Past Events

  • 2024 Mar 12

    Collaboration Strategies

    10:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Online

    This 2-hour workshop in Collaboration is an important skill to increase cohesion, efficiency, and productivity. However, true collaboration can be difficult and sometimes seems just out of reach. In this workshop, strategies to facilitate collaborative work as an inclusive process are presented. The workshop will focus on collaboration that gathers input and ideas before acting or deciding to help everyone meet their goals.

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  • 2024 Mar 11

    Mindful Movement: Yoga for the Office

    Repeats every week every Monday until Mon May 20 2024 .
    9:00am to 10:00am

    Location: 

    Online

    As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.

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  • 2024 Mar 08

    Mindful Movement: Yoga for the Office

    Repeats every week every Friday until Fri May 24 2024 .
    9:00am to 10:00am

    Location: 

    Online

    As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.

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  • 2024 Mar 06

    The Starting Line: Beginning to Save for Retirement

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Online

    When you’re just starting out in your career, it can be hard to think about retirement. Finding a balance between meeting your current financial needs and saving for far-off financial goals can be challenging. But the truth is, there’s no time like the present to save for the future. TIAA will help you get ahead of your retirement saving with some tools and information you can use right now:

    • Learn the real effect of time on money, thanks to compounding and dollar-cost averaging
    • Understand debt and learn how to manage it
    • See how budgeting...
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  • 2024 Mar 05

    Crimson Toastmasters

    Repeats on the first Tuesday of January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December, 24 times except Tue Apr 05 2022.
    12:30pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Online

    Toastmasters is for everyone, to improve his or her communication and leadership skills. whether a working professional, student,
    stay-at-home parent or retiree. We invite members of the Harvard community and our neighbors to join our meetings. Read the FAQs and How It Works.

    Learn more and join a meeting.

  • 2024 Mar 05

    Giving and Receiving Feedback

    10:00am to 12:00pm

    Location: 

    Online

    In this 2-hour workshop you will learn how to give detailed feedback and how to have the right mindset when receiving input from others. Whether it's with peers, managers, or colleagues, you will practice techniques that can improve your personal performance, impact your development, and help strengthen your working relationships.

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  • 2024 Mar 04

    Mindful Communication: Listening with Awareness

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Online

    Daily conversations can become automatic, pressured, and careless. With the right mindset, however, even ordinary interactions can become rich territory for effectively expressing our deepest values. This program demonstrates how conversation provides an opportunity to practice a special kind of attentiveness, transforming our encounters with colleagues into meaningful moments of genuine exchange.

    Prerequisites: Either you have attended an “Introduction to Mindfulness” workshop at Harvard; you have completed “The Basics” course on the Ten Percent Happier app (available for...

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  • 2024 Mar 04

    Mindful Movement: Yoga for the Office

    9:00am to 10:00am

    Location: 

    Online

    As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.

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