meeting? Is a meeting necessary? Participants in this class will receive "take-aways" for their toolkits to help them better plan meetings.
9/29/2009
(OP) Time Mastery
Instructor: Debbie Woodham
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 17:00
Cost: $150
The entire workshop is built around a Time Mastery Profile(tm), a self-assessment consisting of 60 statements that help you determine your own time-related behavior in 12 categories. Through this course you will learn that time management is really event management. You will discover practical, everyday skills for using your time wisely and managing projects, phone calls, daily tasks, and other responsibilities in a logical and organized manner. The Time Mastery Program prepares you to take control of the events in your professional and personal life.
9/30/2009
(OP) Telephone Techniques
Instructor: Debbie Woodham
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
This program uses highly interactive methods involving role-playing. Emphasis is placed on the need to recognize co-workers as internal customers and covers such topics as telephone etiquette, telephone management skills, problem solving, dealing with language, cultural and communication barriers, voice mail pros and cons, and listening approaches.
Management, Supervisory and Emerging Leader
8/6/2009
(E) - Increasing Your Value As An Experienced Manager
Instructor: Rhonda Hight
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $170
As an experienced manager, you may not always have time to keep up with the latest, cutting-edge management concepts, tools and best practices. This fast-paced course is designed to update and enhance your management knowledge and skills in such areas as performance management, human motivation and behavior, change management, conflict management, and organizational dynamics. You will also have a chance to discuss with counterparts from other departments how they are handling difficult managerial issues and situations. By the end of this workshop, you will have some new insights and practical tools for your manager's toolkit.
8/25/2009
(E) - Leading With Emotional Intelligence
Instructor: Rich St. Denis
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
(E) LEADING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE - What Makes a Leader - is a question every organization needs to answer. According to recent research, effective leaders share a common factor: "they all have a high level of Emotional Intelligence". This course focuses on building an awareness of EI. Participants will gain an understanding for the emotional intelligence competency framework. They will learn to utilize techniques for increasing their level of self-awareness and gain an understanding of how emotions can influence thoughts, behavior, goals, decision-making, and work/ personal relationships. Participants will be able to make the link between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness.
8/25/2009
(EL) - Coaching and Teambuilding Skills for Managers & Supervisors
Instructor: Chris Andrus
Student Center Commons Room Piedmont Room
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Participants will learn how to develop the right attitudes and skills to perform this valuable function of our organization's coaching and team building.
8/26/2009
(EL) - Managing Multiple Projects
Instructor: Chris Andrus
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Participants will learn proven techniques, guidelines and strategies for staying on top of even the most demanding schedule of competing priorities and multiple projects.
8/27/2009
(MS) - Enhanced Supervisory Skills for Managers and Supervisors
Instructor: Joseph Reed
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Supervisors face one of the most difficult challenges in the organization. They are judged not only by how well they personally complete their individual assignments, but also by how well their staff performs. And managing the performance of others requires a whole new set of skills then been an individual contributor. This class will help you better understand the job of the supervisor and provide you with the tools you need to successfully make the transition to supervision. The performance management process will be explained and the key skills of giving and receiving feedback will be practiced. Techniques for assigning and delegating work will be discussed during the session and you will learn how to tailor your approach to help each of your staff to perform at their very best.
9/3/2009
(MS) - Building Workplace Trust through Communication
Instructor: Carol Donelly
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
In most organizations, employees must constantly interface with a variety people, including their boss, subordinate, team leader, team members, peers, mentor, protege, suppliers and customers. Successfully managing these relationships is critical for optimum organizational performance. This class will help you to understand factors that may prevent the development of effective and trustworthy relationships (e.g., implicit expectations, the psychological contract, relational demography, individual propensity to trust) and will provide you with communication tools for overcoming those barriers. We will use case studies to identify and analyze problem relationships and engage in role-plays to practice communication techniques for improving relationships and building trust.
9/8 and 9/9/2009
(MS) - Understanding and Managing Legal Risks- 2 Day Course (Day 1)
Instructor: Kate Wasch, Pearl Alexander, Phil Hurd
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
Supervisors enrolled in this value-packed session will increase their confidence in handling risk-related issues. Participants will learn the how-to's of managing legal risks. Institute staff from the offices of Human Resources, Legal, and Internal Auditing will lead this training. Participants will an increased understanding of their legal responsibilities as a supervisor. Supervisors will be receiving training on the do's and don'ts associated with risks in the legal and human resources related areas. The takeaways for your toolkit will be invaluable.
Day 2 runs concurrently with day 1. Please ensure that you register for both sessions.
9/9/2009
(E) - Academic Culture
Instructor: Dr. Merle Strangway
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Academic/Organizational culture is the intricate pattern of how people do things, what they believe in, how people treat each other, what management styles are typical, what is rewarded and penalized. There are some beliefs, expectations, and norms that constitute our "Georgia Tech culture". There are also norms typical to academic departments, student services, administrative units, libraries, and research centers. Each unit or work group may have its own distinctive culture. Understanding the Georgia Tech culture and higher education culture can help us determine the best way to accomplish our tasks. This class will provide a forum for exploring organizational culture, academic culture, and Georgia Tech culture. The format will include speakers and panel discussions.
9/10/2009
(MS) - Fundamentals of Good Leadership
Instructor: Rich St. Denis
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
The ability to lead others is an important part of your professional effectiveness. But exactly what is leadership? What are the roles and responsibilities of a leader? How is leading different from managing? Why is it becoming more important than ever? What are the measures of effective leadership? What are your strengths and areas for development as a leader? This course will provide you the answers and build your leadership skills in such areas as earning respect, setting the example, visioning, delegating, coaching, influencing, motivating and team building.
9/15/2009
(E) - Understanding and Managing Conflict
Instructor: Kalpana Murthy
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $250
Conflict is an unavoidable part of life. It's normal, natural and necessary. Yet we tend to avoid conflict, because we often come out of it feeling bad about ourselves or others. Managing differences of opinion in a productive manner contributes to new ideas, operating efficiencies, organizational change and growth. Unproductive conflict drains team morale, compromises creativity and ultimately can lead to the loss of employees, customers, clients and revenue.
Topics include:
Five basic human needs underlying a conflict.
Six sources of conflict.
Idenfiying your conflict style using the Thomas Kilman Instrument.
How your perceptions, values and conflict avoidance styles influence how you handle problems in the workplace.
9/16/2009
(MS) - Building Community through Fair Performance Evaluations
Instructor: Floyd Weatherspoon, J.D., Pearl Alexander
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Managers have the dual tasks of evaluating performance of supervisors as well as reviewing evaluations prepared by supervisors. In both situations, managers must ensure that performance evaluations are fair, job-related, and absent discriminatory content and impact. Even more challenging, managers must ensure that performance appraisals meet legal guidelines, as well as maintaining employee moral and productivity. This session will review such topics as avoiding discrimination in performance evaluations and in the evaluation process, evaluating a diverse workforce, setting goals and objectives, improving performance appraisals and the role of managers in the review process.
9/17/2009
(E) - Managerial Mediation Skills
Instructor: Floyd Weatherspoon, J.D.
Savant Building Room 203
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Many employers have recognized the value of training their managers and supervisors in managerial mediation techniques. Learn how managers can use the mediation model to manage conflict. Gain the skills that will prepare you to incorporate mediation skills into managerial techniques for handling disputes. This session will explore the use of mediation as a communication tool to manage conflict between employees. Learn about the manager's role of determining the interest and position of parties in a conflict. Learn about our on campus mediation resources.
9/17/2009
(EL) - Excelling as a Manager or Supervisor
Instructor: Scott Stinson
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Participants will learn how to successfully transition from team player to take charge leader, motivate employees, work through conflict and difficult behavior, and establish credibility and authority to organize constantly shifting projects, priorities, and deadlines.
After completing this course, participants will know how to:
- Prioritize daily responsibilities
- Establish positive work habits
- Minimize stress in the work environment
- Assess the quality of internal and external communications skills
- Understand the four levels of the discipline process
- Design and strengthen an associate development system
- Implement strategies to create a positive work environment.
9/23/2009
(MS) - How-to-for-Managers: Hiring, Promotions, & Raise Process
Instructor: b Jaden, Stacy Johnson
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
Become more effective at managing your staff hiring process by attending this informative training. This course introduces participants to the Georgia Tech hiring, raise, and promotion process. You will gain valuable information to help you understand both your role as an agent of the Institute and how to efficiently navigate through the hiring process. This training is based on good management practice and Georgia Tech policy.
This course is recommended for those new to supervision and/or for
supervisors or managers new to Georgia Tech. Others may take this course to update knowledge and skills or for professional development. This is a required core course for the MDC and SDC certificate programs. Specific topics to be addressed include:
- How to create a position
- Posting a position
- How to develop a recruitment strategy
- The recruiting process
- Recommended questioning techniques for interviewing
- How to check references
- Determining a salary
- Finalizing the paperwork
9/24/2009
(EL) - Communicating At The Next Level
Instructor: Scott Stinson
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $250
Participants will learn how to build and strengthen speaking, writing and interpersonal communications skills, stay in control of any situation, and manage responsibilities with tact, poise, and polish.
9/25/2009
(MS) - Understanding and Managing Diversity
Instructor: Pearl Alexander, Mario Sanabria
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $250
Diversity is the collective mixture of items characterized by similarities and differences. Diversity mixtures involve people and their environments including work, socialization process, the complexity of discrimination issues, and managing change. Diversity is not just an issue of race and gender. Many types of diversity can be found in organizations such as tenure in the organization, educational attainment levels, and functional backgrounds. In short, we are all part of the collective mixture of similarities and differences called diversity. Learn how to better understand diversity and learn why it should be managed effectively.
Financial, Sponsored Programs and Enterprise Systems
8/12/2009
(F) - Grants Mgmt For Campus Admin
Instructor: Don Cochran
Research Administration Building Room Basement Seminar Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course provides an overview of the new Grants Management System, and teaches you how to create sponsored budget revisions, generate/use reports and inquiry panels specifically designed to help you manage your sponsored projects.
Audience: Campus Administrators responsible for all sponsored grant activities.
8/12/2009
(F-E) - Electronic Cost Transfer
Instructor: Ellen Reece
Research Administration Building Room Basement Seminar Room
13:00 - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This course provides authorized campus financial officers with the ability to make timely cost transfers between projects, utilizing the electronic cost transfer system (ECT). The features of the ECT system will be used on sponsored and non-sponsored projects. The need for duplicate data entry will be eliminated and the timeliness and accuracy of corrections based on basic system edits should improve.
To get the most out of this course, consider taking the following course as well: (F) - Salary and Planning Distribution
Note: You MUST hold an appointment at the Accountant III level or higher to register for this course.
8/12/2009
(F-E) - Intro Salary Planning & Distribution
Instructor: Robert Ellington
811 Marietta Street Room 201
13:00 - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This course teaches you how to enter/update and change salary distributions for past, current, and future pay periods, and run a variety of SPD reports. A discussion of the regulations and policies for SPD activities is included.
Audience: Administrators responsible for payroll salary distributions.
8/5/2009
(F) - Introduction to Financials
Instructor: Carol Gibson
811 Marietta Street Room 201
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
(Formerly, "Introduction to Financial Management & Services at Georgia)"
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL Financials courses.
This course provides the basic overview of the Financial Business Office departments, their areas of responsibility, policies and procedures, and how the Financials application is used to process all financially related tasks and activities. Fundamental processing concepts such as effective dating, using monthly processing calendars, and the system integration between Financials and HRMS applications are explored.
If you attended the "Introduction to Financial Management & Services at Georgia Tech" class between March 2004 and February 2005, you don't have to take the "Introduction to Financials" class.
8/5/2009
Introduction to Human Resources Mgmt
Instructor: Susan Edwards
811 Marietta Street Room 201
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Cost: free
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL HRMS courses.
This course provides the basic overview of the Human Resources department, their areas of responsibility, policies and procedures, and how the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) application is used to process HR related tasks and activities. Fundamental processing concepts such as effective dating, using payroll calendars, and the system integration between HRMS and Financials applications are explored.
8/5/2009
Navigation
Instructor: Susan Edwards
811 Marietta Street Room 201
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL Human Resources Management and Financials courses except Introduction to Human Resources Mgmt and Introduction to Financials.
This course covers the basic navigation, data entry, and reporting management functions for the Financials and Human Resources Management administrative systems.
* TechWorks
* Your Virtual Office
* Navigating HR / Financials applications
* Data Entry Tips & Techniques
* Creating & Managing HR / Financials Reports
* Security & Other Icky Things You Need to Know
8/13/2009
(F) - Asset Mgt for Campus Admin
Instructor: Janice Walker
711 Marietta St. Room Purchasing Conf Room
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
This course teaches you the process of self tagging your own assets, using the new web application to record and track those assets, and running departmental reports. Surplus, Disposal, and other Asset Management processes performed by the department will also be covered.
Audience: Department Administrators/Custodians responsible for managing departmental assets for the Institute.
8/13/2009
(F) - General Ledger Reports
Instructor: Jonathon Jefferies
811 Marietta Street Room 201
14:00 - 15:00
Cost: free
This course teaches you how to select and run the PeopleSoft General Ledger reports, choose various report parameter options such as date and sort options, and how to use the report data to manage your financial activities.
Audience: Department administrators responsible for monitoring, reconciling, and analyzing financial information
8/13/2009
(F) - Service Agreements, Consulting Contracts and Making Payments for Services
Instructor: Judy Whitfield, Sharon Jackson
711 Marietta St. Room Purchasing Conf Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course covers the payment process for service agreements and consulting contracts. Topics include:
· Service agreements and consulting contracts
· State of Georgia and GT contracts
· Employee verses independent contracting
· Honorarium payments
· Awards and prizes
· Non-resident alien service payments
· IRS reporting
To get the most out of this course, consider taking the following course as well: (F) - Procurement Overview for Financial Managers
8/13/2009
Campus P-Card Redistribution Journal Entry
Instructor: Elizabeth Hector
811 Marietta Street Room 201
15:00 - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This course provides instruction on how to redistribute PCard transactions to a new project ID and /or account after the original charge has posted to the General Ledger. This course will also provide Institute policies and procedures related to redistributing PCard transactions.
8/19/2009
(F-E) - SPD Ad-hoc Reporting
Instructor: Robert Ellington
811 Marietta Street Room 201
13:00 - 15:00
Cost: free
Salary, Planning, and Distribution (SPD) Ad-hoc Reporting is a new, point and click, web tool designed for the Campus Administrator to easily retrieve SPD data. You provide the selection criteria parameters and the SPD Ad-hoc Reporting tool retrieves the data from the data warehouse and loads it into an Excel spreadsheet. Using the full functionality of Excel, this data can be further sorted, summed, analyzed, and reported as needed. This course teaches you how to use the Ad-hoc Reporting tool, tips on how to retrieve the data you actually need, and provides a variety of interactive exercises that can be used immediately back at the office. Audience: Authorized SPD Users.
8/20/2009
(F) - Procurement Overview for Financial Managers
Instructor: Judy Whitfield
711 Marietta St. Room Purchasing Conf Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course presents an overview of the services provided by the Procurement department. Innovative procurement processes and integrating procurement "Best Practices" in a unit's business office will be discussed. Other topics include:
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8/20/2009
(F-E) - General Ledger Ad-hoc Reporting
Instructor: Elizabeth Hector
811 Marietta Street Room 201
14:00 - 15:00
Cost: free
GL Ad-hoc Reporting is a new, point and click, web tool designed for the Campus Administrator to easily retrieve General Ledger data. You provide the selection criteria parameters and the GL Ad-hoc Reporting tool retrieves the data from the data warehouse and loads it into an Excel spreadsheet. Using the full functionality of Excel, this data can be further sorted, summed, analyzed, and reported as needed. This course teaches you how to use the Ad-hoc Reporting tool, tips on how to retrieve the data you actually need, and provides a variety of interactive exercises that can be used immediately back at the office.
Audience: Campus Administrators
8/25/2009
(F) - Intro to Business Ethics
Instructor: Phil Hurd
Student Center Commons Room Crescent Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
Intro to Biz Ethics will provide a general understanding of
business ethics while also providing Georgia Tech resources as to ethical behavior. State policy regarding ethics will also be reviewed as part of this class. There will be discussion of Georgia Tech values and beliefs, and a discussion of recent scenarios here at the Institute where ethics have come into question.
8/31/2009
(F) - How to Prepare for an Internal Audit
Instructor: Phil Hurd
Savant Building Room 308
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
This course will provide an understanding of what auditors do, provide tips on how to effectively go through an audit, provide insights on how to mitigate risks within their areas, and to discuss emerging issues of risk in higher education. Participants can expect to learn what types of things auditors are looking for during an audit, and what they should be actively doing in order to minimize risk within their areas.
This class will cover a comprehensive Risk Analysis directly relating to how Internal Auditing accesses a unit. The class will be divided into three parts:
1. Introduction to the purpose and scope of Internal Auditing
2. The seven Domains of Risk
3. Controlled Self Assessment
At the end will be a comprehensive exam, distribution of A Controlled Self Assessment CD, and a copy of the Internal Control Guide and Audit Plan.
9/2/2009
(F) - Bursar Operations Overview for Financial Managers
Instructor: Carol Payne
Savant Building Room 308
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost: free
This course covers the Bursar operations for financial managers. Topics include:
· Cash receipting/deposits
· Petty cash reimbursements
· GLBA compliance
· Fellowships and scholarships
· Tuition waivers
· Tuition and fee assessments
9/2/2009
(F) - Introduction to Financials
Instructor: Carol Gibson
811 Marietta Street Room 201
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
(Formerly, "Introduction to Financial Management & Services at Georgia)"
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL Financials courses.
This course provides the basic overview of the Financial Business Office departments, their areas of responsibility, policies and procedures, and how the Financials application is used to process all financially related tasks and activities. Fundamental processing concepts such as effective dating, using monthly processing calendars, and the system integration between Financials and HRMS applications are explored.
If you attended the "Introduction to Financial Management & Services at Georgia Tech" class between March 2004 and February 2005, you don't have to take the "Introduction to Financials" class.
9/2/2009
Introduction to Human Resources Mgmt
Instructor: Susan Edwards
811 Marietta Street Room 201
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Cost: free
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL HRMS courses.
This course provides the basic overview of the Human Resources department, their areas of responsibility, policies and procedures, and how the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) application is used to process HR related tasks and activities. Fundamental processing concepts such as effective dating, using payroll calendars, and the system integration between HRMS and Financials applications are explored.
9/2/2009
Navigation
Instructor: Susan Edwards
811 Marietta Street Room 201
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course is a pre-requisite for ALL Human Resources Management and Financials courses except Introduction to Human Resources Mgmt and Introduction to Financials.
This course covers the basic navigation, data entry, and reporting management functions for the Financials and Human Resources Management administrative systems.
- TechWorks
- Your Virtual Office
- Navigating HR / Financials applications
- Data Entry Tips & Techniques
- Creating & Managing HR / Financials Reports
- Security & Other Icky Things You Need to Know
Bi-Weekly Time Entry - Part I (Part II the following Thursday)
Instructor: Bonnie Cooper
811 Marietta Street Room 201
8:30 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This course teaches you the Biweekly policy and processing procedures, entering time documents, verifying data entry, and accessing the Advanced Cost Center Report. This is the first day of a two-day class.
A mandatory Time Entry Workshop is scheduled for the next Thursday (9/10). This session will be "live" so that participants will be able to actually key their employees' hours for the current payroll.
Audience: Campus Administrators responsible for processing Biweekly Staff Time Documents.
9/8/2009
Managing Personnel Transactions
Instructor: Bonnie Cooper
811 Marietta Street Room 201
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
This course will instruct you on how to prepare, print, and save the Personnel Service Form (PSF) using the WebPSF online application and the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) data files. HR policies and procedures required for processing all personnel transactions such as Hire, Promotion, Transfer, and Termination will be included. Prior to class, participants must know their GT Account login and password, home department and/or work department number, and project number(s).
9/10/2009
(F) - Asset Mgt for Campus Admin
Instructor: Janice Walker
711 Marietta St. Room Purchasing Conf Room
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
This course teaches you the process of self tagging your own assets, using the new web application to record and track those assets, and running departmental reports. Surplus, Disposal, and other Asset Management processes performed by the department will also be covered.
Audience: Department Administrators/Custodians responsible for managing departmental assets for the Institute.
9/10/2009
(F) - General Ledger Reports
Instructor: Jonathon Jefferies
811 Marietta Street Room 201
14:00 - 15:00
Cost: free
This course teaches you how to select and run the PeopleSoft General Ledger reports, choose various report parameter options such as date and sort options, and how to use the report data to manage your financial activities.
Audience: Department administrators responsible for monitoring, reconciling, and analyzing financial information
9/10/2009
Campus P-Card Redistribution Journal Entry
Instructor: Elizabeth Hector
811 Marietta Street Room 201
15:00 - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This course provides instruction on how to redistribute PCard transactions to a new project ID and /or account after the original charge has posted to the General Ledger. This course will also provide Institute policies and procedures related to redistributing PCard transactions.
9/17/2009
(F) - Introduction to OSP (Office of Sponsored Programs)
Instructor: Garrett Steed
Research Administration Building Room Basement Seminar Room
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
This session will provide "a big picture" of the sponsored project enterprise at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Participants will receive an overview of the Institutes offices and departments responsible for Research Administration and their relationship to one another.
9/17/2009
(F-E) - General Ledger Ad-hoc Reporting
Instructor: Elizabeth Hector
811 Marietta Street Room 201
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost: free
GL Ad-hoc Reporting is a new, point and click, web tool designed for the Campus Administrator to easily retrieve General Ledger data. You provide the selection criteria parameters and the GL Ad-hoc Reporting tool retrieves the data from the data warehouse and loads it into an Excel spreadsheet. Using the full functionality of Excel, this data can be further sorted, summed, analyzed, and reported as needed. This course teaches you how to use the Ad-hoc Reporting tool, tips on how to retrieve the data you actually need, and provides a variety of interactive exercises that can be used immediately back at the office.
Audience: Campus Administrators
9/23/2009
(F-E) - Allowable and Unallowable Costs for Sponsored Projects
Instructor: Ellen Reece
Research Administration Building Room Basement Seminar Room
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
This course covers allowable and unallowable costs for sponsored projects. Topics include:
· General guidelines/applicable policies
· State of Georgia guidelines
· Federal guidelines
· Managing exceptions
To get the most out of this course, consider taking the following course as well: (F-E)(H-SP) - Grants & Contracts Accounting
9/24/2009
(F-E) - Campus Requisition Approver
Instructor: Susan Edwards
711 Marietta St. Room 168
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
This course provides instruction on how to approve the campus requisition as well as process related invoices, access statewide contracts, and use the Procurement web pages. You must complete this course to gain access to approving requisitions and financial reports related to your department's purchase orders.
9/28/2009
(F) - Advanced Business Ethics
Instructor: Phil Hurd
Savant Building Room 308
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
9/29/2009
(F) - Intro to Business Ethics
Instructor: Phil Hurd
Savant Building Room 203
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost: free
Intro to Biz Ethics will provide a general understanding of
business ethics while also providing Georgia Tech resources as to ethical behavior. State policy regarding ethics will also be reviewed as part of this class. There will be discussion of Georgia Tech values and beliefs, and a discussion of recent scenarios here at the Institute where ethics have come into question.
Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Health and Safety
7/29/2009
National Weather Service (NWS)
Instructor: To Be Determined
811 Marietta Street Room 201
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
The class will focus on the 2009 Hurricane Season, Lightning during Outdoor Events, and Severe Weather.
8/4/2009
(EP) - CPR/AED/First Aid Training
Instructor: Aleece Foxx
Student Center Commons Room Piedmont Room
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: free
This course includes the latest CPR guidelines. Provides students with the vital information needed to recognize and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, children, and infants. Includes information on how to identify and care for life-threatening bleeding, sudden illness, and injuries. Learn how to treat victims in need of rescue breathing and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Certification card and textbook included.
8/5/2009
Recombinant DNA
Instructor: Lisa Brindel
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Recombinant DNA research is a valuable tool in a scientist arsenal. But rDNA does come with a variety of rules and regulations that are determined by the National Institutes of Health. This class will familiarize attendees with the rule and regulations as well as the governing structure and any special Georgia Tech rules.
Who Should Attend?: All current Georgia Tech employees and students that conduct rDNA research in the laboratory environment.
Please call Environmental Health & Safety 404-894-6120 for information concerning this course.
8/6/2009
Bloodborne Pathogens
Instructor: Lisa Brindel
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
10:30 - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Bloodborne pathogens are of great concern to researchers dealing with human tissues, bone, teeth, organs, cell lines, blood, or other bodily fluids. The course teaches students universal precautions as well as the causes of bloodborne diseases, proper personal protective equipment, and the regulatory basis for a bloodborne pathogens program.
Who Should Attend? All current and prospective Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students that conduct research in the laboratory environment that involves human materials of any type.
Please call Environmental Health & Safety 404-894-6120 for information concerning this course.
8/6/2009
General Biosafety
Instructor: Lisa Brindel
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
9:00 am - 10:30
Cost: free
Safety in the biological laboratory environment is an important mission of all research personnel at Georgia Tech. This course will discuss all the guidelines, regulations, and management practices for conducting and maintaining a safe laboratory environment. Topics covered include review of research by biosafety committees, basic biosafety information, waste disposal, sharps handling, GT shipping rules, and much more. New researchers and students are required to attend this training upon starting research and an annual refresher.
Who Should Attend? All current and prospective Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students that conduct any type of biological research in the laboratory environment.
Please call Environmental Health & Safety 404-894-6120 for information concerning this course.
8/12/2009
Weather Hazards and Precautions
Instructor: Dr. Jim St. John
Environmental Sicence & Technology Building Room L1175
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
There have been more tornado warnings in Fulton County in 2008 than in the past five years combined! Learn the difference between Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, Tornado Watches and Tornado Warnings. More importantly, learn what to look for, and then what to do if a storm is heading your way. Class attendees will also learning about lightning, straight line wind, winter weather and more.
8/18/2009
Advanced Lab Safety for PIs and Lab Managers
Instructor: Debbie Wolfe-Lopez
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: free
Explains the roles and responsibilities that Principle Investigators (PIs) and Lab Manages have under the GA RTK Law and Georgia Tech Rules. In addition to the basic safety concepts that you need to teach and enforce in your lab, this class also covers more advanced safety topics such as chemical storage, gas cylinder and electrical safety, and hazards of using cryogenics in the laboratory. 1 hour 30 minutes.
8/18/2009
Basic Lab Safety
Instructor: Debbie Wolfe-Lopez
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
15:00 - 16:15
Cost: free
Geared toward students, this class covers basic lab survival skills such as using a shower and eyewash as well as what to do in the event of a chemical spill, gas cylinder safety and how to handle chemical waste. All persons working in labs must have safety training: this basic class is a good foundation that can be supplemented by hazard awareness training specific to each lab. 1 hour 15 minutes.
8/18/2009
Right-to-Know
Instructor: Debbie Wolfe-Lopez
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Cost: free
Discusses your rights under the Georgia Public Employees Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know Law. It is required that everyone take this class when they first start to work. Employees who work with chemicals must take it annually thereafter.
8/18/2009
Understanding Material Safety Data Sheets(MSDS)
Instructor: Debbie Wolfe-Lopez
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
1:45 - 2:30
Cost: free
MSDSs are too often written for Health and Safety Professionals. Learn how to "translate" the safety jargon to get the information that you need to know out of your MSDSs. 45 minutes.
8/18/2009
Using Chematix
Instructor: Debbie Wolfe-Lopez
Environmental Health & Safety Room Conference Room
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Cost: free
Chematix is the chemical information management system which is required to be used in all Georgia Tech labs and shops. Learn how to use this valuable tool to create chemical inventories, storage locations, manage personnel, order, manage, and waste out the chemicals in your work place. Find pertinent information on Chematix updates and improvements to the application. 1 hour.
8/27/2009
(EP) - Fire Safety I & II
Instructor: Michael Hodgson
Student Center Commons Room Piedmont Room
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: free
One in three persons will have an experience with fire during his or her lifetime. Are you sure you know what to do in case of fire? Do you know how to use a fire extinguisher? Do you know when not to use an extinguisher? This fast-paced program will help you make better choices in emergency situations...at work and at home. You'll also learn some basic tips to reduce the likelihood of a fire in your work area or home.
This is a two part session. Session two will be held immediately after session one. In the event that you cannot stay for session two you will need to attend the next available session in order to get credit for the course.
9/9/2009
Crime Prevention 101
Instructor: Ian Mayberry, Reed Galli
Police Department Room Training Room
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost: free
Crime Prevention is everyone's job on campus; be a part of the solution. Learn what crimes are more prevalent at GA Tech, and what you can do about it. Participants will learn about specific crime prevention steps that they can take to protect themselves on campus, and to better secure their work environment.
9/17/2009
(EP) - What Is In Your Building: Hazards Awareness
Instructor: Ed Pozniak, Nazia Zakir
Police Department Room Training Room
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost: free
Description
Short course that provides attendees with a basic understanding of chemical, radiological, biological and physical hazards on campus.
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