Center for Workplace Development

2023 Aug 16

Managing Competing Priorities

10:00am to 12:00pm

This two-hour session focuses on managing communication, boundaries and setting expectations so you can accomplish your most important priorities effectively.

You Will Learn:

  • To ask clear questions
  • How to discuss issues that interfere with your priorities (added work, ambiguity, requests that can’t be turned down, interruptions and others)

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2023 Jul 25

Introduction to Project Management

10:00am to 12:00pm

In this introductory 2-hr workshop, you will learn and apply a framework to initiate, define, plan, and schedule a project. This course is intended for people leading a project who have little or no formal training in the project management process seeking an introduction to key concepts. Through this hands-on approach you apply tools and techniques and develop a project plan. Note: this workshop does not teach the use of project management software.  Please see LinkedIn Learning options for training modules on specific software.
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2023 Jun 06

Introduction to Project Management

10:00am to 12:00pm

In this introductory 2-hr workshop, you will learn and apply a framework to initiate, define, plan, and schedule a project. This course is intended for people leading a project who have little or no formal training in the project management process seeking an introduction to key concepts. Through this hands-on approach you apply tools and techniques and develop a project plan. Note: this workshop does not teach the use of project management software.  Please see LinkedIn Learning...
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2023 Aug 15

Facilitating Meetings

10:00am to 12:00pm

This 2-hour virtual workshop focuses on increasing meeting effectiveness as a facilitator. Involving team members, inclusion, encouraging discussion, decision-making, and follow-up plans are essential for productive meetings whether in-person or virtually. Planning tools for before, during, and after meetings will be shared.
 
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2023 Jun 09

Facilitating Meetings

10:00am to 12:00pm

This 2-hour virtual workshop focuses on increasing meeting effectiveness as a facilitator. Involving team members, inclusion, encouraging discussion, decision-making, and follow-up plans are essential for productive meetings whether in-person or virtually. Planning tools for before, during, and after meetings will be shared.
 
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2023 Jul 27

Design Thinking Mindset

10:00am to 11:30am

This 90-minute virtual workshop focuses on the five-phases of Design Thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test. . We’ll focus on how to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with initial level of understanding. At the same time, Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well...
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2023 Jun 14

Local Creators Network (LCN) Self-Paced Online Course Development Workshop

9:30am to 12:00pm

Description: In this workshop, CWD Learning Architecture introduces and demonstrates approaches to self-paced online course development using Storyline 360. Topics covered over the course of multiple sessions include applying adult learning theories to asynchronous course design; planning and organizing content; common features and techniques used to build a course in Storyline 360; accessibility considerations; and best practices for publishing to HTP.

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2023 Jul 25

Understanding Unconscious Bias

10:00am to 12:00pm

In this 2-hour virtual workshop, you will learn how the brain is naturally inclined to make generalizations that may negatively impact others and learn how to manage it. When these biases results in stereotypes and biases, marginalized employees are at greater risk to suffer unfair treatment and judgment through no fault of their own. While we cannot completely rid ourselves of unconscious bias, we can learn how to identify and disrupt bias. This...
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2023 Aug 01

Introduction to EDIB Academy

9:30am to 12:30pm

While everyone is at a different place in their equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) journey, Intro to EDIB Academy is a common launchpad for bringing that journey to Harvard. In this 3-hour workshop, you will develop foundational understanding of core concepts and explore how your own identity and experiences contribute to Harvard culture and systems of inclusion. This session guides participants in assessing their level of diversity awareness with activities such as ""How...
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2023 Jul 26

Becoming an Ally and Accomplice

10:00am to 12:00pm

In a world seeking allyship, what does it mean to be an "accomplice"? In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the roles of allies and accomplices to dismantle systems of oppression. Participants will learn about the different types of allies that contribute to uplifting those around you that have been marginalized. Participants will explore how their privilege can be relative in situations at work and they will assess how their privilege is best leveraged when taking action...
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2023 Aug 09

Addressing Microaggressions at Work

10:00am to 12:00pm

In this 2-hour workshop, participants will explore different types of microaggressions and how they may appear in the workplace. Through small and large group discussion, participants will examine the differences between intention and impact and learn key strategies for addressing microaggressions in ways that foster shared understanding and growth. Participants will leave with actionable steps that they can begin to apply immediately.
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